Faulkner Drilling
Operator of record for 44 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: FAULKNER DRILLING CO · FAULKNER DRILLING CO, INC
At a glance
Faulkner Drilling is the operator of record for 44 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 27 (61%) are plugged & abandoned and 11 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 44 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
44
Active
0
Plugged
27
Orphaned
11
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 44 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 11
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Faulkner Drilling operate?
Faulkner Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (44). Its 44 Kentucky wells are 0.0% of the 201,022 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 Faulkner Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Faulkner Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 61% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 11 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Faulkner Drilling operate?
By product class, 11 (25%) 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 Greenwade, John Jr 1 in Montgomery, KY at 1,568 ft. The wells listed below sit in Montgomery (KY), Wolfe (KY), Ohio (KY) and Powell (KY). 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 Faulkner Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwade, John Jr 1 | 16-173-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Montgomery, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,568 ft |
| Gatewood, Robert 1 | 16-173-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Montgomery, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,475 ft |
| Neeley, Edd (Tr 2) 1p | 16-237-00694 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolfe, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,445 ft |
| Neeley, Edd (Tr 1) 1p | 16-237-00695 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolfe, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,435 ft |
| Gilbert Heirs 1 | 16-237-00750 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolfe, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,417 ft |
| Calico Brothers Farm, Inc 2 | 16-173-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Montgomery, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,303 ft |
| Brown, Edna 1 | 16-237-00153 | Orphaned | Oil | Wolfe, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,250 ft |
| Lynch, William T 1 | 16-183-02507 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,250 ft |
| Wright, Vivian 1 | 16-237-00541 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolfe, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,222 ft |
| Drake, P Y Po1p | 16-197-00476 | Orphaned | Oil | Powell, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,052 ft |
| Faulkner, Harrison & Taylor 2 | 16-237-00751 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolfe, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,048 ft |
| Faulkner, Harrison & Taylor 1 | 16-237-00519 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wolfe, KY | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc | 1,030 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Faulkner Drilling operate?
Faulkner Drilling is the operator of record for 44 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (44). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Faulkner Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Faulkner Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 27 are plugged & abandoned and 11 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Faulkner Drilling operate wells?
Faulkner Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (44).
Does Faulkner Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
11 of Faulkner Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Faulkner Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Greenwade, John Jr 1 in Montgomery, KY is the deepest at 1,568 ft.
Where Faulkner 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, “Faulkner Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/faulkner-drilling-69375 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).