Kewanee Oil
Operator of record for 190 catalogued wells across 9 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: KEWANEE OIL CO · KEWANEE OIL CO. · KEWANEE OIL COMPANY · Kewanee Oil Co · …
At a glance
Kewanee Oil is the operator of record for 190 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 9 states. 7 (4%) are active, 153 (81%) plugged & abandoned and 5 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 78 wells (41% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
190
Active
7
Plugged
153
Orphaned
5
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 78 |
| Pennsylvania | 37 |
| Wyoming | 36 |
| Louisiana | 20 |
| Colorado | 6 |
| North Dakota | 5 |
| Utah | 4 |
| Kentucky | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 63
- Gas wells
- 30
- Shut-in
- 3
- Active share
- 4%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Kewanee Oil operate?
Kewanee Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 9 states: Illinois (78), Pennsylvania (37), Wyoming (36), Louisiana (20) and Colorado (6) and 4 more. Its 78 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 Kewanee Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
4% of Kewanee Oil's catalogued wells are active, 25 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 3 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Kewanee Oil operate?
By product class, 63 (33%) are oil wells and 30 (16%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Grief Brothers Coop Corp 001 in St Martin, LA at 12,747 ft. The wells listed below sit in St Martin (LA), St Mary (LA), Lafayette (LA), Iberville (LA), Campbell (WY) and Livingston (LA) and other counties. State filings spell the name 6 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Kewanee Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grief Brothers Coop Corp 001 | 17-099-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Martin, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 12,747 ft |
| Sl 4960 001 | 17-101-20164 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Mary, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 12,515 ft |
| Billeaud Planters Inc 001 | 17-055-00241 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lafayette, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 12,440 ft |
| East Ra Sub; Repp 001 | 17-047-00334 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Iberville, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 11,238 ft |
| Bordelon 001 | 17-099-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Martin, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 11,160 ft |
| Federal 1 | 49-005-20024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Campbell, WY | Kewanee Oil Company | 10,991 ft |
| Dietz 001 | 17-063-00058 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Livingston, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 10,716 ft |
| La Rice 001 | 17-053-00567 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jefferson Davis, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 10,556 ft |
| Tweedel Sui;w Childs Est 001 | 17-001-00599 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Acadia, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 10,269 ft |
| Hebert 001 | 17-001-01610 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Acadia, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 10,267 ft |
| Olson 1 | 33-041-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hettinger, ND | Kewanee Oil Co. | 10,260 ft |
| St Charles Airline Land Inc 001 | 17-089-00695 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Charles, LA | Kewanee Oil Company | 10,100 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Kewanee Oil operate?
Kewanee Oil is the operator of record for 190 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (78). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Kewanee Oil's wells are still active?
7 of Kewanee Oil's catalogued wells are active; 153 are plugged & abandoned and 5 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Kewanee Oil operate wells?
Kewanee Oil is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (78), Pennsylvania (37), Wyoming (36), Louisiana (20), Colorado (6), North Dakota (5), Utah (4), Kentucky (2) and Oklahoma (2).
Does Kewanee Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
63 of Kewanee Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 30 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Kewanee Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Grief Brothers Coop Corp 001 in St Martin, LA is the deepest at 12,747 ft.
Where Kewanee Oil's wells are
- Oil & gas wells in Illinois· 78 operated by Kewanee Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania· 37 operated by Kewanee Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Wyoming· 36 operated by Kewanee Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Louisiana· 20 operated by Kewanee Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Colorado· 6 operated by Kewanee Oil
- Oil & gas wells in North Dakota· 5 operated by Kewanee Oil
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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, “Kewanee Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/kewanee-oil-2467 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).