Hinkle Engineering
Operator of record for 53 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: HINKLE ENGINEERING INC · Hinkle Engineering, Inc.
At a glance
Hinkle Engineering is the operator of record for 53 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 49 (92%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Oklahoma, with 51 wells (96% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
53
Active
0
Plugged
49
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 51 |
| Kansas | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 30
- Gas wells
- 6
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Hinkle Engineering operate?
Hinkle Engineering's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Oklahoma (51) and Kansas (2). Its 51 Oklahoma wells are 0.0% of the 456,595 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 Hinkle Engineering’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Hinkle Engineering's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 92% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Hinkle Engineering operate?
By product class, 30 (57%) are oil wells and 6 (11%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Nora Samms 1 in Cowley, KS at 2,975 ft. The wells listed below sit in Cowley (KS), Grady (OK), Kingfisher (OK), Canadian (OK), Major (OK) and Alfalfa (OK) and other counties. 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 Hinkle Engineering
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nora Samms 1 | 15-035-22696 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cowley, KS | Hinkle Engineering, Inc. | 2,975 ft |
| Samms 1 | 15-035-21158 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cowley, KS | Hinkle Engineering, Inc. | 2,940 ft |
| Buckner #1 | 35-051-21005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Grady, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Lseo 3-1(Barker-Graff Unit)1 #3-1 | 35-073-35621 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kingfisher, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Roberta #1 | 35-017-21912 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Canadian, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Lnu (Brame No. 1) #34-1 | 35-073-20132 | Other status | Other type | Kingfisher, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Young #1-3 | 35-093-22815 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Major, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Scott #2-8 | 35-003-20795 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Alfalfa, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Sanders #1-11 | 35-003-20936 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Alfalfa, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Haymaker #2 | 35-017-21673 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Canadian, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Smith #1 | 35-083-21938 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Logan, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
| Webb #1-25 | 35-071-22412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kay, OK | Hinkle Engineering Inc | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Hinkle Engineering operate?
Hinkle Engineering is the operator of record for 53 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Oklahoma (51). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Hinkle Engineering's wells are still active?
0 of Hinkle Engineering's catalogued wells are active; 49 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Hinkle Engineering operate wells?
Hinkle Engineering is the operator of record for wells in Oklahoma (51) and Kansas (2).
Does Hinkle Engineering operate mostly oil or gas wells?
30 of Hinkle Engineering's catalogued wells are oil wells and 6 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Hinkle Engineering's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Nora Samms 1 in Cowley, KS is the deepest at 2,975 ft.
Where Hinkle Engineering'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, “Hinkle Engineering — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/hinkle-engineering-238 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).