Mdb Operations
Operator of record for 7 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Mdb Operations is the operator of record for 7 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 7 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 7 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
7
Active
0
Plugged
7
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 7 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 7
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Mdb Operations operate?
Mdb Operations's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (7). Its 7 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 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 Mdb Operations’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Mdb Operations'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 Mdb Operations operate?
By product class, 7 (100%) 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 Carly 2 in Rice, KS at 3,550 ft.
Notable wells operated by Mdb Operations
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carly 2 | 15-159-21849 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rice, KS | M.D.B. Operations, Inc. | 3,550 ft |
| Johnson, C.J. 1-13 | 15-159-21367 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rice, KS | M.D.B. Operations, Inc. | 3,510 ft |
| Harder Dan 1 | 15-159-21696 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rice, KS | M.D.B. Operations, Inc. | 3,500 ft |
| Pallister, M. 1-12 | 15-159-21346 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rice, KS | M.D.B. Operations, Inc. | 3,480 ft |
| Engelland, D. 4-15 | 15-159-22082 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rice, KS | M.D.B. Operations, Inc. | 3,480 ft |
| Engelland, D. 3-15 | 15-159-21956 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rice, KS | M.D.B. Operations, Inc. | 3,475 ft |
| R. A. Johnson 1-8 | 15-159-21313 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rice, KS | M.D.B. Operations, Inc. | 3,445 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Mdb Operations operate?
Mdb Operations is the operator of record for 7 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (7). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Mdb Operations's wells are still active?
0 of Mdb Operations's catalogued wells are active; 7 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Mdb Operations operate wells?
Mdb Operations is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (7).
Does Mdb Operations operate mostly oil or gas wells?
7 of Mdb Operations's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Mdb Operations's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Carly 2 in Rice, KS is the deepest at 3,550 ft.
Where Mdb Operations'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, “Mdb Operations — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/mdb-operations-100132 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).