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Medicine Bow Operating

Operator of record for 121 catalogued wells across 6 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.

Filed as: MEDICINE BOW OPERATING CO · MEDICINE BOW OPERATING COMPANY · Medicine Bow Operating Company

At a glance

Medicine Bow Operating is the operator of record for 121 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 6 states. None is listed as active, 115 (95%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 62 wells (51% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

121

Active

0

Plugged

115

Orphaned

0

Portfolio by state

StateWells
Kansas62
Oklahoma36
New Mexico13
Colorado8
Ohio1
Wyoming1

Well mix

Oil wells
18
Gas wells
28
Shut-in
0
Active share
0%

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Where does Medicine Bow Operating operate?

Medicine Bow Operating's catalogued wells are spread across 6 states: Kansas (62), Oklahoma (36), New Mexico (13), Colorado (8) and Ohio (1) and 1 more. Its 62 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 Medicine Bow Operating’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

0% of Medicine Bow Operating's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.

What kinds of wells does Medicine Bow Operating operate?

By product class, 18 (15%) are oil wells and 28 (23%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Wasson Federal #002 in Rio Arriba, NM at 99,999 ft. 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 Medicine Bow Operating

Wells operated by Medicine Bow Operating
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeLocationOperatorDepth
Wasson Federal #00230-039-22838Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Abraham Federal #00830-039-05363Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Harrington Federal #00230-039-05255Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Crane Federal #00830-039-05331Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Florence Millenbaugh #00130-039-05077Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Abraham Federal #00230-039-05310Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Crane Federal #00630-039-05233Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Harrington Federal #00630-039-05299Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Jicarilla K 157 #00230-039-05130Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Douthit Browning #00230-039-18185Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
Northcutt #00130-039-05193Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft
E J Hooten #00130-039-05601Plugged & abandonedGasRio Arriba, NMMedicine Bow Operating Company99,999 ft

Deepest first where depth is published. See all 121 wells →

Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Medicine Bow Operating operate?

Medicine Bow Operating is the operator of record for 121 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (62). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Medicine Bow Operating's wells are still active?

0 of Medicine Bow Operating's catalogued wells are active; 115 are plugged & abandoned.

In which states does Medicine Bow Operating operate wells?

Medicine Bow Operating is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (62), Oklahoma (36), New Mexico (13), Colorado (8), Ohio (1) and Wyoming (1).

Does Medicine Bow Operating operate mostly oil or gas wells?

18 of Medicine Bow Operating's catalogued wells are oil wells and 28 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

What is Medicine Bow Operating's deepest well?

Among wells with a published depth, Wasson Federal #002 in Rio Arriba, NM is the deepest at 99,999 ft.

Where Medicine Bow Operating'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, “Medicine Bow Operating — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/medicine-bow-operating-724 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).