Mercury Oil
Operator of record for 15 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: MERCURY OIL CO · MERCURY OIL INCORPORATED · Mercury Oil Co. · Mercury Oil Corp., Inc.
At a glance
Mercury Oil is the operator of record for 15 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 8 (53%) are plugged & abandoned and 7 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 13 wells (87% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
15
Active
0
Plugged
8
Orphaned
7
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 13 |
| Kentucky | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 13
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Mercury Oil operate?
Mercury Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: California (13) and Kentucky (2). Its 13 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 Mercury Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Mercury Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 53% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 7 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Mercury Oil operate?
By product class, 13 (87%) 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 Smith, G 1 in Henderson, KY at 2,632 ft. The wells listed below sit in Henderson (KY), Ventura (CA) and Kern (CA). State filings spell the name 4 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Mercury Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, G 1 | KGS record 107095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Henderson, KY | Mercury Oil Co | 2,632 ft |
| Smith, George Etal 1 | KGS record 2019211 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Henderson, KY | Mercury Oil Incorporated | 2,631 ft |
| Well No. 1 | 04-111-00631 | Orphaned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| Well No. 2 | 04-111-00632 | Orphaned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| Well No. 4 | 04-111-00634 | Orphaned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| Well No. 5 | 04-111-00635 | Orphaned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| Well No. 10 | 04-111-00638 | Orphaned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| Well No. 13 | 04-111-00640 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| Well No. 15 | 04-111-00641 | Orphaned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| R.S. Bolling Quinn 3 | 04-029-08689 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Mercury Oil Corp., Inc. | — |
| Well No. 3 | 04-111-00633 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
| Well No. 9 | 04-111-00637 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ventura, CA | Mercury Oil Co. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Mercury Oil operate?
Mercury Oil is the operator of record for 15 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (13). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Mercury Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Mercury Oil's catalogued wells are active; 8 are plugged & abandoned and 7 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Mercury Oil operate wells?
Mercury Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (13) and Kentucky (2).
Does Mercury Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
13 of Mercury Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Mercury Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Smith, G 1 in Henderson, KY is the deepest at 2,632 ft.
Where Mercury 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, “Mercury Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/mercury-oil-3847 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).