Bison Petroleum
Operator of record for 37 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: BISON PETROLEUM CORP · BISON PETROLEUM INC · BISON PETROLEUM LLC
At a glance
Bison Petroleum is the operator of record for 37 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 15 (41%) are plugged & abandoned and 22 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 22 wells (59% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
37
Active
0
Plugged
15
Orphaned
22
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 22 |
| Oklahoma | 12 |
| New Mexico | 3 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 22
- Gas wells
- 10
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Bison Petroleum operate?
Bison Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Louisiana (22), Oklahoma (12) and New Mexico (3). Its 22 Louisiana wells are 0.0% of the 225,728 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 Bison Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Bison Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 41% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 22 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Bison Petroleum operate?
By product class, 22 (59%) are oil wells and 10 (27%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Epperson #003 in Lea, NM at 9,900 ft. The wells listed below sit in Lea (NM) and Caddo (LA). State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Bison Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epperson #003 | 30-025-22054 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lea, NM | Bison Petroleum Corp | 9,900 ft |
| Harris State #001 | 30-025-21933 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lea, NM | Bison Petroleum Corp | 9,860 ft |
| T & P 001 | 17-017-05743 | Orphaned | Gas | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,750 ft |
| T & P 004 | 17-017-10517 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,727 ft |
| T & P 017 | 17-017-10448 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,714 ft |
| T & P 018 | 17-017-20020 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,686 ft |
| T & P 014 | 17-017-04167 | Orphaned | Gas | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,681 ft |
| T & P 003 | 17-017-10518 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,680 ft |
| T & P 007 | 17-017-04160 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,678 ft |
| T & P 015 | 17-017-04168 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,676 ft |
| T & P 013 | 17-017-04166 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,671 ft |
| T & P 019 | 17-017-20060 | Orphaned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Bison Petroleum LLC | 1,670 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Bison Petroleum operate?
Bison Petroleum is the operator of record for 37 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (22). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Bison Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Bison Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 15 are plugged & abandoned and 22 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Bison Petroleum operate wells?
Bison Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (22), Oklahoma (12) and New Mexico (3).
Does Bison Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
22 of Bison Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 10 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Bison Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Epperson #003 in Lea, NM is the deepest at 9,900 ft.
Where Bison Petroleum'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, “Bison Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/bison-petroleum-8682 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).