Forest City
Operator of record for 15 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Forest City is the operator of record for 15 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 4 (27%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 15 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
15
Active
0
Plugged
4
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 15 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 3
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Forest City operate?
Forest City's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (15). Its 15 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 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 Forest City’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Forest City's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 27% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Forest City operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 3 (20%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Oltjen 1-2 in Brown, KS at 2,000 ft. The wells listed below sit in Brown (KS), Doniphan (KS) and Bourbon (KS).
Notable wells operated by Forest City
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oltjen 1-2 | 15-013-20029 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Brown, KS | Forest City LLC | 2,000 ft |
| Tietjens 1-12 | 15-013-20030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Brown, KS | Forest City LLC | 1,899 ft |
| Hopp 1-16 | 15-043-20027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Doniphan, KS | Forest City LLC | 1,832 ft |
| Gladhart 1-23 | 15-043-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Doniphan, KS | Forest City LLC | 170 ft |
| McVay 1-26 | 15-011-22920 | Other status | Other type | Bourbon, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
| J. M. Lord 1-26 | 15-011-22924 | Other status | Other type | Bourbon, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
| Daniels 1-28 | 15-011-22926 | Other status | Other type | Bourbon, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
| Lord 1-25 | 15-011-22929 | Other status | Other type | Bourbon, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
| McVay 2-26 | 15-011-22930 | Other status | Other type | Bourbon, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
| Kopp 1-3 | 15-013-20027 | Other status | Other type | Brown, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
| Merkel 1-33 | 15-013-20028 | Other status | Other type | Brown, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
| Fuhrman Farms 1-14 | 15-043-20030 | Other status | Other type | Doniphan, KS | Forest City LLC | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Forest City operate?
Forest City is the operator of record for 15 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (15). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Forest City's wells are still active?
0 of Forest City's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Forest City operate wells?
Forest City is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (15).
Does Forest City operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Forest City's catalogued wells are oil wells and 3 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Forest City's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Oltjen 1-2 in Brown, KS is the deepest at 2,000 ft.
Where Forest City'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, “Forest City — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/forest-city-117421 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).