Metropolitan Oil
Operator of record for 3 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Metropolitan Oil Co. · Metropolitan Oil Corp., Ltd.
At a glance
Metropolitan Oil is the operator of record for 3 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 3 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 3 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
3
Active
0
Plugged
3
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 3 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 2
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Metropolitan Oil operate?
Metropolitan Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (3). Its 3 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 Metropolitan Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Metropolitan Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Metropolitan Oil operate?
By product class, 2 (67%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. 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 Metropolitan Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan 1 | 04-037-05650 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Los Angeles, CA | Metropolitan Oil Co. | — |
| Lease by Metropolitan Oil Corp., Ltd. 1 | 04-037-13844 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Metropolitan Oil Corp., Ltd. | — |
| Lease by Metropolitan Oil Corp., Ltd. 2 | 04-037-13845 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Metropolitan Oil Corp., Ltd. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Metropolitan Oil operate?
Metropolitan Oil is the operator of record for 3 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (3). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Metropolitan Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Metropolitan Oil's catalogued wells are active; 3 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Metropolitan Oil operate wells?
Metropolitan Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (3).
Does Metropolitan Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
2 of Metropolitan Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Metropolitan 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, “Metropolitan Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/metropolitan-oil-16165 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).