Mercury Petroleum
Operator of record for 17 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Mercury Petroleum is the operator of record for 17 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 1 (6%) are active, 4 (24%) plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 17 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
17
Active
1
Plugged
4
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 17 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 2
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 6%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Mercury Petroleum operate?
Mercury Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (17). Its 17 Kentucky wells are 0.0% of the 201,022 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 Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
6% of Mercury Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 23 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 24% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Mercury Petroleum operate?
By product class, 2 (12%) 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 Yoser, Seth 3 in Adair, KY at 1,685 ft. The wells listed below sit in Adair (KY) and Green (KY).
Notable wells operated by Mercury Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoser, Seth 3 | 16-001-03485 | Other status | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 1,685 ft |
| Price, Paul 3 | 16-001-03454 | Other status | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 1,665 ft |
| Sharp, W Heirs 101 | 16-087-02035 | Active | Oil | Green, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 1,622 ft |
| Price, Paul 2a | 16-001-03455 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 1,604 ft |
| Burris, Danny 204b | 16-001-03839 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 1,560 ft |
| Burris, Danny 6 | 16-001-03612 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 1,540 ft |
| Burris, Danny 204 | 16-001-03411 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 1,404 ft |
| Reliford, Jimmy (Keltner-Oliver) 1 | 16-001-03492 | Other status | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 0 ft |
| Burris, Danny 206 | 16-001-03540 | Other status | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 0 ft |
| Burris, Danny 206b | 16-001-03570 | Other status | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 0 ft |
| Price, Paul 2 | 16-001-03436 | Other status | Other type | Adair, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 0 ft |
| Sharp, William 103b | 16-087-02174 | Other status | Other type | Green, KY | Mercury Petroleum Company, Inc | 0 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Mercury Petroleum operate?
Mercury Petroleum is the operator of record for 17 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (17). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Mercury Petroleum's wells are still active?
1 of Mercury Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Mercury Petroleum operate wells?
Mercury Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (17).
Does Mercury Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
2 of Mercury Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Mercury Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Yoser, Seth 3 in Adair, KY is the deepest at 1,685 ft.
Where Mercury Petroleum'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 Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/mercury-petroleum-113228 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).