Defiance Ventures
Operator of record for 27 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Defiance Ventures is the operator of record for 27 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 0 (0%) are plugged & abandoned and 27 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 27 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
27
Active
0
Plugged
0
Orphaned
27
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 27 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 26
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Defiance Ventures operate?
Defiance Ventures's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (27). Its 27 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 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 Defiance Ventures’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Defiance Ventures's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 27 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Defiance Ventures operate?
By product class, 26 (96%) 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 Mini-Farm 16-B in Leavenworth, KS at 2,161 ft.
Notable wells operated by Defiance Ventures
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini-Farm 16-B | 15-103-21443 | Orphaned | Injection | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 2,161 ft |
| Mini-Farm 2 | 15-103-21375 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 1,140 ft |
| Mini-Farm 3 | 15-103-21376 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 895 ft |
| Mini-Farm 10 | 15-103-21392 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 890 ft |
| Mini-Farm 7 | 15-103-21389 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 880 ft |
| Mini-Farm 13 | 15-103-21471 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 875 ft |
| Mini-Farm 1 | 15-103-21374 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 865 ft |
| Mini-Farm 9 | 15-103-21391 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 860 ft |
| Mini-Farm 8 | 15-103-21390 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 858 ft |
| Mini-Farm 6-B | 15-103-21395 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 853 ft |
| Hundley 4 | 15-103-21435 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 850 ft |
| Mini-Farm 15 | 15-103-21408 | Orphaned | Oil | Leavenworth, KS | Defiance Ventures, LLC | 841 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Defiance Ventures operate?
Defiance Ventures is the operator of record for 27 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (27). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Defiance Ventures's wells are still active?
0 of Defiance Ventures's catalogued wells are active; 0 are plugged & abandoned and 27 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Defiance Ventures operate wells?
Defiance Ventures is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (27).
Does Defiance Ventures operate mostly oil or gas wells?
26 of Defiance Ventures's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Defiance Ventures's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Mini-Farm 16-B in Leavenworth, KS is the deepest at 2,161 ft.
Where Defiance Ventures'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, “Defiance Ventures — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/defiance-ventures-141758 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).