Exeter Oil
Operator of record for 18 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Exeter Oil Co. · Exeter Oil Co. Ltd.
At a glance
Exeter Oil is the operator of record for 18 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 17 (94%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 17 wells (94% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
18
Active
0
Plugged
17
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 17 |
| Alabama | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 13
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Exeter Oil operate?
Exeter Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: California (17) and Alabama (1). Its 17 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 Exeter Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Exeter Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 94% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Exeter Oil operate?
By product class, 13 (72%) 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 International Paper Co. (IPC) #1 in Mobile, AL at 8,015 ft. The wells listed below sit in Mobile (AL), Los Angeles (CA), Santa Barbara (CA) and Kern (CA). 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 Exeter Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Paper Co. (IPC) #1 | 01-097-19538 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobile, AL | Exeter Oil Co. | 8,015 ft |
| Exeter-Elerath 1 | 04-037-05385 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. Ltd. | — |
| Allstates, Slick-Moorman, … 1 | 04-083-03909 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Santa Barbara, CA | Exeter Oil Co. Ltd. | — |
| Clark 2-A | 04-037-09728 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| Clark 3 | 04-037-09729 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| Coleman 1 | 04-037-09730 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| Jones 1 | 04-037-09731 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| Jones 2 | 04-037-09732 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| Stevens 1 | 04-037-09736 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| Unspecified 1 | 04-083-03649 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| E. Craven 1 | 04-037-17208 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Exeter Oil Co. | — |
| Exeter-Willmax 16-2 | 04-029-38535 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Exeter Oil Co. Ltd. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Exeter Oil operate?
Exeter Oil is the operator of record for 18 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (17). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Exeter Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Exeter Oil's catalogued wells are active; 17 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Exeter Oil operate wells?
Exeter Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (17) and Alabama (1).
Does Exeter Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
13 of Exeter Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Exeter Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, International Paper Co. (IPC) #1 in Mobile, AL is the deepest at 8,015 ft.
Where Exeter 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, “Exeter Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/exeter-oil-12640 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).