Merrill Natural Resources
Operator of record for 6 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: MERRILL NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. · Merrill Natural Resources Inc
At a glance
Merrill Natural Resources is the operator of record for 6 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 5 (83%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in West Virginia, with 4 wells (67% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
6
Active
0
Plugged
5
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 4 |
| New York | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 2
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Merrill Natural Resources operate?
Merrill Natural Resources's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: West Virginia (4) and New York (2). Its 2 New York wells are 0.0% of the 46,514 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 Merrill Natural Resources’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Merrill Natural Resources's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 83% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Merrill Natural Resources operate?
By product class, 2 (33%) 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 Lawrence 9 in Cattaraugus, NY at 2,550 ft. The wells listed below sit in Cattaraugus (NY), Randolph (WV), Webster (WV) and Braxton (WV). State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Merrill Natural Resources
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence 9 | 31-009-15889 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cattaraugus, NY | Merrill Natural Resources Inc | 2,550 ft |
| Lawrence 8 | 31-009-55171 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cattaraugus, NY | Merrill Natural Resources Inc | 499 ft |
| Monongahela Natl. Forest 1 | 47-083-00550 | Other status | Other type | Randolph, WV | Merrill Natural Resources, Inc. | — |
| Nally, G. B. 1 | 47-101-00066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, WV | Merrill Natural Resources, Inc. | — |
| Pardee & Curtin Lumber Co 1 | 47-101-00071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Webster, WV | Merrill Natural Resources, Inc. | — |
| Pardee Curtin Lumber 1 | 47-007-01774 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Braxton, WV | Merrill Natural Resources, Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Merrill Natural Resources operate?
Merrill Natural Resources is the operator of record for 6 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in West Virginia (4). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Merrill Natural Resources's wells are still active?
0 of Merrill Natural Resources's catalogued wells are active; 5 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Merrill Natural Resources operate wells?
Merrill Natural Resources is the operator of record for wells in West Virginia (4) and New York (2).
Does Merrill Natural Resources operate mostly oil or gas wells?
2 of Merrill Natural Resources's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Merrill Natural Resources's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Lawrence 9 in Cattaraugus, NY is the deepest at 2,550 ft.
Where Merrill Natural Resources'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, “Merrill Natural Resources — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/merrill-natural-resources-131460 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).