Cook & Son Oil
Operator of record for 11 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: COOK & SON OIL CO · COOK & SON OIL CO, INC
At a glance
Cook & Son Oil is the operator of record for 11 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 4 (36%) are plugged & abandoned and 4 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 9 wells (82% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
11
Active
0
Plugged
4
Orphaned
4
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 9 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 3
- Gas wells
- 2
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cook & Son Oil operate?
Cook & Son Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Kentucky (9) and Pennsylvania (2). Its 9 Kentucky wells are 0.0% of the 201,022 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 & Son Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Cook & Son Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 36% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 4 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Cook & Son Oil operate?
By product class, 3 (27%) are oil wells and 2 (18%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Baker, Allen 2 in Knox, KY at 2,488 ft. The wells listed below sit in Knox (KY), Lincoln (KY), Butler (KY) and Armstrong (PA). 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 Cook & Son Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, Allen 2 | 16-121-00249 | Orphaned | Oil | Knox, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | 2,488 ft |
| Baker, Allen 7 | 16-121-00250 | Orphaned | Oil | Knox, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | 2,485 ft |
| Baker, Allen 1 | 16-121-00248 | Other status | Oil | Knox, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | 2,158 ft |
| Carson, Earl J 1 | 16-137-00160 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lincoln, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | 1,340 ft |
| Parks & Smith 3 | 16-137-00203 | Orphaned | Other type | Lincoln, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | 1,260 ft |
| Parks & Smith 4 | 16-137-00204 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lincoln, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | 1,180 ft |
| Grise, J K 1 | 16-031-01057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Butler, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | 325 ft |
| Baker, Allen 8 | 16-121-00952 | Other status | Other type | Knox, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Baker, Allen 3 | 16-121-00951 | Other status | Other type | Knox, KY | Cook & Son Oil Co, Inc | — |
| Mary E Runyan 2 | 37-005-21330 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Armstrong, PA | Cook & Son Oil Co | — |
| Charles G Hawkins 1 | 37-005-21392 | Orphaned | Gas | Armstrong, PA | Cook & Son Oil Co | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cook & Son Oil operate?
Cook & Son Oil is the operator of record for 11 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (9). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cook & Son Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Cook & Son Oil's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned and 4 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Cook & Son Oil operate wells?
Cook & Son Oil is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (9) and Pennsylvania (2).
Does Cook & Son Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
3 of Cook & Son Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 2 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Cook & Son Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Baker, Allen 2 in Knox, KY is the deepest at 2,488 ft.
Where Cook & Son 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, “Cook & Son Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cook-son-oil-68789 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).