Continental Petroleum
Operator of record for 32 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: CONTINENTAL PETROLEUM · CONTINENTAL PETROLEUM INC · CONTINENTAL PETROLEUM, LLC
At a glance
Continental Petroleum is the operator of record for 32 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 5 (16%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in West Virginia, with 29 wells (91% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
32
Active
0
Plugged
5
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 29 |
| Louisiana | 2 |
| Colorado | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 2
- Gas wells
- 2
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Continental Petroleum operate?
Continental Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: West Virginia (29), Louisiana (2) and Colorado (1). Its 29 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 Continental Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Continental Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 16% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Continental Petroleum operate?
By product class, 2 (6%) are oil wells and 2 (6%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 1 Niles in Weld, CO at 6,721 ft. The wells listed below sit in Weld (CO), Caddo (LA), Gilmer (WV) and Wood (WV). 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 Continental Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Niles | 05-123-05220 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Continental Petroleum Inc | 6,721 ft |
| Thompkins 001 | 17-017-25421 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Continental Petroleum | 1,150 ft |
| Tompkins 002 | 17-017-25345 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caddo, LA | Continental Petroleum | 1,150 ft |
| Marks, Ormeda Moore A. Moore 3 | 47-021-04387 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Sprouse/Mchenry 3-A | 47-021-03876 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Marks, Ormeda Moore 0 | 47-021-04670 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Garrett "H" 1 | 47-021-02026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Means, Bruce D., Etux 0 | 47-021-04672 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Jones, Robert & Judith 7-A | 47-021-03694 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Sprouse/Mchenry 2-A | 47-021-03875 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Pursley, A. A. Keith 3-A | 47-021-03929 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
| Chancellor, Chas. & Mabel Mandalari 1 | 47-107-01250 | Other status | Other type | Wood, WV | Continental Petroleum, LLC | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Continental Petroleum operate?
Continental Petroleum is the operator of record for 32 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in West Virginia (29). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Continental Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Continental Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 5 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Continental Petroleum operate wells?
Continental Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in West Virginia (29), Louisiana (2) and Colorado (1).
Does Continental Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
2 of Continental Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 2 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Continental Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 1 Niles in Weld, CO is the deepest at 6,721 ft.
Where Continental Petroleum'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, “Continental Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/continental-petroleum-4487 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).