General Drilling
Operator of record for 4 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: GENERAL DRILLING CO · General Drilling Co.
At a glance
General Drilling is the operator of record for 4 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. 1 (25%) are active, 3 (75%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 3 wells (75% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
4
Active
1
Plugged
3
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 3 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 25%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does General Drilling operate?
General Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: California (3) and Kentucky (1). Its 3 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 General Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
25% of General Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 4 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 75% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does General Drilling operate?
By product class, 4 (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 Church, Tessie 6 in Ohio, KY at 1,060 ft. The wells listed below sit in Ohio (KY) and Kern (CA). 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 General Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church, Tessie 6 | KGS record 2008677 | Active | Oil | Ohio, KY | General Drilling Co | 1,060 ft |
| Fitzhugh C-6 | 04-029-14780 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | General Drilling Co. | — |
| Fitzhugh C-7 | 04-029-14781 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | General Drilling Co. | — |
| Fitzhugh C-9 | 04-029-14782 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | General Drilling Co. | — |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 4 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does General Drilling operate?
General Drilling is the operator of record for 4 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (3). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of General Drilling's wells are still active?
1 of General Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 3 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does General Drilling operate wells?
General Drilling is the operator of record for wells in California (3) and Kentucky (1).
Does General Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of General Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is General Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Church, Tessie 6 in Ohio, KY is the deepest at 1,060 ft.
Where General Drilling'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, “General Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/general-drilling-26815 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).