Interior Oil
Operator of record for 15 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: INTERIOR OIL CO · Interior Oil Co · Interior Oil Corporation
At a glance
Interior Oil is the operator of record for 15 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. 1 (7%) are active, 12 (80%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 7 wells (47% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
15
Active
1
Plugged
12
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 7 |
| Kansas | 5 |
| Kentucky | 3 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 5
- Gas wells
- 3
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 7%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Interior Oil operate?
Interior Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Illinois (7), Kansas (5) and Kentucky (3). Its 7 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 Interior Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
7% of Interior Oil's catalogued wells are active, 22 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Interior Oil operate?
By product class, 5 (33%) are oil wells and 3 (20%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Thies Pyramid 1 in Gove, KS at 4,500 ft. The wells listed below sit in Gove (KS), Pawnee (KS), Ellsworth (KS), Clay (IL), Crawford (IL) and Warren (KY). State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Interior Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thies Pyramid 1 | 15-063-21325 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gove, KS | Interior Oil Corporation | 4,500 ft |
| Fox 1 | 15-145-20524 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pawnee, KS | Interior Oil Corporation | 4,047 ft |
| Rathbun 1 | 15-053-20589 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ellsworth, KS | Interior Oil Corporation | 3,294 ft |
| Welsh, Glen 1 | 12-025-00882 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clay, IL | Interior Oil Co | 3,126 ft |
| Murvin, J. G. 3 | 12-025-01153 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clay, IL | Interior Oil Co | 2,977 ft |
| Murvin 2 | 12-025-01067 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Clay, IL | Interior Oil Co | 2,976 ft |
| Murvin, J. G. 1 | 12-025-01034 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Clay, IL | Interior Oil Co | 2,938 ft |
| Abendroth 1 | 15-053-20465 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ellsworth, KS | Interior Oil Corporation | 2,497 ft |
| Chase 1 | 15-053-20815 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ellsworth, KS | Interior Oil Corporation | 2,432 ft |
| Barrett, Theo 1 | 12-033-01701 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Interior Oil Co | 1,170 ft |
| Schonk, M. 2 | 12-033-01803 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Interior Oil Co | 1,050 ft |
| Jenkins, J L 2 | KGS record 2040533 | Other status | Other type | Warren, KY | Interior Oil Co | 1,047 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Interior Oil operate?
Interior Oil is the operator of record for 15 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (7). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Interior Oil's wells are still active?
1 of Interior Oil's catalogued wells are active; 12 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Interior Oil operate wells?
Interior Oil is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (7), Kansas (5) and Kentucky (3).
Does Interior Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
5 of Interior Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 3 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Interior Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Thies Pyramid 1 in Gove, KS is the deepest at 4,500 ft.
Where Interior Oil'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, “Interior Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/interior-oil-91537 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).