Mills Drilling
Operator of record for 42 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Mills Drilling is the operator of record for 42 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 40 (95%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in West Virginia, with 42 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
42
Active
0
Plugged
40
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 42 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Mills Drilling operate?
Mills Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: West Virginia (42). Its 42 West Virginia wells are 0.0% of the 118,569 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 Mills Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Mills Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 95% 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 Mills Drilling operate?
By product class, 1 (2%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%.
Notable wells operated by Mills Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plybon, Alfred 1 | 47-099-00683 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Ward, Virgil 1 | 47-099-00717 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Cline, Willis 2 | 47-099-00308 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Sanson, Millard 1 | 47-099-00197 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Trautwein, C. W. Trautwein 2 | 47-099-01300 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Wilson Coal Land M-4 | 47-099-01582 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Early, Kenneth 1 | 47-099-00867 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Wilson Coal Co. M-1 | 47-099-01575 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Wilson Coal Land Co. M-7 | 47-099-01676 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Morrison, Nettie 1 | 47-099-00703 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Cline, Willis 1 | 47-099-00307 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
| Holbrook, J.B. 1 | 47-099-00721 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, WV | Mills Drilling Co Inc | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Mills Drilling operate?
Mills Drilling is the operator of record for 42 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in West Virginia (42). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Mills Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Mills Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 40 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Mills Drilling operate wells?
Mills Drilling is the operator of record for wells in West Virginia (42).
Does Mills Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Mills Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Mills 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, “Mills Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/mills-drilling-142367 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).