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Commonwealth Oil

Operator of record for 1 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.

At a glance

Commonwealth Oil is the operator of record for 1 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 0 (0%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 1 wells (100% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

1

Active

0

Plugged

0

Orphaned

1

Portfolio by state

StateWells
California1

Well mix

Oil wells
1
Gas wells
0
Shut-in
0
Active share
0%

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Where does Commonwealth Oil operate?

Commonwealth Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (1). Its 1 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 Commonwealth Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

0% of Commonwealth Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 0% 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 Commonwealth Oil operate?

By product class, 1 (100%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%.

Notable wells operated by Commonwealth Oil

Wells operated by Commonwealth Oil
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeLocationOperatorDepth
I.W. Hellman 104-037-25201OrphanedOilLos Angeles, CACommonwealth Oil Company—

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Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Commonwealth Oil operate?

Commonwealth Oil is the operator of record for 1 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (1). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Commonwealth Oil's wells are still active?

0 of Commonwealth Oil's catalogued wells are active; 0 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.

In which states does Commonwealth Oil operate wells?

Commonwealth Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (1).

Does Commonwealth Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?

1 of Commonwealth Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

Where Commonwealth 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, “Commonwealth Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/commonwealth-oil-14192 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).