Bechtel Petroleum Operations
Operator of record for 15 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Bechtel Petroleum Operations is the operator of record for 15 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 4 (27%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 15 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
15
Active
0
Plugged
4
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 15 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 12
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Bechtel Petroleum Operations operate?
Bechtel Petroleum Operations's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (15). Its 15 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 Bechtel Petroleum Operations’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Bechtel Petroleum Operations's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 27% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Bechtel Petroleum Operations operate?
By product class, 12 (80%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%.
Notable wells operated by Bechtel Petroleum Operations
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 87-12C | 04-029-88259 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 371-25Z | 04-029-69082 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 21-15G | 04-029-29225 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 78-10G | 04-030-03978 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 56A-34R | 04-030-00292 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 375-36R | 04-029-72263 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 351X-26R | 04-029-81447 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 12-17G | 04-029-72062 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 377-8B | 04-029-65584 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 316A-31S | 04-029-81954 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 63X-9G | 04-030-00060 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. 384X-35R | 04-029-78355 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Bechtel Petroleum Operations operate?
Bechtel Petroleum Operations is the operator of record for 15 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (15). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Bechtel Petroleum Operations's wells are still active?
0 of Bechtel Petroleum Operations's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Bechtel Petroleum Operations operate wells?
Bechtel Petroleum Operations is the operator of record for wells in California (15).
Does Bechtel Petroleum Operations operate mostly oil or gas wells?
12 of Bechtel Petroleum Operations's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Bechtel Petroleum Operations'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, “Bechtel Petroleum Operations — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/bechtel-petroleum-operations-4721 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).