Bell John E & Sons
Operator of record for 17 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Bell John E & Sons is the operator of record for 17 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 16 (94%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Ohio, with 17 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
17
Active
0
Plugged
16
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 17 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 17
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Bell John E & Sons operate?
Bell John E & Sons's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Ohio (17). Its 17 Ohio wells are 0.0% of the 242,052 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 Bell John E & Sons’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Bell John E & Sons's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 94% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Bell John E & Sons operate?
By product class, 17 (100%) 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 Bell John 1 in Perry, OH at 3,082 ft. The wells listed below sit in Perry (OH) and Fairfield (OH).
Notable wells operated by Bell John E & Sons
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell John 1 | 34-127-22531 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 3,082 ft |
| Spohn John 2 | 34-127-26626 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 3,069 ft |
| Bell John E 2 | 34-127-24527 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 3,018 ft |
| Householder Roy G 1 | 34-127-24406 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,945 ft |
| Stemen Howard 2 | 34-127-26179 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,914 ft |
| Young Raymond & Householder Roy 1-A | 34-127-25747 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,884 ft |
| Stemen Howard 3 | 34-045-20996 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fairfield, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,862 ft |
| Thompson Robert 2 | 34-127-26042 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,819 ft |
| Miller George 1 | 34-127-24724 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,816 ft |
| Miller George 2 | 34-127-25152 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,803 ft |
| Bell Wayne 1 | 34-045-20886 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fairfield, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,800 ft |
| Highley Charles S 1 | 34-045-20946 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fairfield, OH | Bell John E & Sons | 2,777 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Bell John E & Sons operate?
Bell John E & Sons is the operator of record for 17 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Ohio (17). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Bell John E & Sons's wells are still active?
0 of Bell John E & Sons's catalogued wells are active; 16 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Bell John E & Sons operate wells?
Bell John E & Sons is the operator of record for wells in Ohio (17).
Does Bell John E & Sons operate mostly oil or gas wells?
17 of Bell John E & Sons's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Bell John E & Sons's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Bell John 1 in Perry, OH is the deepest at 3,082 ft.
Where Bell John E & Sons'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, “Bell John E & Sons — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/bell-john-e-sons-79991 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).