Cotton Well Drilling
Operator of record for 164 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: COTTON WELL DRILLING CO INC · Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc.
At a glance
Cotton Well Drilling is the operator of record for 164 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. 133 (81%) are active, 2 (1%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in New York, with 163 wells (99% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
164
Active
133
Plugged
2
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| New York | 163 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 162
- Shut-in
- 25
- Active share
- 81%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cotton Well Drilling operate?
Cotton Well Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: New York (163) and Pennsylvania (1). Its 163 New York wells are 0.4% of the 46,514 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 Well Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
81% of Cotton Well Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 52 percentage points above the national share of 29%. 1% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 25 wells (15%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Cotton Well Drilling operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 162 (99%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Langworthy 1 in Chautauqua, NY at 5,940 ft. 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 Cotton Well Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langworthy 1 | 31-013-07649 | Active | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 5,940 ft |
| 3126 Besch | 31-013-14395 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 4,030 ft |
| Kopta 5 | 31-013-14398 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,978 ft |
| 3127 Besch | 31-013-14396 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,967 ft |
| 3129 Sweetman | 31-013-14771 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,949 ft |
| 3125 Besch | 31-013-14394 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,946 ft |
| 3130 Sweetman | 31-013-14399 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,889 ft |
| Warnshius 3114 | 31-013-14348 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,861 ft |
| 3131 Thompson | 31-013-14400 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,819 ft |
| Franks 3111 | 31-013-14345 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,813 ft |
| 3132 Thompson | 31-013-14401 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,807 ft |
| Warnshius 3115 | 31-013-14349 | Shut-in | Gas | Chautauqua, NY | Cotton Well Drilling Company Inc. | 3,802 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cotton Well Drilling operate?
Cotton Well Drilling is the operator of record for 164 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in New York (163). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cotton Well Drilling's wells are still active?
133 of Cotton Well Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 2 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Cotton Well Drilling operate wells?
Cotton Well Drilling is the operator of record for wells in New York (163) and Pennsylvania (1).
Does Cotton Well Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Cotton Well Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 162 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Cotton Well Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Langworthy 1 in Chautauqua, NY is the deepest at 5,940 ft.
Where Cotton Well 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, “Cotton Well Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cotton-well-drilling-112220 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).