Metro Petroleum
Operator of record for 26 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Metro Petroleum Co. · Metro Petroleum, L.L.C.
At a glance
Metro Petroleum is the operator of record for 26 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 10 (38%) are plugged & abandoned and 3 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 26 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
26
Active
0
Plugged
10
Orphaned
3
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 26 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 6
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Metro Petroleum operate?
Metro Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (26). Its 26 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Metro Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Metro Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 38% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 3 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Metro Petroleum operate?
By product class, 6 (23%) 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 Rothenpieler 6 in Coles, IL at 3,210 ft. The wells listed below sit in Coles (IL) and Cumberland (IL). 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 Metro Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothenpieler 6 | 12-029-23197 | Other status | Oil | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 3,210 ft |
| Seaman, J. H. / AOR 15 | 12-029-23619 | Other status | Oil | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum Co. | 2,463 ft |
| Young 2 | 12-035-23059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cumberland, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,100 ft |
| Strong, Elizabeth 3 | 12-029-01327 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,065 ft |
| Pinnell Unit 1 | 12-029-01225 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,055 ft |
| Pinnell Unit 4 | 12-029-01887 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,035 ft |
| Pinnell Unit 3 | 12-029-01886 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,028 ft |
| Uphoff, Henry 7 | 12-029-01347 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,020 ft |
| Uphoff, Henry 6 | 12-029-01346 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,004 ft |
| Uphoff, Henry 8 | 12-029-01238 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 2,000 ft |
| Strong, Elizabeth 5 | 12-029-00331 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 1,851 ft |
| Gordon-Craig 7 | 12-029-01152 | Other status | Other type | Coles, IL | Metro Petroleum, L.L.C. | 0 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Metro Petroleum operate?
Metro Petroleum is the operator of record for 26 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (26). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Metro Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Metro Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 10 are plugged & abandoned and 3 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Metro Petroleum operate wells?
Metro Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (26).
Does Metro Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
6 of Metro Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Metro Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Rothenpieler 6 in Coles, IL is the deepest at 3,210 ft.
Where Metro 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, “Metro Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/metro-petroleum-66248 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).