Lorado Oil
Operator of record for 124 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: LORADO OIL CO. · LORADO OIL, INC · LORADO OIL, INC.
At a glance
Lorado Oil is the operator of record for 124 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 9 (7%) are active, 74 (60%) plugged & abandoned and 13 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 124 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
124
Active
9
Plugged
74
Orphaned
13
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 124 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 28
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 7%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Lorado Oil operate?
Lorado Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (124). Its 124 Kentucky wells are 0.1% of the 201,022 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 Lorado Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
7% of Lorado Oil's catalogued wells are active, 22 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 60% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 13 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Lorado Oil operate?
By product class, 28 (23%) are oil wells and 1 (0.8%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Reis 1 in Muhlenberg, KY at 2,530 ft. The wells listed below sit in Muhlenberg (KY), Todd (KY) and Clinton (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 Lorado Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reis 1 | 16-177-03634 | Other status | Other type | Muhlenberg, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 2,530 ft |
| Greenfield, A 1 | 16-219-00378 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 2,088 ft |
| Laster, Shelby 1-A | 16-219-00484 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,955 ft |
| Mcwhorter, Reed R-6 | 16-053-06147 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clinton, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,950 ft |
| Graber, Paul 1 | 16-219-00377 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,460 ft |
| Power, John R 1 | 16-219-00245 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,455 ft |
| Crouch, Ernest 2 | 16-219-00367 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,425 ft |
| Short, D N 3 | 16-219-00448 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,390 ft |
| Crouch, Ernest 1 | 16-219-00081 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,386 ft |
| Kennedy, George M 1 | 16-219-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,376 ft |
| Fox, Billy 3 | 16-219-00057 | Active | Oil | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,352 ft |
| Kennedy, George M 3 | 16-219-00152 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Todd, KY | Lorado Oil, Inc | 1,337 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Lorado Oil operate?
Lorado Oil is the operator of record for 124 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (124). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Lorado Oil's wells are still active?
9 of Lorado Oil's catalogued wells are active; 74 are plugged & abandoned and 13 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Lorado Oil operate wells?
Lorado Oil is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (124).
Does Lorado Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
28 of Lorado Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Lorado Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Reis 1 in Muhlenberg, KY is the deepest at 2,530 ft.
Where Lorado 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, “Lorado Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/lorado-oil-67710 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).