Defender Gas Producers
Operator of record for 9 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Defender Gas Producers is the operator of record for 9 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 9 (100%) are active, 0 (0%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Arkansas, with 9 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
9
Active
9
Plugged
0
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 9 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 9
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 100%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Defender Gas Producers operate?
Defender Gas Producers's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Arkansas (9). Its 9 Arkansas wells are 0.0% of the 33,791 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 Defender Gas Producers’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
100% of Defender Gas Producers's catalogued wells are active, 71 percentage points above 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 Defender Gas Producers operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 9 (100%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Waddle 11-17 2-23H in Van Buren, AR at 6,339 ft.
Notable wells operated by Defender Gas Producers
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waddle 11-17 2-23H | 03-141-10687 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 6,339 ft |
| Ballard 1-18H | 03-141-10356 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 5,993 ft |
| Owen 1-18H | 03-141-10355 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 5,806 ft |
| Chavez 2-8H | 03-141-10512 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 5,672 ft |
| Chavez 1-8H | 03-141-10490 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 5,574 ft |
| Files 3-12H | 03-141-10362 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 4,779 ft |
| Kamalmaz 1-13H | 03-141-10166 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 4,680 ft |
| Roberts 1-13H | 03-141-10360 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 4,595 ft |
| Vaughan 2-18 | 03-141-10357 | Active | Gas | Van Buren, AR | Defender Gas Producers LLC | 1,234 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Defender Gas Producers operate?
Defender Gas Producers is the operator of record for 9 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Arkansas (9). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Defender Gas Producers's wells are still active?
9 of Defender Gas Producers's catalogued wells are active; 0 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Defender Gas Producers operate wells?
Defender Gas Producers is the operator of record for wells in Arkansas (9).
Does Defender Gas Producers operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Defender Gas Producers's catalogued wells are oil wells and 9 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Defender Gas Producers's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Waddle 11-17 2-23H in Van Buren, AR is the deepest at 6,339 ft.
Where Defender Gas Producers'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, “Defender Gas Producers — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/defender-gas-producers-138885 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).