Empire Drilling
Operator of record for 37 catalogued wells across 4 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: EMPIRE DRILLING COMPANY · Empire Drilling · Empire Drilling Co.
At a glance
Empire Drilling is the operator of record for 37 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 4 states. None is listed as active, 20 (54%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 34 wells (92% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
37
Active
0
Plugged
20
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 34 |
| California | 1 |
| Montana | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Empire Drilling operate?
Empire Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 4 states: Colorado (34), California (1), Montana (1) and Utah (1). Its 34 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 Empire Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Empire Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 54% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Empire Drilling operate?
By product class, 1 (3%) are oil wells and 1 (3%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 1 Uprr in Arapahoe, CO at 7,979 ft. The wells listed below sit in Arapahoe (CO), Adams (CO), Morgan (CO), Weld (CO), Logan (CO) and Jackson (CO). State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Empire Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Uprr | 05-005-06370 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arapahoe, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 7,979 ft |
| 36-4 State | 05-005-06538 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arapahoe, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 7,759 ft |
| 4 Thompson | 05-001-07590 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 7,645 ft |
| 1 Thompson | 05-001-07428 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 7,624 ft |
| 2 Thompson | 05-001-07546 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 7,561 ft |
| 1 Bijou-State | 05-087-07540 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 6,230 ft |
| 1 Rothrock | 05-123-09789 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 6,180 ft |
| 1 Case | 05-001-07567 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 5,570 ft |
| 1 Harley Queen A | 05-087-05182 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 5,275 ft |
| 1 Zeigler | 05-075-06631 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 5,001 ft |
| 1 Federal B | 05-057-06173 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jackson, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 4,620 ft |
| 1 Empire State | 05-057-06175 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jackson, CO | Empire Drilling Company | 3,980 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Empire Drilling operate?
Empire Drilling is the operator of record for 37 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (34). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Empire Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Empire Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 20 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Empire Drilling operate wells?
Empire Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (34), California (1), Montana (1) and Utah (1).
Does Empire Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Empire Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Empire Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 1 Uprr in Arapahoe, CO is the deepest at 7,979 ft.
Where Empire Drilling'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, “Empire Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/empire-drilling-4622 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).