Neaves Petroleum Developments
Operator of record for 25 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Neaves Petroleum Developments is the operator of record for 25 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 25 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 25 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
25
Active
0
Plugged
25
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 25 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 9
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Neaves Petroleum Developments operate?
Neaves Petroleum Developments's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (25). Its 25 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 Neaves Petroleum Developments’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Neaves Petroleum Developments'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 Neaves Petroleum Developments operate?
By product class, 9 (36%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Los Angeles (CA), Ventura (CA), San Luis Obispo (CA), Kern (CA), Orange (CA) and Tulare (CA).
Notable wells operated by Neaves Petroleum Developments
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neaves-Watson 2 | 04-037-03777 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Los Angeles, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-N.L. & F. 10-1 | 04-037-05715 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Los Angeles, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-Watson 3 | 04-037-05716 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Los Angeles, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| George Atha-Ritchie 3 | 04-111-20026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ventura, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-Elkhorn 2 | 04-079-00353 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | San Luis Obispo, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-Elkhorn 3 | 04-079-00354 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | San Luis Obispo, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-Greer-Russell 33A-1 | 04-079-20186 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | San Luis Obispo, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-Smith-Cairns 2 | 04-029-52122 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-Coyote 1 | 04-059-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Orange, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Z. & B. 1 | 04-111-02333 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ventura, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Neaves-SP 1 | 04-029-64168 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
| Boesch 1 | 04-107-00285 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tulare, CA | Neaves Petroleum Developments | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Neaves Petroleum Developments operate?
Neaves Petroleum Developments is the operator of record for 25 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (25). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Neaves Petroleum Developments's wells are still active?
0 of Neaves Petroleum Developments's catalogued wells are active; 25 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Neaves Petroleum Developments operate wells?
Neaves Petroleum Developments is the operator of record for wells in California (25).
Does Neaves Petroleum Developments operate mostly oil or gas wells?
9 of Neaves Petroleum Developments's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Neaves Petroleum Developments'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, “Neaves Petroleum Developments — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/neaves-petroleum-developments-8306 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).