Crown Oil
Operator of record for 28 catalogued wells across 7 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: CROWN OIL CO · CROWN OIL COMPANY · CROWN OIL CORP · CROWN OIL, INC. · …
At a glance
Crown Oil is the operator of record for 28 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 7 states. None is listed as active, 21 (75%) are plugged & abandoned and 6 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 13 wells (46% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
28
Active
0
Plugged
21
Orphaned
6
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 13 |
| Colorado | 6 |
| Oklahoma | 4 |
| Montana | 2 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| North Dakota | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 18
- Gas wells
- 4
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Crown Oil operate?
Crown Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 7 states: California (13), Colorado (6), Oklahoma (4), Montana (2) and Michigan (1) and 2 more. Its 13 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 Crown Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Crown Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 75% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 6 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Crown Oil operate?
By product class, 18 (64%) are oil wells and 4 (14%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Cash Creek Federal A 1 in Slope, ND at 10,164 ft. The wells listed below sit in Slope (ND), Dawson (MT), Weld (CO), Logan (CO), Muskegon (MI) and Livingston (NY) and other counties. State filings spell the name 7 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Crown Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Creek Federal A 1 | 33-087-00106 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Slope, ND | Crown Oil, Inc. | 10,164 ft |
| Govt McGhee 1 | 25-021-05143 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dawson, MT | Crown Oil, Inc. | 10,075 ft |
| Govt McGhee 2 | 25-021-05149 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dawson, MT | Crown Oil, Inc. | 10,030 ft |
| 1 Williams C | 05-123-05158 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Crown Oil Corp | 6,548 ft |
| 1 Vern Cady | 05-075-05370 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, CO | Crown Oil Corp | 5,353 ft |
| 3 State 3818 | 05-075-05549 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, CO | Crown Oil Corp | 5,090 ft |
| B-4 State | 05-075-05585 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Logan, CO | Crown Oil Corp | 5,083 ft |
| 1 State 3818 | 05-075-05564 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Logan, CO | Crown Oil Corp | 5,080 ft |
| 2 State 3818 | 05-075-05566 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Logan, CO | Crown Oil Corp | 5,077 ft |
| Layman 1 | 21-121-00765 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon, MI | Crown Oil Co | 2,271 ft |
| Northanberg Knappenburg 2 | 31-051-00820 | Orphaned | Gas | Livingston, NY | Crown Oil | 1,369 ft |
| Wilson 1 | 04-083-02396 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Crown Oil Company | — |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 28 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Crown Oil operate?
Crown Oil is the operator of record for 28 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (13). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Crown Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Crown Oil's catalogued wells are active; 21 are plugged & abandoned and 6 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Crown Oil operate wells?
Crown Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (13), Colorado (6), Oklahoma (4), Montana (2), Michigan (1), North Dakota (1) and New York (1).
Does Crown Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
18 of Crown Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 4 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Crown Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Cash Creek Federal A 1 in Slope, ND is the deepest at 10,164 ft.
Where Crown Oil's wells are
- Oil & gas wells in California· 13 operated by Crown Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Colorado· 6 operated by Crown Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Oklahoma· 4 operated by Crown Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Montana· 2 operated by Crown Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Michigan· 1 operated by Crown Oil
- Oil & gas wells in North Dakota· 1 operated by Crown Oil
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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, “Crown Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/crown-oil-5511 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).