Milby Drilling
Operator of record for 19 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Milby Drilling is the operator of record for 19 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 10 (53%) are plugged & abandoned and 6 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 19 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
19
Active
0
Plugged
10
Orphaned
6
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 19 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 12
- Gas wells
- 2
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Milby Drilling operate?
Milby Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (19). Its 19 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 Milby Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Milby Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 53% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 6 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Milby Drilling operate?
By product class, 12 (63%) are oil wells and 2 (11%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Mcwhorter, Lloyd 1 in Clinton, KY at 1,903 ft. The wells listed below sit in Clinton (KY), Wayne (KY) and Metcalfe (KY).
Notable wells operated by Milby Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcwhorter, Lloyd 1 | 16-053-01564 | Orphaned | Gas | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 1,903 ft |
| Crouch, O W 6 | 16-053-01563 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 1,750 ft |
| Crouch, D W 4 | 16-053-01560 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 1,750 ft |
| Crouch, O W 5 | 16-053-01562 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 1,750 ft |
| Crouch, O W 1 | 16-053-01558 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 1,686 ft |
| Fairchild, Ray 1 | 16-231-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 600 ft |
| Fairchild, Ray 1a | 16-231-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 582 ft |
| Fairchild, Ray 2 | 16-231-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, KY | Milby Drilling Co | 580 ft |
| Crouch, O W 2 | 16-053-01559 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | — |
| Thasher, Stanley 2 | 16-053-01566 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | — |
| Yates, Thomas 1 | 16-169-00648 | Other status | Other type | Metcalfe, KY | Milby Drilling Co | — |
| Mcwhorter, Lloyd 2 | 16-053-01565 | Other status | Other type | Clinton, KY | Milby Drilling Co | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Milby Drilling operate?
Milby Drilling is the operator of record for 19 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (19). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Milby Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Milby Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 10 are plugged & abandoned and 6 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Milby Drilling operate wells?
Milby Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (19).
Does Milby Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
12 of Milby Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 2 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Milby Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Mcwhorter, Lloyd 1 in Clinton, KY is the deepest at 1,903 ft.
Where Milby Drilling'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, “Milby Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/milby-drilling-67902 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).