El Capitan Oil
Operator of record for 10 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: EL CAPITAN OIL · EL CAPITAN OIL CO
At a glance
El Capitan Oil is the operator of record for 10 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 10 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 6 wells (60% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
10
Active
0
Plugged
10
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 6 |
| Wyoming | 4 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 8
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does El Capitan Oil operate?
El Capitan Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Colorado (6) and Wyoming (4). Its 6 Colorado wells are 0.0% of the 124,327 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 El Capitan Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of El Capitan Oil'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 El Capitan Oil operate?
By product class, 8 (80%) are oil wells and 1 (10%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 1 Union Pacific Rr in Weld, CO at 6,500 ft. The wells listed below sit in Weld (CO), Morgan (CO) and Converse (WY). State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by El Capitan Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Union Pacific Rr | 05-123-06005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weld, CO | El Capitan Oil | 6,500 ft |
| 2 Uprr | 05-123-06013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weld, CO | El Capitan Oil | 6,370 ft |
| 4 Uprr | 05-123-06015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weld, CO | El Capitan Oil | 6,240 ft |
| 5 Uprr | 05-123-06021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weld, CO | El Capitan Oil | 6,224 ft |
| 3 Uprr | 05-123-60200 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weld, CO | El Capitan Oil | 6,222 ft |
| 1 F W Kuhlman | 05-087-05404 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, CO | El Capitan Oil | 6,174 ft |
| Silvers 1 | 49-009-05132 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Converse, WY | El Capitan Oil Co | 3,200 ft |
| Anderson 1 | 49-009-05131 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Converse, WY | El Capitan Oil Co | 1,728 ft |
| Anderson 2 | 49-009-05105 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Converse, WY | El Capitan Oil Co | 1,100 ft |
| Anderson 1-A | 49-009-05143 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Converse, WY | El Capitan Oil Co | 335 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 10 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does El Capitan Oil operate?
El Capitan Oil is the operator of record for 10 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (6). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of El Capitan Oil's wells are still active?
0 of El Capitan Oil's catalogued wells are active; 10 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does El Capitan Oil operate wells?
El Capitan Oil is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (6) and Wyoming (4).
Does El Capitan Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
8 of El Capitan Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is El Capitan Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 1 Union Pacific Rr in Weld, CO is the deepest at 6,500 ft.
Where El Capitan Oil'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, “El Capitan Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/el-capitan-oil-14396 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).