Earco Oil Operations
Operator of record for 8 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Earco Oil Operations is the operator of record for 8 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 8 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 8 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
8
Active
0
Plugged
8
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 8 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Earco Oil Operations operate?
Earco Oil Operations's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (8). Its 8 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 Earco Oil Operations’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Earco Oil Operations's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Earco Oil Operations operate?
By product class, 4 (50%) 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 Billings 1 in Russell, KS at 3,370 ft. The wells listed below sit in Russell (KS) and Saline (KS).
Notable wells operated by Earco Oil Operations
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billings 1 | 15-167-00071 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Russell, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 3,370 ft |
| Mai-Smith 3 | 15-167-01960 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 3,368 ft |
| Mai-Smith 2 | 15-167-01959 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 3,269 ft |
| Phinney B 1 | 15-167-19559 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Russell, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 3,243 ft |
| Phinney 8 | 15-167-20460 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 3,205 ft |
| Phinney 2 | 15-167-03504 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 3,194 ft |
| Phinney 7 | 15-167-07746 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Russell, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 750 ft |
| Sandberg 5 | 15-169-19187 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Saline, KS | Earco Oil Operations, Inc. | 342 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 8 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Earco Oil Operations operate?
Earco Oil Operations is the operator of record for 8 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (8). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Earco Oil Operations's wells are still active?
0 of Earco Oil Operations's catalogued wells are active; 8 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Earco Oil Operations operate wells?
Earco Oil Operations is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (8).
Does Earco Oil Operations operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of Earco Oil Operations's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Earco Oil Operations's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Billings 1 in Russell, KS is the deepest at 3,370 ft.
Where Earco Oil Operations'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, “Earco Oil Operations — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/earco-oil-operations-79389 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).