Noah Petroleum
Operator of record for 11 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: NOAH PETROLEUM CO · Noah Petroleum Company
At a glance
Noah Petroleum is the operator of record for 11 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 9 (82%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 10 wells (91% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
11
Active
0
Plugged
9
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 10 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 3
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Noah Petroleum operate?
Noah Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Illinois (10) and Kentucky (1). Its 10 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Noah Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Noah Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 82% 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 Noah Petroleum operate?
By product class, 3 (27%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Locke, Elvyn 1 in Wayne, IL at 3,459 ft. The wells listed below sit in Wayne (IL), Edwards (IL), Lawrence (IL), Madison (IL), Wabash (IL) and Daviess (KY). 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 Noah Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locke, Elvyn 1 | 12-191-01586 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 3,459 ft |
| Johnson, Roy - Jungbecker 1 | 12-191-07107 | Orphaned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 3,446 ft |
| Locke, I. M. 1 | 12-191-03319 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 3,420 ft |
| Vaughan-Andrews 1 | 12-191-03227 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 3,403 ft |
| Christy, Ira 1 | 12-191-03909 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 3,375 ft |
| Smith Thomas W 1 | 12-047-00669 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edwards, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 3,362 ft |
| Elgin, Mary 1 | 12-191-05999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 3,290 ft |
| Wolf, R. A. 1 | 12-101-00372 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lawrence, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 2,993 ft |
| Herschi 1 | 12-119-00682 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Madison, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 2,132 ft |
| Chapman, Stanley 1 | 12-185-03817 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wabash, IL | Noah Petroleum Company | 2,108 ft |
| Higdon, Virgil 1 | KGS record 2009110 | Other status | Other type | Daviess, KY | Noah Petroleum Co | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Noah Petroleum operate?
Noah Petroleum is the operator of record for 11 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (10). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Noah Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Noah Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 9 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Noah Petroleum operate wells?
Noah Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (10) and Kentucky (1).
Does Noah Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
3 of Noah Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Noah Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Locke, Elvyn 1 in Wayne, IL is the deepest at 3,459 ft.
Where Noah Petroleum'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, “Noah Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/noah-petroleum-67185 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).