Beard Drilling
Operator of record for 30 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Beard Drilling Co. · Beard Drilling, Inc.
At a glance
Beard Drilling is the operator of record for 30 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 15 (50%) are active, 11 (37%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 30 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
30
Active
15
Plugged
11
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 30 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 14
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 50%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Beard Drilling operate?
Beard Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (30). Its 30 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Beard Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
50% of Beard Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 21 percentage points above the national share of 29%. 37% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Beard Drilling operate?
By product class, 14 (47%) 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 Christine 1 in Wabash, IL at 5,760 ft. The wells listed below sit in Wabash (IL), White (IL) and Edwards (IL). State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Beard Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine 1 | 12-185-28679 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 5,760 ft |
| Berberich, Eugene 2 | 12-185-28790 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 3,714 ft |
| Risley et al Comm. Unit 1A | 12-185-28410 | Active | Injection | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 3,650 ft |
| Berberich, Eugene 1 | 12-185-28695 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 3,566 ft |
| Berberich, Mary 13 | 12-185-28649 | Active | Oil | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 3,425 ft |
| Bethel Cemetery 1 | 12-185-28618 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 3,200 ft |
| Boultinghouse 3-WI | 12-193-04345 | Other status | Injection | White, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 3,054 ft |
| Broster 1 | 12-047-00692 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 2,995 ft |
| LLTS Comm. 1 | 12-185-28606 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 2,910 ft |
| Risley Community 7 | 12-185-28831 | Active | Oil | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 2,900 ft |
| Berberich, Mary 6 | 12-185-28567 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 2,900 ft |
| Ulm, Charles 1 | 12-185-28579 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Beard Drilling, Inc. | 2,815 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Beard Drilling operate?
Beard Drilling is the operator of record for 30 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (30). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Beard Drilling's wells are still active?
15 of Beard Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 11 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Beard Drilling operate wells?
Beard Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (30).
Does Beard Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
14 of Beard Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Beard Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Christine 1 in Wabash, IL is the deepest at 5,760 ft.
Where Beard Drilling'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, “Beard Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/beard-drilling-67258 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).