Empire State Oil
Operator of record for 104 catalogued wells across 4 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: EMPIRE STATE OIL · EMPIRE STATE OIL CO. · Empire State Oil Co.
At a glance
Empire State Oil is the operator of record for 104 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 4 states. None is listed as active, 101 (97%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Wyoming, with 66 wells (63% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
104
Active
0
Plugged
101
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Wyoming | 66 |
| Montana | 23 |
| California | 10 |
| North Dakota | 5 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 71
- Gas wells
- 5
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Empire State Oil operate?
Empire State Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 4 states: Wyoming (66), Montana (23), California (10) and North Dakota (5). Its 23 Montana wells are 0.1% of the 42,011 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 State Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Empire State Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 97% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Empire State Oil operate?
By product class, 71 (68%) are oil wells and 5 (5%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Vorwerk 1 in Mountrail, ND at 13,253 ft. The wells listed below sit in Mountrail (ND), Dawson (MT), Golden Valley (ND), Big Horn (WY), Mclean (ND) and Converse (WY) and other counties. 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 State Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorwerk 1 | 33-061-00181 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mountrail, ND | Empire State Oil Co. | 13,253 ft |
| Hathaway Co. 1 | 25-021-05076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dawson, MT | Empire State Oil Co. | 9,351 ft |
| U.S. Government 11-1 | 33-033-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Golden Valley, ND | Empire State Oil Co. | 9,161 ft |
| Kost 1 | 49-003-05277 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Big Horn, WY | Empire State Oil | 8,879 ft |
| John O. Bartelson-State 1 | 33-061-00182 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mountrail, ND | Empire State Oil Co. | 8,606 ft |
| E. M. Youngbear Sanderson 1 | 33-055-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mclean, ND | Empire State Oil Co. | 8,594 ft |
| Shawnee 1 | 49-009-05227 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Converse, WY | Empire State Oil | 7,450 ft |
| Shawnee 2 | 49-009-05228 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Converse, WY | Empire State Oil | 7,150 ft |
| Gaenslen 9-1 | 25-091-21128 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sheridan, MT | Empire State Oil Co. | 7,100 ft |
| Federal 2 | 49-003-05214 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Big Horn, WY | Empire State Oil | 6,960 ft |
| Byron Southeast 2 | 49-003-05912 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Big Horn, WY | Empire State Oil | 6,952 ft |
| Dixon 19-1 | 49-027-20149 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Niobrara, WY | Empire State Oil | 6,805 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Empire State Oil operate?
Empire State Oil is the operator of record for 104 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Wyoming (66). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Empire State Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Empire State Oil's catalogued wells are active; 101 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Empire State Oil operate wells?
Empire State Oil is the operator of record for wells in Wyoming (66), Montana (23), California (10) and North Dakota (5).
Does Empire State Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
71 of Empire State Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 5 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Empire State Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Vorwerk 1 in Mountrail, ND is the deepest at 13,253 ft.
Where Empire State 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, “Empire State Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/empire-state-oil-4699 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).