Fox Oil
Operator of record for 17 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: FOX OIL CO · Fox Oil Co.
At a glance
Fox Oil is the operator of record for 17 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 16 (94%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Ohio, with 15 wells (88% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
17
Active
0
Plugged
16
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 15 |
| California | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 17
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Fox Oil operate?
Fox Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Ohio (15) and California (2). Its 15 Ohio wells are 0.0% of the 242,052 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 Fox Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Fox 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 Fox Oil operate?
By product class, 17 (100%) 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 Mt Zion Bible Church 1 in Van Wert, OH at 1,404 ft. 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 Fox Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Zion Bible Church 1 | 34-161-20054 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,404 ft |
| Thomas Gordon & Alice 1 | 34-161-20059 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,266 ft |
| Hoffman Jh 1 | 34-161-20201 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,235 ft |
| Merkle A W 1 | 34-161-20200 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,235 ft |
| Boyer Malcolm 2 | 34-161-20205 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,233 ft |
| Boyer Malcolm 1 | 34-161-20203 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,233 ft |
| Neate Clarence 2 | 34-161-20166 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,231 ft |
| Thomas Cm 1 | 34-161-20063 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,229 ft |
| Neate Clarence 1 | 34-161-20158 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,222 ft |
| Raabe Leona J 1 | 34-161-20073 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,220 ft |
| Linton Russell J 2 | 34-161-20132 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,220 ft |
| Slagle Lawrence 1-30 | 34-161-20172 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Van Wert, OH | Fox Oil Co | 1,218 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Fox Oil operate?
Fox Oil is the operator of record for 17 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Ohio (15). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Fox Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Fox Oil's catalogued wells are active; 16 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Fox Oil operate wells?
Fox Oil is the operator of record for wells in Ohio (15) and California (2).
Does Fox Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
17 of Fox Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Fox Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Mt Zion Bible Church 1 in Van Wert, OH is the deepest at 1,404 ft.
Where Fox 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, “Fox Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/fox-oil-11942 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).