Cardinal Drlg
Operator of record for 10 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: CARDINAL DRLG CO · CARDINAL DRLG CO.
At a glance
Cardinal Drlg is the operator of record for 10 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 4 (40%) are plugged & abandoned and 5 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 9 wells (90% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
10
Active
0
Plugged
4
Orphaned
5
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 9 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 3
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cardinal Drlg operate?
Cardinal Drlg's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Louisiana (9) and Kentucky (1). Its 9 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 Cardinal Drlg’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Cardinal Drlg's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 40% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 5 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Cardinal Drlg operate?
By product class, 1 (10%) are oil wells and 3 (30%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Rice 001-A in Caddo, LA at 4,997 ft. The wells listed below sit in Caddo (LA), Webster (LA), Ouachita (LA), Henderson (KY) and Bossier (LA). 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 Cardinal Drlg
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice 001-A | 17-017-02627 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 4,997 ft |
| H L Lee 001 | 17-119-00662 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 3,414 ft |
| Hutchinson 001 | 17-017-16048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Caddo, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 2,750 ft |
| H B Kent C G U 7 A 001 | 17-073-00417 | Orphaned | Other type | Ouachita, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 2,350 ft |
| Wd Evans 001 | 17-073-00449 | Orphaned | Gas | Ouachita, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 2,350 ft |
| Halsell 001 | 17-073-00488 | Orphaned | Gas | Ouachita, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 2,350 ft |
| B A Manning Cardinal Gu 5a 001 | 17-073-00450 | Orphaned | Gas | Ouachita, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 2,350 ft |
| Kenneth Lee-C G U 3-B 001 | 17-073-00497 | Orphaned | Other type | Ouachita, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 2,347 ft |
| Griffin, J L Heirs 2 | 16-101-01637 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Henderson, KY | Cardinal Drlg Co | 2,224 ft |
| John Caplis 003 | Serial no. 73338 | Other status | Other type | Bossier, LA | Cardinal Drlg Co. | 0 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cardinal Drlg operate?
Cardinal Drlg is the operator of record for 10 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (9). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cardinal Drlg's wells are still active?
0 of Cardinal Drlg's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned and 5 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Cardinal Drlg operate wells?
Cardinal Drlg is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (9) and Kentucky (1).
Does Cardinal Drlg operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Cardinal Drlg's catalogued wells are oil wells and 3 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Cardinal Drlg's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Rice 001-A in Caddo, LA is the deepest at 4,997 ft.
Where Cardinal Drlg'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, “Cardinal Drlg — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cardinal-drlg-80248 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).