Cliffs Drilling
Operator of record for 9 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Cliffs Drilling is the operator of record for 9 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 7 (78%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 9 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
9
Active
0
Plugged
7
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 9 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 3
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cliffs Drilling operate?
Cliffs Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Louisiana (9). Its 9 Louisiana wells are 0.0% of the 225,728 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 Cliffs Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Cliffs Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 78% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Cliffs Drilling operate?
By product class, 4 (44%) are oil wells and 3 (33%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Thistlethwaite 002 in St Landry, LA at 16,537 ft. The wells listed below sit in St Landry (LA), St Bernard (LA) and Plaquemines (LA).
Notable wells operated by Cliffs Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thistlethwaite 002 | 17-097-20373 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | St Landry, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 16,537 ft |
| Thistlethwaite 001 | 17-097-20338 | Orphaned | Gas | St Landry, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 14,565 ft |
| Thistlethwaite 004 | 17-097-20422 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | St Landry, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 14,500 ft |
| Brs12 7500 Ra Nvu;sl 6141 003 | 17-726-00257 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | St Bernard, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 9,530 ft |
| Brs12 7500 Ra Nvu;sl 6139 001 | 17-726-00255 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | St Bernard, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 8,250 ft |
| Brs12 7500 Ra Nvu;sl 6141 001 | 17-726-00258 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | St Bernard, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 7,751 ft |
| Brs12 7500 Ra Nvu;sl 6141 002 | 17-726-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | St Bernard, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 7,700 ft |
| Sl 11353 001 | 17-726-20349 | Other status | Other type | Plaquemines, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 6,700 ft |
| Sl 4865 001 | 17-726-20344 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Plaquemines, LA | Cliffs Drilling Company | 6,600 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 9 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cliffs Drilling operate?
Cliffs Drilling is the operator of record for 9 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (9). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cliffs Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Cliffs Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 7 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Cliffs Drilling operate wells?
Cliffs Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (9).
Does Cliffs Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of Cliffs Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 3 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Cliffs Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Thistlethwaite 002 in St Landry, LA is the deepest at 16,537 ft.
Where Cliffs Drilling'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, “Cliffs Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cliffs-drilling-81588 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).