Kern
Operator of record for 3 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: KERN CO · Kern Company
At a glance
Kern is the operator of record for 3 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 3 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 2 wells (67% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
3
Active
0
Plugged
3
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 2 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Kern operate?
Kern's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Kansas (2) and New Mexico (1). Its 1 New Mexico wells are 0.0% of the 141,088 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 Kern’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Kern'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 Kern operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 1 (33%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is A. I. Sramek 3 in Rawlins, KS at 4,211 ft. The wells listed below sit in Rawlins (KS) and Lea (NM). 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 Kern
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. I. Sramek 3 | 15-153-20096 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Rawlins, KS | Kern Company | 4,211 ft |
| E. W. Wicke 2 | 15-153-20083 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Rawlins, KS | Kern Company | 4,150 ft |
| Eunice Cooper #004 | 30-025-09541 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Lea, NM | Kern Co | 0 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 3 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Kern operate?
Kern is the operator of record for 3 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (2). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Kern's wells are still active?
0 of Kern's catalogued wells are active; 3 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Kern operate wells?
Kern is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (2) and New Mexico (1).
Does Kern operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Kern's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Kern's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, A. I. Sramek 3 in Rawlins, KS is the deepest at 4,211 ft.
Where Kern'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, “Kern — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/kern-40533 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).