North Lea Joint Venture
Operator of record for 5 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
North Lea Joint Venture is the operator of record for 5 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 5 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in New Mexico, with 5 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
5
Active
0
Plugged
5
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| New Mexico | 5 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does North Lea Joint Venture operate?
North Lea Joint Venture's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: New Mexico (5). Its 5 New Mexico wells are 0.0% of the 141,088 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 North Lea Joint Venture’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of North Lea Joint Venture'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 North Lea Joint Venture operate?
By product class, 4 (80%) are oil wells and 1 (20%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Betenbough #002 in Lea, NM at 11,569 ft.
Notable wells operated by North Lea Joint Venture
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betenbough #002 | 30-025-02644 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lea, NM | North Lea Joint Venture | 11,569 ft |
| Pruitt A #002 | 30-025-22161 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lea, NM | North Lea Joint Venture | 9,950 ft |
| Betenbough #005 | 30-025-27569 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lea, NM | North Lea Joint Venture | 9,800 ft |
| Betenbough #004 | 30-025-23614 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Lea, NM | North Lea Joint Venture | 9,754 ft |
| Betenbough #003 | 30-025-02646 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lea, NM | North Lea Joint Venture | 9,650 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does North Lea Joint Venture operate?
North Lea Joint Venture is the operator of record for 5 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in New Mexico (5). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of North Lea Joint Venture's wells are still active?
0 of North Lea Joint Venture's catalogued wells are active; 5 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does North Lea Joint Venture operate wells?
North Lea Joint Venture is the operator of record for wells in New Mexico (5).
Does North Lea Joint Venture operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of North Lea Joint Venture's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is North Lea Joint Venture's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Betenbough #002 in Lea, NM is the deepest at 11,569 ft.
Where North Lea Joint Venture'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, “North Lea Joint Venture — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/north-lea-joint-venture-12866 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).