Browning Iley B & Sons
Operator of record for 136 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: BROWNING, ILEY B & SONS · BROWNING, ILEY B & SONS, INC
At a glance
Browning Iley B & Sons is the operator of record for 136 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 40 (29%) are active, 90 (66%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 136 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
136
Active
40
Plugged
90
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 136 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 45
- Gas wells
- 3
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 29%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Browning Iley B & Sons operate?
Browning Iley B & Sons's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (136). Its 136 Kentucky wells are 0.1% 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 Browning Iley B & Sons’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
29% of Browning Iley B & Sons's catalogued wells are active, close to the national share of 29%. 66% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Browning Iley B & Sons operate?
By product class, 45 (33%) are oil wells and 3 (2%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Winstead, Ray 1 in Webster, KY at 3,650 ft. The wells listed below sit in Webster (KY) and Hopkins (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 Browning Iley B & Sons
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winstead, Ray 1 | KGS record 56835 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,650 ft |
| Brown, J V 2 | 16-107-01617 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hopkins, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,400 ft |
| King, Elsie M Mrs 2 | 16-107-02069 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hopkins, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,382 ft |
| Springer, T E 1 | 16-233-02089 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,348 ft |
| Durbin, E 1 | 16-233-02258 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,301 ft |
| Winstead, Delmar 3 | 16-233-02230 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,280 ft |
| King, Elsie M Mrs 1 | 16-107-02068 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hopkins, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,270 ft |
| Winstead, Delmar & Joe Norman 1 | 16-233-02224 | Active | Gas | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,265 ft |
| Bohonnon, W H 1 | KGS record 57173 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,247 ft |
| Brown, J V 1 | 16-107-02678 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hopkins, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,208 ft |
| Mccoy, W W 1 | 16-233-02368 | Active | Oil | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,200 ft |
| Brill, Otto 1 | 16-233-02367 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Browning, Iley B & Sons | 3,178 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Browning Iley B & Sons operate?
Browning Iley B & Sons is the operator of record for 136 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (136). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Browning Iley B & Sons's wells are still active?
40 of Browning Iley B & Sons's catalogued wells are active; 90 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Browning Iley B & Sons operate wells?
Browning Iley B & Sons is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (136).
Does Browning Iley B & Sons operate mostly oil or gas wells?
45 of Browning Iley B & Sons's catalogued wells are oil wells and 3 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Browning Iley B & Sons's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Winstead, Ray 1 in Webster, KY is the deepest at 3,650 ft.
Where Browning Iley B & 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, “Browning Iley B & Sons — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/browning-iley-b-sons-69622 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).