Mcgowan Working Partners
Operator of record for 811 catalogued wells across 4 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: MCGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS · MCGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS, INC · MCGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS, INC. · McGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS INC. · …
At a glance
Mcgowan Working Partners is the operator of record for 811 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 4 states. 308 (38%) are active, 311 (38%) plugged & abandoned and 5 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 470 wells (58% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
811
Active
308
Plugged
311
Orphaned
5
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 470 |
| Mississippi | 172 |
| Arkansas | 162 |
| New Mexico | 7 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 491
- Gas wells
- 28
- Shut-in
- 152
- Active share
- 38%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Mcgowan Working Partners operate?
Mcgowan Working Partners's catalogued wells are spread across 4 states: Louisiana (470), Mississippi (172), Arkansas (162) and New Mexico (7). Its 172 Mississippi wells are 0.5% of the 34,924 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 Mcgowan Working Partners’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
38% of Mcgowan Working Partners's catalogued wells are active, 9 percentage points above the national share of 29%. 38% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 152 wells (19%) 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 Mcgowan Working Partners operate?
By product class, 491 (61%) are oil wells and 28 (3%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Penrod-Jurden Investment Co 001 in Tensas, LA at 17,744 ft. The wells listed below sit in Tensas (LA), Plaquemines (LA), Beauregard (LA), St Landry (LA), Jefferson Davis (LA) and Calcasieu (LA) and other counties. State filings spell the name 5 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Mcgowan Working Partners
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penrod-Jurden Investment Co 001 | 17-107-20398 | Active | Oil | Tensas, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 17,744 ft |
| Hero Lands Co 001 | 17-075-24055 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Plaquemines, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 15,543 ft |
| Doornbos-Mcpherson P 001 | 17-011-00160 | Active | Oil | Beauregard, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 14,656 ft |
| Pxy Suf;shelley 002 | 17-107-00461 | Shut-in | Gas | Tensas, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 14,345 ft |
| Op R Su;a B Rozas 001 | 17-097-00604 | Shut-in | Gas | St Landry, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 14,000 ft |
| A Carter Swd 004 | 17-053-00466 | Active | Injection | Jefferson Davis, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 13,790 ft |
| R D Shelley 001 | 17-107-00482 | Shut-in | Gas | Tensas, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 12,157 ft |
| C O Noble 3 Swd 001 | 17-019-01830 | Active | Injection | Calcasieu, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 12,045 ft |
| Hero Lands Co 005 | 17-075-24103 | Shut-in | Oil | Plaquemines, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 11,840 ft |
| J Kratzer A 001-D | 17-053-20259 | Shut-in | Oil | Jefferson Davis, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 11,837 ft |
| R B Sharp 009d | 17-029-01590 | Other status | Other type | Concordia, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 11,821 ft |
| C O Noble 3 Swd 007 | 17-019-02520 | Active | Injection | Calcasieu, LA | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. | 11,720 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Mcgowan Working Partners operate?
Mcgowan Working Partners is the operator of record for 811 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (470). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Mcgowan Working Partners's wells are still active?
308 of Mcgowan Working Partners's catalogued wells are active; 311 are plugged & abandoned and 5 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Mcgowan Working Partners operate wells?
Mcgowan Working Partners is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (470), Mississippi (172), Arkansas (162) and New Mexico (7).
Does Mcgowan Working Partners operate mostly oil or gas wells?
491 of Mcgowan Working Partners's catalogued wells are oil wells and 28 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Mcgowan Working Partners's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Penrod-Jurden Investment Co 001 in Tensas, LA is the deepest at 17,744 ft.
Where Mcgowan Working Partners's wells are
- Oil & gas wells in Louisiana· 470 operated by Mcgowan Working Partners
- Oil & gas wells in Mississippi· 172 operated by Mcgowan Working Partners
- Oil & gas wells in Arkansas· 162 operated by Mcgowan Working Partners
- Oil & gas wells in New Mexico· 7 operated by Mcgowan Working Partners
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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, “Mcgowan Working Partners — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/mcgowan-working-partners-9694 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).