Carl William E
Operator of record for 18 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: CARL WILLIAM E · Carl, William E.
At a glance
Carl William E is the operator of record for 18 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 18 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Wyoming, with 13 wells (72% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
18
Active
0
Plugged
18
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Wyoming | 13 |
| Kansas | 5 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 15
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Carl William E operate?
Carl William E's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Wyoming (13) and Kansas (5). Its 13 Wyoming wells are 0.0% of the 129,957 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 Carl William E’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Carl William E's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Carl William E operate?
By product class, 15 (83%) 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 Adolphson 1-C in Laramie, WY at 7,800 ft. The wells listed below sit in Laramie (WY), Goshen (WY), Hodgeman (KS), Ness (KS), Niobrara (WY) and Natrona (WY) and other counties. 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 Carl William E
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolphson 1-C | 49-021-20233 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Laramie, WY | Carl William E | 7,800 ft |
| Francis Livestock 1 | 49-021-20235 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Laramie, WY | Carl William E | 6,698 ft |
| Mcmanaman 1 | 49-015-20115 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Goshen, WY | Carl William E | 5,535 ft |
| Brott Rufus 1 | 49-015-20117 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Goshen, WY | Carl William E | 4,868 ft |
| Berger 1-17 | 15-083-21193 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hodgeman, KS | Carl, William E. | 4,833 ft |
| Koontz, L.C. 1-27 | 15-083-20845 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hodgeman, KS | Carl, William E. | 4,580 ft |
| Lewis 1-27 | 15-135-22780 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ness, KS | Carl, William E. | 4,430 ft |
| Lewis, Joe W. 1-8 | 15-083-20844 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hodgeman, KS | Carl, William E. | 4,387 ft |
| Sides Ralph 1-2 | 49-027-20468 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Niobrara, WY | Carl William E | 4,332 ft |
| Hladky Robert 1 | 49-015-20116 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Goshen, WY | Carl William E | 4,009 ft |
| Federal 1-32 | 49-025-21122 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Natrona, WY | Carl William E | 4,000 ft |
| Ward 1-23 | 15-137-20240 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Norton, KS | Carl, William E. | 3,755 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Carl William E operate?
Carl William E is the operator of record for 18 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Wyoming (13). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Carl William E's wells are still active?
0 of Carl William E's catalogued wells are active; 18 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Carl William E operate wells?
Carl William E is the operator of record for wells in Wyoming (13) and Kansas (5).
Does Carl William E operate mostly oil or gas wells?
15 of Carl William E's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Carl William E's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Adolphson 1-C in Laramie, WY is the deepest at 7,800 ft.
Where Carl William E'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, “Carl William E — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/carl-william-e-27176 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).