Big B Drilling
Operator of record for 41 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Big B Drilling is the operator of record for 41 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 19 (46%) are plugged & abandoned and 3 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in West Virginia, with 41 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
41
Active
0
Plugged
19
Orphaned
3
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 41 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Big B Drilling operate?
Big B Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: West Virginia (41). Its 41 West Virginia wells are 0.0% of the 118,569 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 Big B Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Big B Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 46% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 3 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Big B Drilling operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Roane (WV), Wood (WV), Calhoun (WV) and Braxton (WV).
Notable wells operated by Big B Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.M. Smith Heirs 3 | 47-087-00961 | Other status | Other type | Roane, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Whited, Hazel 1 | 47-087-01781 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roane, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Beckett, Wilma A. Et Al 1 | 47-107-00627 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Bungard, Letha 2 | 47-107-00629 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Leach, C. V. -Heirs 2 | 47-107-00626 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| G. B. Simmons Heirs Simmons/Walker1 | 47-013-03422 | Other status | Other type | Calhoun, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Phillips, S. C. 2 | 47-107-00609 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Ruley, D. A. 7 | 47-107-00779 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Ruley, D. A. 6 | 47-107-00778 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Yoho, C. J. 3 | 47-107-00654 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Freshwater, Charles 1 | 47-107-00669 | Orphaned | Other type | Wood, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
| Bourn, Rebecka H. 2 | 47-007-00970 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Braxton, WV | Big B Drilling Company, Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Big B Drilling operate?
Big B Drilling is the operator of record for 41 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in West Virginia (41). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Big B Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Big B Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 19 are plugged & abandoned and 3 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Big B Drilling operate wells?
Big B Drilling is the operator of record for wells in West Virginia (41).
Does Big B Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Big B Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Big B 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, “Big B Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/big-b-drilling-142140 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).