Best Royalties
Operator of record for 17 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: BEST ROYALTIES INC · BEST ROYALTIES, INC
At a glance
Best Royalties is the operator of record for 17 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 17 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 17 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
17
Active
0
Plugged
17
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 17 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Best Royalties operate?
Best Royalties's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (17). Its 17 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 Best Royalties’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Best Royalties's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Best Royalties operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) 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 Coleman, Clayburn 1 in Muhlenberg, KY at 1,795 ft. The wells listed below sit in Muhlenberg (KY) and Daviess (KY). 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 Best Royalties
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman, Clayburn 1 | 16-177-02440 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Muhlenberg, KY | Best Royalties, Inc | 1,795 ft |
| Johnson 2 | 16-059-04079 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties, Inc | 1,475 ft |
| Hansford 2 | 16-059-04087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties, Inc | 1,470 ft |
| Johnson 3 | 16-059-04080 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties, Inc | 1,460 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Sam Berry) 79 | 16-059-02465 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties, Inc | 1,125 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Berry) 26 (27) | KGS record 3003280 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties Inc | 1,051 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Berry) 68 (69) | KGS record 3003368 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties Inc | 1,001 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Berry) 58 (59) | KGS record 3003366 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties Inc | 985 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Berry) 57 (58) | KGS record 3003364 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties Inc | 982 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Berry) 55 (56) | KGS record 3003362 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties Inc | 977 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Berry) 56 (57) | KGS record 3003363 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties Inc | 977 ft |
| Ellis, J C (Berry) 34 (35) | KGS record 3003307 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Best Royalties Inc | 971 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Best Royalties operate?
Best Royalties is the operator of record for 17 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (17). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Best Royalties's wells are still active?
0 of Best Royalties's catalogued wells are active; 17 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Best Royalties operate wells?
Best Royalties is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (17).
Does Best Royalties operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Best Royalties's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Best Royalties's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Coleman, Clayburn 1 in Muhlenberg, KY is the deepest at 1,795 ft.
Where Best Royalties'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, “Best Royalties — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/best-royalties-112037 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).