Howard E Caywood
Operator of record for 20 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Howard E Caywood is the operator of record for 20 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 8 (40%) are active, 10 (50%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 20 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
20
Active
8
Plugged
10
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 20 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 17
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 2
- Active share
- 40%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Howard E Caywood operate?
Howard E Caywood'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 Howard E Caywood’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
40% of Howard E Caywood's catalogued wells are active, 11 percentage points above the national share of 29%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 2 wells (10%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Howard E Caywood operate?
By product class, 17 (85%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%.
Notable wells operated by Howard E Caywood
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buick-Fee 6 | 04-029-13255 | Shut-in | Injection | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Sec. 24 4 | 04-029-25109 | Active | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| West Side Lumber Co. 6 | 04-029-38205 | Active | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Sec. 24 1 | 04-029-25106 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Sec. 24 5 | 04-029-46958 | Active | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Coghlan-McDonald 1 | 04-029-47979 | Shut-in | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Buick-Fee 4 | 04-029-36020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Buick-Fee 5 | 04-029-36021 | Active | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Coghlan-McDonald 2 | 04-029-49659 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Sec. 24 3 | 04-029-25108 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Sec. 24 6 | 04-029-48638 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
| Coghlan-McDonald 5 | 04-029-52137 | Active | Oil | Kern, CA | Howard E. Caywood, Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Howard E Caywood operate?
Howard E Caywood 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 Howard E Caywood's wells are still active?
8 of Howard E Caywood's catalogued wells are active; 10 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Howard E Caywood operate wells?
Howard E Caywood is the operator of record for wells in California (20).
Does Howard E Caywood operate mostly oil or gas wells?
17 of Howard E Caywood's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Howard E Caywood'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, “Howard E Caywood — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/howard-e-caywood-8345 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).