Gear Petroleum
Operator of record for 267 catalogued wells across 5 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: GEAR PETROLEUM CO INC · GEAR PETROLEUM COMPANY INC · GEAR PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC. · Gear Petroleum Company Inc. · …
At a glance
Gear Petroleum is the operator of record for 267 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 5 states. 2 (0.7%) are active, 260 (97%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 248 wells (93% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
267
Active
2
Plugged
260
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 248 |
| Colorado | 8 |
| Montana | 5 |
| North Dakota | 5 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 70
- Gas wells
- 4
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 1%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Gear Petroleum operate?
Gear Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 4 states: Kansas (248), Colorado (8), Montana (5) and North Dakota (5). Its 248 Kansas wells are 0.1% 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 Gear Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0.7% of Gear Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 28 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 97% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Gear Petroleum operate?
By product class, 70 (26%) are oil wells and 4 (1%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 43-2 Gates in Elbert, CO at 8,797 ft. The wells listed below sit in Elbert (CO), Adams (CO), Ward (ND), Kit Carson (CO), Rosebud (MT) and Cheyenne (CO) and other counties. State filings spell the name 5 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Gear Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43-2 Gates | 05-039-06467 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elbert, CO | Gear Petroleum Company Inc | 8,797 ft |
| 31-8 King | 05-001-08749 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Gear Petroleum Company Inc | 6,923 ft |
| Jeffrey 22-31 | 33-101-00304 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ward, ND | Gear Petroleum Company, Inc. | 6,650 ft |
| 1-16 State Of Colorado | 05-063-06137 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kit Carson, CO | Gear Petroleum Company Inc | 6,250 ft |
| Midkiff 41-18 | 25-087-21496 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Gear Petroleum Company Inc. | 6,100 ft |
| 34-7r | 25-087-21513 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rosebud, MT | Gear Petroleum Company Inc. | 6,060 ft |
| 1-1 Greenwood | 05-063-06148 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kit Carson, CO | Gear Petroleum Company Inc | 6,050 ft |
| Midkiff 14-8 | 25-087-21528 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Gear Petroleum Company Inc. | 6,045 ft |
| 1-18 Mitchek | 05-017-06530 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheyenne, CO | Gear Petroleum Company Inc | 5,719 ft |
| Nolan 1 | 15-069-20094 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gray, KS | Gear Petroleum Company, Inc. | 5,700 ft |
| 1-28 Mitchek | 05-017-06556 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheyenne, CO | Gear Petroleum Company Inc | 5,630 ft |
| Hendrix 34-24 | 25-087-21478 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Gear Petroleum Company Inc. | 5,560 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Gear Petroleum operate?
Gear Petroleum is the operator of record for 267 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (248). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Gear Petroleum's wells are still active?
2 of Gear Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 260 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Gear Petroleum operate wells?
Gear Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (248), Colorado (8), Montana (5) and North Dakota (5).
Does Gear Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
70 of Gear Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 4 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Gear Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 43-2 Gates in Elbert, CO is the deepest at 8,797 ft.
Where Gear Petroleum'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, “Gear Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/gear-petroleum-8126 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).