Cleff Howard E
Operator of record for 7 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Cleff Howard E · Cleff, Howard E.
At a glance
Cleff Howard E is the operator of record for 7 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 7 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 7 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
7
Active
0
Plugged
7
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 7 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 3
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cleff Howard E operate?
Cleff Howard E's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (7). Its 7 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 Cleff Howard E’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Cleff Howard 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 Cleff Howard E operate?
By product class, 3 (43%) 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 Best, Hampton 12 in Madison, IL at 810 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 Cleff Howard E
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best, Hampton 12 | 12-119-02415 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Madison, IL | Cleff Howard E | 810 ft |
| Leitch, Mae Olive 2 | 12-119-02090 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Madison, IL | Cleff Howard E | 620 ft |
| Kerin 2 | 12-119-02416 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Madison, IL | Cleff Howard E | 610 ft |
| Blom 3 | 12-119-00842 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Madison, IL | Cleff, Howard E. | 590 ft |
| Jones, Robert Comm. 1 | 12-119-02414 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Madison, IL | Cleff Howard E | 586 ft |
| Bononi 8 | 12-119-00812 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Madison, IL | Cleff Howard E | 585 ft |
| Blom Water Well 1 | 12-119-23174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Madison, IL | Cleff, Howard E. | 186 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cleff Howard E operate?
Cleff Howard E is the operator of record for 7 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (7). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cleff Howard E's wells are still active?
0 of Cleff Howard E's catalogued wells are active; 7 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Cleff Howard E operate wells?
Cleff Howard E is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (7).
Does Cleff Howard E operate mostly oil or gas wells?
3 of Cleff Howard E's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Cleff Howard E's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Best, Hampton 12 in Madison, IL is the deepest at 810 ft.
Where Cleff Howard 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, “Cleff Howard E — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cleff-howard-e-105631 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).