Great Plains Resources
Operator of record for 83 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Great Plains Resources Inc. · Great Plains Resources, Inc.
At a glance
Great Plains Resources is the operator of record for 83 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. 32 (39%) are active, 48 (58%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 66 wells (80% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
83
Active
32
Plugged
48
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 66 |
| Montana | 14 |
| Kansas | 3 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 35
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 39%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Great Plains Resources operate?
Great Plains Resources's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Illinois (66), Montana (14) and Kansas (3). Its 66 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Great Plains Resources’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
39% of Great Plains Resources's catalogued wells are active, 10 percentage points above the national share of 29%. 58% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Great Plains Resources operate?
By product class, 35 (42%) are oil wells and 1 (1%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Sharp 15-6 in Musselshell, MT at 6,960 ft. The wells listed below sit in Musselshell (MT), Rosebud (MT), Wichita (KS) and Franklin (IL). 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 Great Plains Resources
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp 15-6 | 25-065-21799 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Musselshell, MT | Great Plains Resources Inc. | 6,960 ft |
| State 16-36 | 25-087-21640 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Great Plains Resources Inc. | 5,624 ft |
| State 10-36 | 25-087-21644 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Great Plains Resources Inc. | 5,597 ft |
| State 5-36 | 25-087-21645 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Great Plains Resources Inc. | 5,490 ft |
| Coffee 1-35 | 25-087-21699 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Great Plains Resources Inc. | 5,412 ft |
| Coffee 14-26 | 25-087-21660 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Great Plains Resources Inc. | 5,366 ft |
| Edward 10-26 | 25-087-21669 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rosebud, MT | Great Plains Resources Inc. | 5,306 ft |
| Coakes 1 | 15-203-20103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wichita, KS | Great Plains Resources, Inc. | 5,100 ft |
| McMichael 3 | 15-203-20083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wichita, KS | Great Plains Resources, Inc. | 5,050 ft |
| Whittington 10 | 12-055-23254 | Active | Oil | Franklin, IL | Great Plains Resources, Inc. | 4,700 ft |
| Usx 2-14 | 12-055-24604 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Franklin, IL | Great Plains Resources, Inc. | 4,695 ft |
| Whittington 11 | 12-055-23265 | Active | Oil | Franklin, IL | Great Plains Resources, Inc. | 4,690 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Great Plains Resources operate?
Great Plains Resources is the operator of record for 83 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (66). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Great Plains Resources's wells are still active?
32 of Great Plains Resources's catalogued wells are active; 48 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Great Plains Resources operate wells?
Great Plains Resources is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (66), Montana (14) and Kansas (3).
Does Great Plains Resources operate mostly oil or gas wells?
35 of Great Plains Resources's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Great Plains Resources's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Sharp 15-6 in Musselshell, MT is the deepest at 6,960 ft.
Where Great Plains Resources'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, “Great Plains Resources — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/great-plains-resources-66622 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).