Florida Exploration

Operator of record for 126 catalogued wells across 7 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.

Filed as: FLORIDA EXPLORATION CO. · FLORIDA EXPLORATION CO · FLORIDA EXPLORATION CO. · FLORIDA EXPLORATION COMPANY · …

At a glance

Florida Exploration is the operator of record for 126 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 7 states. None is listed as active, 111 (88%) are plugged & abandoned and 3 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 77 wells (61% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

126

Active

Plugged

111

Orphaned

Portfolio by state

State	Wells
Louisiana	77
Mississippi	34
Montana	5
North Dakota	5
Utah	3
Alabama	1
New Mexico	1

Well mix

Oil wells: 17
Gas wells: 27
Shut-in: 0
Active share: 0%

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Where does Florida Exploration operate?

Florida Exploration's catalogued wells are spread across 7 states: Louisiana (77), Mississippi (34), Montana (5), North Dakota (5) and Utah (3) and 2 more. Its 34 Mississippi wells are 0.1% of the 34,924 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 Florida Exploration’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

0% of Florida Exploration's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 3 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.

What kinds of wells does Florida Exploration operate?

By product class, 17 (13%) are oil wells and 27 (21%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is North Hackberry Yates #001 in Eddy, NM at 99,999 ft. The wells listed below sit in Eddy (NM), Lafourche (LA), Assumption (LA), Terrebonne (LA), Iberia (LA) and Avoyelles (LA). State filings spell the name 7 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.

Notable wells operated by Florida Exploration

Wells operated by Florida Exploration
Well	API # / state ID	Status	Type	Location	Operator	Depth
North Hackberry Yates #001	30-015-23981	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Eddy, NM	Florida Exploration Co	99,999 ft
Legendre Land Corp 002	17-057-21527	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Lafourche, LA	Florida Exploration Company	19,005 ft
Williams Inc /A/ 001	17-007-20218	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Assumption, LA	Florida Exploration Company	19,000 ft
E W Brown 003	17-007-20173	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Assumption, LA	Florida Exploration Company	18,420 ft
Vua;e. W. Brown A 001	17-007-20200	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Assumption, LA	Florida Exploration Company	18,382 ft
Legendre Land Corp. 001	17-057-21213	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Lafourche, LA	Florida Exploration Company	18,356 ft
C M Thibodaux 001	17-007-20231	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Assumption, LA	Florida Exploration Company	17,700 ft
Brownell-Kidd 001	17-007-20230	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Assumption, LA	Florida Exploration Company	17,573 ft
Helen O Bernard 001	17-109-21312	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Terrebonne, LA	Florida Exploration Company	17,126 ft
Edward H Peterman Et Al B 001	17-045-20441	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Iberia, LA	Florida Exploration Company	17,000 ft
Fred P Newton 001	17-009-20228	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Avoyelles, LA	Florida Exploration Company	16,500 ft
Vua; C Wilson 002	17-109-21292	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Terrebonne, LA	Florida Exploration Company	16,200 ft

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Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Florida Exploration operate?

Florida Exploration is the operator of record for 126 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (77). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Florida Exploration's wells are still active?

0 of Florida Exploration's catalogued wells are active; 111 are plugged & abandoned and 3 are flagged as orphaned.

In which states does Florida Exploration operate wells?

Florida Exploration is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (77), Mississippi (34), Montana (5), North Dakota (5), Utah (3), Alabama (1) and New Mexico (1).

Does Florida Exploration operate mostly oil or gas wells?

17 of Florida Exploration's catalogued wells are oil wells and 27 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

What is Florida Exploration's deepest well?

Among wells with a published depth, North Hackberry Yates #001 in Eddy, NM is the deepest at 99,999 ft.

Where Florida Exploration'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, “Florida Exploration — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/florida-exploration-12107 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated October 2026 . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).