Franks Arkla
Operator of record for 7 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Franks Arkla is the operator of record for 7 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 7 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 7 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
7
Active
0
Plugged
7
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 7 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Franks Arkla operate?
Franks Arkla's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Louisiana (7). Its 7 Louisiana wells are 0.0% of the 225,728 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 Franks Arkla’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Franks Arkla's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Franks Arkla operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 1 (14%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Sterling Sugars Inc 4 001 in St Mary, LA at 18,300 ft. The wells listed below sit in St Mary (LA), Vermilion (LA), Acadia (LA) and Calcasieu (LA).
Notable wells operated by Franks Arkla
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Sugars Inc 4 001 | 17-101-20635 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | St Mary, LA | Franks - Arkla | 18,300 ft |
| Fairfax Foster Sutter 001 | 17-101-20606 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Mary, LA | Franks - Arkla | 15,800 ft |
| Fred Dugas /A/ 001 | 17-113-20652 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Franks - Arkla | 14,512 ft |
| Hiram C Hoffpauir 001 | 17-001-20511 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Acadia, LA | Franks - Arkla | 11,517 ft |
| L Ronkartz 001 | 17-001-20515 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Acadia, LA | Franks - Arkla | 11,050 ft |
| E L Hebert 001 | 17-019-20654 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Calcasieu, LA | Franks - Arkla | 10,835 ft |
| Sweet Lake Land & Oil Co Inc 001 | 17-019-20606 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Calcasieu, LA | Franks - Arkla | 10,800 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Franks Arkla operate?
Franks Arkla is the operator of record for 7 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (7). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Franks Arkla's wells are still active?
0 of Franks Arkla's catalogued wells are active; 7 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Franks Arkla operate wells?
Franks Arkla is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (7).
Does Franks Arkla operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Franks Arkla's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Franks Arkla's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Sterling Sugars Inc 4 001 in St Mary, LA is the deepest at 18,300 ft.
Where Franks Arkla'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, “Franks Arkla — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/franks-arkla-82867 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).