Cox Drilling Company & Basic
Operator of record for 7 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Cox Drilling Company & Basic is the operator of record for 7 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 0 (0%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 7 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
7
Active
0
Plugged
0
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 7 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Cox Drilling Company & Basic operate?
Cox Drilling Company & Basic's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (7). Its 7 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 Cox Drilling Company & Basic’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Cox Drilling Company & Basic's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Cox Drilling Company & Basic operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%.
Notable wells operated by Cox Drilling Company & Basic
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keown, Vollie 5 | KGS record 3004737 | Other status | Other type | Butler, KY | Cox Drilling Company & Basic, Inc | — |
| West, W D 1 | KGS record 3004738 | Other status | Other type | Butler, KY | Cox Drilling Company & Basic, Inc | — |
| Johnson, Eugene 1 | KGS record 3004739 | Other status | Other type | Butler, KY | Cox Drilling Company & Basic, Inc | — |
| Keown, Vollie 2 | KGS record 3004734 | Other status | Other type | Butler, KY | Cox Drilling Company & Basic, Inc | — |
| Keown, Vollie 4 | KGS record 3004736 | Other status | Other type | Butler, KY | Cox Drilling Company & Basic, Inc | — |
| Johnson, Eugene 2 | KGS record 3004733 | Other status | Other type | Butler, KY | Cox Drilling Company & Basic, Inc | — |
| Keown, Vollie 3 | KGS record 3004735 | Other status | Other type | Butler, KY | Cox Drilling Company & Basic, Inc | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Cox Drilling Company & Basic operate?
Cox Drilling Company & Basic is the operator of record for 7 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (7). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Cox Drilling Company & Basic's wells are still active?
0 of Cox Drilling Company & Basic's catalogued wells are active; 0 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Cox Drilling Company & Basic operate wells?
Cox Drilling Company & Basic is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (7).
Does Cox Drilling Company & Basic operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Cox Drilling Company & Basic's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Cox Drilling Company & Basic'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, “Cox Drilling Company & Basic — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/cox-drilling-company-basic-126385 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).