Brinkerhoff Drilling
Operator of record for 40 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: BRINKERHOFF DRILLING CO. · BRINKERHOFF DRILLING COMPANY · Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
At a glance
Brinkerhoff Drilling is the operator of record for 40 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 36 (90%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 30 wells (75% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
40
Active
0
Plugged
36
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 30 |
| Utah | 9 |
| North Dakota | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 12
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Brinkerhoff Drilling operate?
Brinkerhoff Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Colorado (30), Utah (9) and North Dakota (1). Its 30 Colorado wells are 0.0% of the 124,327 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 Brinkerhoff Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Brinkerhoff Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 90% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Brinkerhoff Drilling operate?
By product class, 12 (30%) 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 Alfred Elton 1 in Mckenzie, ND at 9,580 ft. The wells listed below sit in Mckenzie (ND), Weld (CO) and Adams (CO). 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 Brinkerhoff Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Elton 1 | 33-053-00241 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mckenzie, ND | Brinkerhoff Drilling Co. | 9,580 ft |
| 1 Mcmurray | 05-123-05370 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 9,035 ft |
| 1 Flader Industries Inc | 05-001-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,640 ft |
| A-2 Flader | 05-001-05060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,580 ft |
| 1 Schtul | 05-001-05703 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,534 ft |
| 2 Flader Ind | 05-001-05121 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,510 ft |
| 3 Moyer-Nore | 05-123-05912 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,472 ft |
| 1 Moyer-Luckey | 05-123-05926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,457 ft |
| 3 Moyer- Luckey | 05-123-07042 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weld, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,389 ft |
| 1 Leasure | 05-001-05164 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,378 ft |
| 2 Moyer- Luckey | 05-123-06087 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weld, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,372 ft |
| 3 Flader Industries | 05-001-05185 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Brinkerhoff Drilling Company | 6,346 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Brinkerhoff Drilling operate?
Brinkerhoff Drilling is the operator of record for 40 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (30). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Brinkerhoff Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Brinkerhoff Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 36 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Brinkerhoff Drilling operate wells?
Brinkerhoff Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (30), Utah (9) and North Dakota (1).
Does Brinkerhoff Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
12 of Brinkerhoff Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Brinkerhoff Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Alfred Elton 1 in Mckenzie, ND is the deepest at 9,580 ft.
Where Brinkerhoff 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, “Brinkerhoff Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/brinkerhoff-drilling-5315 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).