Cato Enterprises
Operator of record for 14 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: CATO ENTERPRISES · CATO ENTERPRISES, INC · Cato Enterprises Inc
At a glance
Cato Enterprises is the operator of record for 14 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 10 (71%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 8 wells (57% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
14
Active
0
Plugged
10
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 8 |
| Kentucky | 6 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 5
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cato Enterprises operate?
Cato Enterprises's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Illinois (8) and Kentucky (6). Its 8 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Cato Enterprises’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Cato Enterprises's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Cato Enterprises operate?
By product class, 5 (36%) are oil wells and 1 (7%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Lofton, J O 1 in Webster, KY at 1,853 ft. The wells listed below sit in Webster (KY), Crawford (IL) and Grayson (KY). State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Cato Enterprises
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lofton, J O 1 | KGS record 54790 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Cato Enterprises, Inc | 1,853 ft |
| Butcher, E. L. 1 | 12-033-00965 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,713 ft |
| Walker 1 | 12-033-01161 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,638 ft |
| Thomas-Frederick Com. 1 | 12-033-01160 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,638 ft |
| Thomas, Charles 1 | 12-033-01550 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,600 ft |
| Goff, Gerald 2 | 12-033-01081 | Other status | Oil | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,565 ft |
| Goff, Gerald 3 | 12-033-01000 | Other status | Oil | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,561 ft |
| Goff, Gerald 1 | 12-033-00923 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,554 ft |
| Jones-Goff Comm. 1 | 12-033-00827 | Other status | Oil | Crawford, IL | Cato Enterprises Inc | 1,526 ft |
| Pritchett 1 | 16-233-00535 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Cato Enterprises, Inc | 1,256 ft |
| Brantley 1 | KGS record 54359 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, KY | Cato Enterprises, Inc | 933 ft |
| Lambert 1 | KGS record 9010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grayson, KY | Cato Enterprises, Inc | 660 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cato Enterprises operate?
Cato Enterprises is the operator of record for 14 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (8). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cato Enterprises's wells are still active?
0 of Cato Enterprises's catalogued wells are active; 10 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Cato Enterprises operate wells?
Cato Enterprises is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (8) and Kentucky (6).
Does Cato Enterprises operate mostly oil or gas wells?
5 of Cato Enterprises's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Cato Enterprises's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Lofton, J O 1 in Webster, KY is the deepest at 1,853 ft.
Where Cato Enterprises'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, “Cato Enterprises — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cato-enterprises-66300 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).