Fred E Cole
Operator of record for 21 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Fred E Cole is the operator of record for 21 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 21 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 21 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
21
Active
0
Plugged
21
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 21 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 21
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Fred E Cole operate?
Fred E Cole's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (21). Its 21 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 Fred E Cole’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Fred E Cole'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 Fred E Cole operate?
By product class, 21 (100%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%.
Notable wells operated by Fred E Cole
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. T. 1 | 04-083-02424 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Fee 1 | 04-083-02425 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Ferini 1 | 04-083-02427 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Paderewski 3 | 04-083-02428 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Tognazzini 1 | 04-083-02429 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Cole 8 | 04-083-03631 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Fee 2 | 04-083-02426 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Cole 5 | 04-083-03628 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Cole 12 | 04-083-03635 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Cole 2 | 04-083-03625 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Cole 17 | 04-083-03637 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
| Stewart Community 1 | 04-083-03638 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Fred E. Cole | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Fred E Cole operate?
Fred E Cole is the operator of record for 21 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (21). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Fred E Cole's wells are still active?
0 of Fred E Cole's catalogued wells are active; 21 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Fred E Cole operate wells?
Fred E Cole is the operator of record for wells in California (21).
Does Fred E Cole operate mostly oil or gas wells?
21 of Fred E Cole's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Fred E Cole'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, “Fred E Cole — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/fred-e-cole-16648 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).