Nielson Enterprises
Operator of record for 14 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: NIELSON ENTERPRISES · NIELSON ENTERPRISES INC · Nielson Enterprises, Inc.
At a glance
Nielson Enterprises is the operator of record for 14 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 12 (86%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 7 wells (50% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
14
Active
0
Plugged
12
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 7 |
| Kansas | 5 |
| Wyoming | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 5
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Nielson Enterprises operate?
Nielson Enterprises's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Colorado (7), Kansas (5) and Wyoming (2). Its 7 Colorado wells are 0.0% of the 124,327 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 Nielson Enterprises’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Nielson Enterprises's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 86% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Nielson Enterprises operate?
By product class, 5 (36%) are oil wells and 1 (7%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 1 Parker in Weld, CO at 9,130 ft. The wells listed below sit in Weld (CO), Campbell (WY), Converse (WY), Wallace (KS), Logan (CO) and Cheyenne (KS) and other counties. State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Nielson Enterprises
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Parker | 05-123-10059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Nielson Enterprises Inc | 9,130 ft |
| 1 Purdy | 05-123-07343 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Nielson Enterprises Inc | 8,915 ft |
| Amber 1-30 | 49-005-25473 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Campbell, WY | Nielson Enterprises | 7,600 ft |
| Mayberry State 1-16 | 49-009-21733 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Converse, WY | Nielson Enterprises | 7,100 ft |
| Thompson 1 | 15-199-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wallace, KS | Nielson Enterprises, Inc. | 5,180 ft |
| 1 Simms | 05-075-08811 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, CO | Nielson Enterprises Inc | 5,080 ft |
| McKee 1 | 15-023-20104 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cheyenne, KS | Nielson Enterprises, Inc. | 4,970 ft |
| Tovrea 'B' 2 | 15-181-20198 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sherman, KS | Nielson Enterprises, Inc. | 4,810 ft |
| Brown 1 | 15-181-20036 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sherman, KS | Nielson Enterprises, Inc. | 4,751 ft |
| 8-1 Cowdrey-Federal | 05-057-06006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jackson, CO | Nielson Enterprises Inc | 4,180 ft |
| Rohr 1 | 15-051-21601 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ellis, KS | Nielson Enterprises, Inc. | 3,720 ft |
| 1 Meyer | 05-125-06449 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yuma, CO | Nielson Enterprises Inc | 2,977 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Nielson Enterprises operate?
Nielson Enterprises is the operator of record for 14 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (7). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Nielson Enterprises's wells are still active?
0 of Nielson Enterprises's catalogued wells are active; 12 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Nielson Enterprises operate wells?
Nielson Enterprises is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (7), Kansas (5) and Wyoming (2).
Does Nielson Enterprises operate mostly oil or gas wells?
5 of Nielson Enterprises's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Nielson Enterprises's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 1 Parker in Weld, CO is the deepest at 9,130 ft.
Where Nielson Enterprises'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, “Nielson Enterprises — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/nielson-enterprises-3126 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).