Bear Creek Oil
Operator of record for 10 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Bear Creek Oil is the operator of record for 10 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 2 (20%) are plugged & abandoned and 6 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 10 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
10
Active
0
Plugged
2
Orphaned
6
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 10 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Bear Creek Oil operate?
Bear Creek Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (10). Its 10 Kentucky wells are 0.0% of the 201,022 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska and Texas (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Bear Creek Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Bear Creek Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 20% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 6 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Bear Creek Oil operate?
By product class, 1 (10%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Wood, Paul 5 in Clinton, KY at 1,800 ft. The wells listed below sit in Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY) and Metcalfe (KY).
Notable wells operated by Bear Creek Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood, Paul 5 | 16-053-00684 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clinton, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | 1,800 ft |
| Humphrey, E & H Capps 1a | 16-057-04444 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cumberland, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | 1,625 ft |
| Reeves, Harold 11r | 16-057-01462 | Orphaned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Reeves, Harold 9r | 16-057-01464 | Orphaned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Woods, Paul 2 | 16-053-04680 | Orphaned | Other type | Clinton, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Vibbert, Delbert 8 | 16-169-00121 | Other status | Other type | Metcalfe, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Vibbert, Delbert 9 | 16-169-01413 | Other status | Other type | Metcalfe, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Reeves, Harold 12r | 16-057-01460 | Orphaned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Vibbert, Delbert 10 | 16-169-00122 | Orphaned | Other type | Metcalfe, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Reeves, Harold 10r | 16-057-01461 | Orphaned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Bear Creek Oil Co, Inc | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Bear Creek Oil operate?
Bear Creek Oil is the operator of record for 10 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (10). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Bear Creek Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Bear Creek Oil's catalogued wells are active; 2 are plugged & abandoned and 6 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Bear Creek Oil operate wells?
Bear Creek Oil is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (10).
Does Bear Creek Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Bear Creek Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Bear Creek Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Wood, Paul 5 in Clinton, KY is the deepest at 1,800 ft.
Where Bear Creek Oil's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Bear Creek Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/bear-creek-oil-67938 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).