Darke Brothers
Operator of record for 10 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Darke Brothers is the operator of record for 10 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 1 (10%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Michigan, with 10 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
10
Active
0
Plugged
1
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 10 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Darke Brothers operate?
Darke Brothers's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Michigan (10). Its 10 Michigan wells are 0.0% of the 85,673 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 Darke Brothers’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Darke Brothers's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Darke Brothers operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Butler, Louis 1 in Saginaw, MI at 3,935 ft. The wells listed below sit in Saginaw (MI), Wayne (MI), Gratiot (MI), Ingham (MI), Barry (MI) and Allegan (MI).
Notable wells operated by Darke Brothers
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, Louis 1 | 21-145-06535 | Other status | Other type | Saginaw, MI | Darke Brothers | 3,935 ft |
| Truesdell, Lewis 1 | 21-163-03813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, MI | Darke Brothers | 3,600 ft |
| Gladstone, Lloyd 1 | 21-057-08482 | Other status | Other type | Gratiot, MI | Darke Brothers | 3,288 ft |
| Bell 1 | 21-145-05472 | Other status | Other type | Saginaw, MI | Darke Brothers | 3,259 ft |
| Hart Brothers 1 | 21-145-04119 | Other status | Other type | Saginaw, MI | Darke Brothers | 3,172 ft |
| Rockwell, S. 1 | 21-145-04575 | Other status | Other type | Saginaw, MI | Darke Brothers | 3,167 ft |
| Osullivan 1 | 21-065-04837 | Other status | Other type | Ingham, MI | Darke Brothers | 2,521 ft |
| Royston Farm 1 | 21-065-04918 | Other status | Other type | Ingham, MI | Darke Brothers | 2,510 ft |
| Stokoe 1 | 21-015-05953 | Other status | Other type | Barry, MI | Darke Brothers | 1,980 ft |
| Hardy, G. E. 1 | 21-005-05300 | Other status | Other type | Allegan, MI | Darke Brothers | 1,591 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 10 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Darke Brothers operate?
Darke Brothers is the operator of record for 10 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Michigan (10). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Darke Brothers's wells are still active?
0 of Darke Brothers's catalogued wells are active; 1 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Darke Brothers operate wells?
Darke Brothers is the operator of record for wells in Michigan (10).
Does Darke Brothers operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Darke Brothers's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Darke Brothers's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Butler, Louis 1 in Saginaw, MI is the deepest at 3,935 ft.
Where Darke Brothers'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, “Darke Brothers — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/darke-brothers-114841 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).