Nuevo Energy
Operator of record for 15 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: NUEVO ENERGY CO. · NUEVO ENERGY COMPANY · Nuevo Energy Company
At a glance
Nuevo Energy is the operator of record for 15 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 12 (80%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 10 wells (67% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
15
Active
0
Plugged
12
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 10 |
| Louisiana | 4 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 8
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Nuevo Energy operate?
Nuevo Energy's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: California (10), Louisiana (4) and Mississippi (1). Its 10 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 Nuevo Energy’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Nuevo Energy's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Nuevo Energy operate?
By product class, 8 (53%) 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 Arbor 001 in St Landry, LA at 12,270 ft. The wells listed below sit in St Landry (LA), Claiborne (MS), Terrebonne (LA), East Carroll (LA) and Santa Barbara (CA). 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 Nuevo Energy
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor 001 | 17-097-20969 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Landry, LA | Nuevo Energy Company | 12,270 ft |
| Hammett Farms 1 1 | 23-021-20029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Claiborne, MS | Nuevo Energy Co. | 8,286 ft |
| Sl 14801 002 | 17-715-20177 | Other status | Other type | Terrebonne, LA | Nuevo Energy Company | 5,000 ft |
| Hubert Mccain 5-8 001 | 17-035-20083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | East Carroll, LA | Nuevo Energy Company | 3,700 ft |
| Sl 14801 001 | 17-715-20176 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terrebonne, LA | Nuevo Energy Company | 1,400 ft |
| Hill 21 | 04-083-01874 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Santa Barbara, CA | Nuevo Energy Company | — |
| Kaiser 1 | 04-083-02214 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Nuevo Energy Company | — |
| Fox 10 | 04-083-02169 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Nuevo Energy Company | — |
| Kaiser 5 | 04-083-02217 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Nuevo Energy Company | — |
| Kaiser 6 | 04-083-02218 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Santa Barbara, CA | Nuevo Energy Company | — |
| Kaiser 4 | 04-083-02216 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Nuevo Energy Company | — |
| Graciosa 15 | 04-083-02182 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Santa Barbara, CA | Nuevo Energy Company | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Nuevo Energy operate?
Nuevo Energy is the operator of record for 15 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (10). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Nuevo Energy's wells are still active?
0 of Nuevo Energy's catalogued wells are active; 12 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Nuevo Energy operate wells?
Nuevo Energy is the operator of record for wells in California (10), Louisiana (4) and Mississippi (1).
Does Nuevo Energy operate mostly oil or gas wells?
8 of Nuevo Energy's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Nuevo Energy's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Arbor 001 in St Landry, LA is the deepest at 12,270 ft.
Where Nuevo Energy'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, “Nuevo Energy — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/nuevo-energy-11323 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).