Burness William Steele Jr
Operator of record for 35 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Burness William Steele Jr is the operator of record for 35 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 2 (6%) are active, 28 (80%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 35 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
35
Active
2
Plugged
28
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 35 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 2
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 6%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Burness William Steele Jr operate?
Burness William Steele Jr's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (35). Its 35 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 Burness William Steele Jr’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
6% of Burness William Steele Jr's catalogued wells are active, 23 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Burness William Steele Jr operate?
By product class, 2 (6%) 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 Long, Jimmy 1 in Adair, KY at 1,744 ft.
Notable wells operated by Burness William Steele Jr
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long, Jimmy 1 | 16-001-04476 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,744 ft |
| Rowe Farms, Inc 1 | 16-001-04477 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,744 ft |
| Beaver, Aaron & Rf1 Enterprises Beaver Rf1 Ent | 16-001-04482 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,714 ft |
| Lasley Family Farms, LLC 4 | 16-001-04388 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,650 ft |
| Pike, Victoria 4 | 16-001-04414 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,650 ft |
| Graves, Randall T 6 | 16-001-04375 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,645 ft |
| Kemp, Josh & Feese, Jacob 1 | 16-001-04434 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,623 ft |
| Lasley Family Farms, LLC 2 | 16-001-04363 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,607 ft |
| Graves, Randall T Teriea Graves 3 | 16-001-04368 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,607 ft |
| Graves, Randall 7 | 16-001-04504 | Other status | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,602 ft |
| Frankum, Glenn David Et Al Frankum, Luther | 16-001-04493 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,592 ft |
| Pike, Victoria 5 | 16-001-04435 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Burness, William Steele Jr | 1,568 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Burness William Steele Jr operate?
Burness William Steele Jr is the operator of record for 35 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (35). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Burness William Steele Jr's wells are still active?
2 of Burness William Steele Jr's catalogued wells are active; 28 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Burness William Steele Jr operate wells?
Burness William Steele Jr is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (35).
Does Burness William Steele Jr operate mostly oil or gas wells?
2 of Burness William Steele Jr's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Burness William Steele Jr's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Long, Jimmy 1 in Adair, KY is the deepest at 1,744 ft.
Where Burness William Steele Jr'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, “Burness William Steele Jr — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/burness-william-steele-jr-115035 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).