Cook Drilling
Operator of record for 105 catalogued wells across 4 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: COOK DRILLING CO · COOK DRILLING CO. · COOK DRILLING COMPANY · Cook Drilling Company
At a glance
Cook Drilling is the operator of record for 105 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 4 states. None is listed as active, 10 (10%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Michigan, with 97 wells (92% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
105
Active
0
Plugged
10
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 97 |
| Mississippi | 5 |
| Arkansas | 2 |
| Louisiana | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cook Drilling operate?
Cook Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 4 states: Michigan (97), Mississippi (5), Arkansas (2) and Louisiana (1). Its 97 Michigan wells are 0.1% of the 85,673 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 Cook Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Cook Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Cook Drilling operate?
By product class, 4 (4%) 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 Monroe, Alice 1 in Columbia, AR at 5,798 ft. The wells listed below sit in Columbia (AR), Yazoo (MS), Allegan (MI), Union (AR), Sabine (LA) and Oceana (MI) and other counties. State filings spell the name 4 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Cook Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe, Alice 1 | 03-027-01279 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Columbia, AR | Cook Drilling Company | 5,798 ft |
| Wm Thomas 1 1 | 23-163-00074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yazoo, MS | Cook Drilling Co. | 5,056 ft |
| Veldhof, Harold 1 | 21-005-22809 | Other status | Other type | Allegan, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 2,899 ft |
| Bushee, Keith 1 | 21-005-22899 | Other status | Other type | Allegan, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 2,770 ft |
| Tatum 2 | 03-139-80426 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union, AR | Cook Drilling Company | 2,621 ft |
| R Cook 001 | 17-085-21843 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sabine, LA | Cook Drilling Company | 2,510 ft |
| Walker, M James 1 | 21-127-22448 | Other status | Other type | Oceana, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 1,980 ft |
| Walker-Sumner 1 | 21-127-22714 | Other status | Other type | Oceana, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 1,972 ft |
| Oberlin 1 | 21-127-22972 | Other status | Other type | Oceana, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 1,968 ft |
| Johnson, Arthur M 1 | 21-139-19392 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 1,944 ft |
| Davis, Averill 1 | 21-139-18025 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 1,939 ft |
| Braamse 1 | 21-139-17821 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa, MI | Cook Drilling Co | 1,931 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cook Drilling operate?
Cook Drilling is the operator of record for 105 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Michigan (97). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cook Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Cook Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 10 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Cook Drilling operate wells?
Cook Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Michigan (97), Mississippi (5), Arkansas (2) and Louisiana (1).
Does Cook Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of Cook Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Cook Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Monroe, Alice 1 in Columbia, AR is the deepest at 5,798 ft.
Where Cook 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, “Cook Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cook-drilling-87320 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).