Horace Steele
Operator of record for 20 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Horace Steele is the operator of record for 20 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 20 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 20 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
20
Active
0
Plugged
20
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 20 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 9
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Horace Steele operate?
Horace Steele's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (20). Its 20 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 Horace Steele’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Horace Steele'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 Horace Steele operate?
By product class, 9 (45%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Kern (CA), Stanislaus (CA), Merced (CA) and Fresno (CA).
Notable wells operated by Horace Steele
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glide 25-4 | 04-029-12400 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Horace Steele Reserve 1 | 04-029-32689 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Vernalis-Steele 27-1 | 04-099-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanislaus, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Steele 14-1 | 04-047-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Merced, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Steele 22-1 | 04-047-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Merced, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Cauley-Steele 16-2 | 04-029-44431 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Nunaz 1 | 04-029-14510 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Glide 25-1 | 04-029-12399 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Glide 25-2 | 04-029-00220 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Murrieta-Steele 1 | 04-019-21434 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fresno, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Lease by Horace Steele 3-1 | 04-029-52451 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
| Steele Operator Union-Mack 1 | 04-029-54644 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Horace Steele | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Horace Steele operate?
Horace Steele is the operator of record for 20 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (20). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Horace Steele's wells are still active?
0 of Horace Steele's catalogued wells are active; 20 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Horace Steele operate wells?
Horace Steele is the operator of record for wells in California (20).
Does Horace Steele operate mostly oil or gas wells?
9 of Horace Steele's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Horace Steele'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, “Horace Steele — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/horace-steele-6737 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).