Carthage Oil
Operator of record for 48 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Carthage Oil Co · Carthage Oil Company Inc
At a glance
Carthage Oil is the operator of record for 48 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 42 (88%) are plugged & abandoned and 3 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Arkansas, with 48 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
48
Active
0
Plugged
42
Orphaned
3
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 48 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 46
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Carthage Oil operate?
Carthage Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Arkansas (48). Its 48 Arkansas wells are 0.1% of the 33,791 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 Carthage Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Carthage Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 3 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Carthage Oil operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 46 (96%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Parmenter 1 in Washington, AR at 1,455 ft. 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 Carthage Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parmenter 1 | 03-143-10444 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,455 ft |
| Harmon 1 | 03-143-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,446 ft |
| Slick, Bob 1 | 03-143-10449 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,420 ft |
| Hublein, Arthur 1 | 03-143-10397 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,314 ft |
| Reed, Wallace 1 | 03-143-10510 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,265 ft |
| Center, Bobby Joe 4 | 03-143-10387 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,264 ft |
| Drummond 2 | 03-143-10479 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,157 ft |
| West 1 | 03-143-10503 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,115 ft |
| Paluska 2 | 03-143-10502 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,106 ft |
| Paluska 1 | 03-143-10431 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,104 ft |
| Drummond 3 | 03-143-10499 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,100 ft |
| Duesen, Van 4 | 03-143-10148 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Washington, AR | Carthage Oil Company Inc | 1,092 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Carthage Oil operate?
Carthage Oil is the operator of record for 48 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Arkansas (48). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Carthage Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Carthage Oil's catalogued wells are active; 42 are plugged & abandoned and 3 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Carthage Oil operate wells?
Carthage Oil is the operator of record for wells in Arkansas (48).
Does Carthage Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Carthage Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 46 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Carthage Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Parmenter 1 in Washington, AR is the deepest at 1,455 ft.
Where Carthage Oil'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, “Carthage Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/carthage-oil-65976 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).