Houston Exploration
Operator of record for 9 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Houston Exploration is the operator of record for 9 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 3 (33%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in West Virginia, with 9 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
9
Active
0
Plugged
3
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 9 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Houston Exploration operate?
Houston Exploration's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: West Virginia (9). Its 9 West Virginia wells are 0.0% of the 118,569 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 Houston Exploration’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Houston Exploration's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Houston Exploration operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 1 (11%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Randolph (WV), Barbour (WV) and Harrison (WV).
Notable wells operated by Houston Exploration
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Land Company 2-Frpd-252 | 47-083-01112 | Other status | Other type | Randolph, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Lyons, Morgan & Hilda Lang & Johnson2 | 47-001-00415 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barbour, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Thompson, William & Norma Thompson 1(171) | 47-001-02514 | Other status | Other type | Barbour, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Hill, Alfred G. A. Hill 2 | 47-001-01980 | Other status | Other type | Barbour, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Fitzwater, Troy, Etal 1-Frpd-176 | 47-001-02521 | Other status | Other type | Barbour, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Ware, Lonnie Ware 1-Frpd-199 | 47-001-02615 | Other status | Other type | Barbour, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Matott, Barbara Ann, Etal 2-Fri-108 | 47-001-02474 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Barbour, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Freeman, Wayne & Judy L. Freeman 1 (170) | 47-001-02513 | Other status | Other type | Barbour, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
| Starkey, Sherry Goff 3 | 47-033-04237 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harrison, WV | Houston Exploration Company | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Houston Exploration operate?
Houston Exploration is the operator of record for 9 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in West Virginia (9). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Houston Exploration's wells are still active?
0 of Houston Exploration's catalogued wells are active; 3 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Houston Exploration operate wells?
Houston Exploration is the operator of record for wells in West Virginia (9).
Does Houston Exploration operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Houston Exploration's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Houston Exploration'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, “Houston Exploration — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/houston-exploration-142085 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).