Forest Oil

Operator of record for 2,065 catalogued wells across 12 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.

Filed as: FOREST OIL CORPORATION · Forest Oil Co. · Forest Oil Company · Forest Oil Corp · …

At a glance

Forest Oil is the operator of record for 2,065 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 12 states. 108 (5%) are active, 1,073 (52%) plugged & abandoned and 609 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 1,631 wells (79% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

2,065

Active

108

Plugged

1,073

Orphaned

609

Portfolio by state

State	Wells
Illinois	1,631
Louisiana	184
Utah	126
New Mexico	42
Colorado	21
Mississippi	18
Arkansas	12
North Dakota	12
Montana	10
Kentucky	6
Alabama	2
Kansas	1

Well mix

Oil wells: 758
Gas wells: 152
Shut-in: 0
Active share: 5%

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Where does Forest Oil operate?

Forest Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 12 states: Illinois (1,631), Louisiana (184), Utah (126), New Mexico (42) and Colorado (21) and 7 more. Its 1,631 Illinois wells are 0.9% of the 174,478 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 Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

5% of Forest Oil's catalogued wells are active, 24 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 52% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 609 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.

What kinds of wells does Forest Oil operate?

By product class, 758 (37%) are oil wells and 152 (7%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Caprock Maljamar Unit #015 in Lea, NM at 99,999 ft. The wells listed below sit in Lea (NM), Eddy (NM), Cameron (LA), Terrebonne (LA), Mobile (AL) and George (MS) and other counties. State filings spell the name 6 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.

Notable wells operated by Forest Oil

Wells operated by Forest Oil
Well	API # / state ID	Status	Type	Location	Operator	Depth
Caprock Maljamar Unit #015	30-025-01464	Plugged & abandoned	Injection	Lea, NM	Forest Oil Corporation	99,999 ft
Skelly Unit #054	30-015-05351	Plugged & abandoned	Injection	Eddy, NM	Forest Oil Corporation	99,999 ft
Lacassine 001	17-023-20097	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Cameron, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	21,786 ft
Sl 7751 001	17-109-22451	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Terrebonne, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	21,120 ft
Betty Joe Anderson #1	01-097-20011	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Mobile, AL	Forest Oil Corp.	20,089 ft
International Paper Company #1 #1	23-039-20002	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	George, MS	Forest Oil Corporation	19,442 ft
Ha Ra Sux;bsm 14-22-27 H 001	17-085-22148	Other status	Other type	Sabine, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	19,000 ft
Vub;black Stone Minerals H 001	Serial no. 241004	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Sabine, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	18,800 ft
Crenshaw 24 H 001	17-081-21109	Other status	Other type	Red River, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	18,500 ft
Ha Ra Suk;driver 13 H 003-Alt	17-081-21327	Other status	Other type	Red River, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	18,500 ft
Vua;black Stone Minerals H 002	Serial no. 241142	Other status	Other type	Sabine, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	18,500 ft
Ha Ra Suj;mb Woo 14h 001-Alt	17-081-21384	Other status	Other type	Red River, LA	Forest Oil Corporation	18,300 ft

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Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Forest Oil operate?

Forest Oil is the operator of record for 2,065 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (1,631). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Forest Oil's wells are still active?

108 of Forest Oil's catalogued wells are active; 1,073 are plugged & abandoned and 609 are flagged as orphaned.

In which states does Forest Oil operate wells?

Forest Oil is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (1,631), Louisiana (184), Utah (126), New Mexico (42), Colorado (21), Mississippi (18), Arkansas (12), North Dakota (12), Montana (10), Kentucky (6), Alabama (2) and Kansas (1).

Does Forest Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?

758 of Forest Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 152 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

What is Forest Oil's deepest well?

Among wells with a published depth, Caprock Maljamar Unit #015 in Lea, NM is the deepest at 99,999 ft.

Where Forest 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, “Forest Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/forest-oil-4399 (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).