Cotton Petroleum

Operator of record for 324 catalogued wells across 8 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.

Filed as: COTTON PETROLEUM CORP · COTTON PETROLEUM CORP. · COTTON PETROLEUM CORPORATION · Cotton Petroleum Corp · …

At a glance

Cotton Petroleum is the operator of record for 324 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 8 states. 1 (0.3%) are active, 310 (96%) plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Oklahoma, with 221 wells (68% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

324

Active

Plugged

310

Orphaned

Portfolio by state

State	Wells
Oklahoma	221
Louisiana	52
Wyoming	22
North Dakota	10
Colorado	8
Montana	8
Arkansas	2
Mississippi	1

Well mix

Oil wells: 66
Gas wells: 38
Shut-in: 0
Active share: 0%

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Where does Cotton Petroleum operate?

Cotton Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 8 states: Oklahoma (221), Louisiana (52), Wyoming (22), North Dakota (10) and Colorado (8) and 3 more. Its 221 Oklahoma wells are 0.0% of the 456,595 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 Cotton Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

0.3% of Cotton Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 96% 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 Cotton Petroleum operate?

By product class, 66 (20%) are oil wells and 38 (12%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is L V Thibodeaux 001 in Vermilion, LA at 18,137 ft. The wells listed below sit in Vermilion (LA), St Tammany (LA), East Feliciana (LA), St Martin (LA), Iberia (LA) and Pointe Coupee (LA). State filings spell the name 5 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.

Notable wells operated by Cotton Petroleum

Wells operated by Cotton Petroleum
Well	API # / state ID	Status	Type	Location	Operator	Depth
L V Thibodeaux 001	17-113-21295	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Vermilion, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	18,137 ft
Sl 7192 002	17-103-20028	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	St Tammany, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	17,798 ft
Mt 3 Rc Sua;r Sarver 001	17-113-21182	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Vermilion, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	16,500 ft
Sl 7192 001	17-103-20023	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	St Tammany, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	16,010 ft
15400 Tusc Ra Suf;morris Heirs 001	17-037-20011	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	East Feliciana, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	15,570 ft
Bob R Jones 001	17-037-20018	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	East Feliciana, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	15,450 ft
15400 Tusc Ra Suc;henry L Mino 001	17-037-20015	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	East Feliciana, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	15,424 ft
15400 Tusc Ra Sua;a C Mckowen 001	17-037-20016	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	East Feliciana, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	15,380 ft
P Mckowen Slaughter 001	17-037-20020	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	East Feliciana, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	14,785 ft
Evelyn Ledet Et Al 001	17-099-20833	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	St Martin, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	14,146 ft
E H Peterman 001	17-045-20532	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Iberia, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	14,100 ft
Louisiana Central Land Co 001	17-077-20183	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Pointe Coupee, LA	Cotton Petroleum Corporation	14,061 ft

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Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Cotton Petroleum operate?

Cotton Petroleum is the operator of record for 324 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Oklahoma (221). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Cotton Petroleum's wells are still active?

1 of Cotton Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 310 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.

In which states does Cotton Petroleum operate wells?

Cotton Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Oklahoma (221), Louisiana (52), Wyoming (22), North Dakota (10), Colorado (8), Montana (8), Arkansas (2) and Mississippi (1).

Does Cotton Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?

66 of Cotton Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 38 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

What is Cotton Petroleum's deepest well?

Among wells with a published depth, L V Thibodeaux 001 in Vermilion, LA is the deepest at 18,137 ft.

Where Cotton 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, “Cotton Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cotton-petroleum-75 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated October 2026 . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).