March Drilling
Operator of record for 35 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: MARCH DRILLING CO · March Drilling Co. · March Drilling Company
At a glance
March Drilling is the operator of record for 35 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. 3 (9%) are active, 30 (86%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 33 wells (94% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
35
Active
3
Plugged
30
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 33 |
| Kentucky | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 13
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 1
- Active share
- 9%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does March Drilling operate?
March Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Illinois (33) and Kentucky (2). Its 33 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 March Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
9% of March Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 20 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 86% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does March Drilling operate?
By product class, 13 (37%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Vaupel Martin 2 in White, IL at 3,487 ft. The wells listed below sit in White (IL), Hamilton (IL) and Washington (IL). 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 March Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaupel Martin 2 | 12-193-03986 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | White, IL | March Drilling Co. | 3,487 ft |
| Hubele Comm 1 | 12-193-02572 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, IL | March Drilling Company | 3,385 ft |
| Irvin, R.H. 1 | 12-065-01651 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hamilton, IL | March Drilling Co. | 3,309 ft |
| Irvin, R.H. 2 | 12-065-01718 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hamilton, IL | March Drilling Company | 3,285 ft |
| Adkisson, Henry 1 | 12-065-03310 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hamilton, IL | March Drilling Company | 3,254 ft |
| Adkisson, Henry 2 | 12-065-03318 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hamilton, IL | March Drilling Company | 3,247 ft |
| Buhl, Charles A-1 | 12-189-00775 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Washington, IL | March Drilling Co. | 3,204 ft |
| Koelling, William Community A-2 | 12-189-00790 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Washington, IL | March Drilling Company | 3,183 ft |
| Koelling Community 1 | 12-189-00539 | Active | Oil | Washington, IL | March Drilling Co. | 3,177 ft |
| Koelling 1 | 12-189-00676 | Other status | Oil | Washington, IL | March Drilling Co. | 3,175 ft |
| Buhl, Charles 1 | 12-189-00721 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Washington, IL | March Drilling Co. | 3,171 ft |
| Koelling Community 2 | 12-189-00551 | Active | Oil | Washington, IL | March Drilling Co. | 3,151 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does March Drilling operate?
March Drilling is the operator of record for 35 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (33). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of March Drilling's wells are still active?
3 of March Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 30 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does March Drilling operate wells?
March Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (33) and Kentucky (2).
Does March Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
13 of March Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is March Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Vaupel Martin 2 in White, IL is the deepest at 3,487 ft.
Where March Drilling'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, “March Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/march-drilling-67125 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).