Clay Resources
Operator of record for 23 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Clay Resources is the operator of record for 23 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 4 (17%) are plugged & abandoned and 2 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in West Virginia, with 23 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
23
Active
0
Plugged
4
Orphaned
2
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 23 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Clay Resources operate?
Clay Resources's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: West Virginia (23). Its 23 West Virginia wells are 0.0% of the 118,569 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 Clay Resources’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Clay Resources's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 2 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Clay Resources operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 1 (4%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Wetzel (WV) and Wood (WV).
Notable wells operated by Clay Resources
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talkington, Beulah, Etal M. Nice 9 | 47-103-01378 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Ballouz, Joseph M. Ballouz 2 | 47-103-01312 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Talkington, Beulah, Etal Adeline Nice 10 | 47-103-01381 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Westvaco/A. B. Wolfe Est. Wolfe #9 | 47-107-01282 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Marks, William E. 2 | 47-107-01280 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Wolfe, Albert 1 | 47-107-00628 | Orphaned | Gas | Wood, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Nice, H. 1 | 47-103-00631 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Moore, Jack 1 | 47-103-00638 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Hafer, Steven & Susan Hafer 1 | 47-103-01423 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Talkington, Beulah, Etal J. A. Nice 13 | 47-103-01392 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Westvaco Wolfe 6 | 47-107-01281 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
| Bohrer, Virginia Bohrer 1 | 47-103-01394 | Other status | Other type | Wetzel, WV | Clay Resources, Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Clay Resources operate?
Clay Resources is the operator of record for 23 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in West Virginia (23). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Clay Resources's wells are still active?
0 of Clay Resources's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned and 2 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Clay Resources operate wells?
Clay Resources is the operator of record for wells in West Virginia (23).
Does Clay Resources operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Clay Resources's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Clay Resources'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, “Clay Resources — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/clay-resources-142082 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).