Golden Bear Oil
Operator of record for 65 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Golden Bear Oil is the operator of record for 65 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 65 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 65 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
65
Active
0
Plugged
65
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 65 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 40
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Golden Bear Oil operate?
Golden Bear Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (65). Its 65 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 Golden Bear Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Golden Bear Oil'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 Golden Bear Oil operate?
By product class, 40 (62%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Kern (CA) and Fresno (CA).
Notable wells operated by Golden Bear Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.C.L. 55-18 | 04-029-32170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| Mitchel-Goodstein-Bowles 1 | 04-029-37149 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| Olcese Estate 21-1 | 04-029-30863 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| Buckley 1 | 04-029-30629 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| K.C.L. 87-33 | 04-029-30948 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| E.P.M. 11-1 | 04-029-30798 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| Lease by Golden Bear Oil Company 1 | 04-029-30796 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| Olcese Estate 22-1 | 04-029-30864 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| Mitchel-Goodstein-Voigt 1-5 | 04-029-37137 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| K.C.L. 55x-2 | 04-029-37150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| The Mitchel Co. 84-8 | 04-029-37152 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
| Kiuttu 16X-3 | 04-019-06156 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fresno, CA | Golden Bear Oil Company | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Golden Bear Oil operate?
Golden Bear Oil is the operator of record for 65 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (65). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Golden Bear Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Golden Bear Oil's catalogued wells are active; 65 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Golden Bear Oil operate wells?
Golden Bear Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (65).
Does Golden Bear Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
40 of Golden Bear Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Golden Bear 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, “Golden Bear Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/golden-bear-oil-7257 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).