O Brien Operating
Operator of record for 34 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: O'BRIEN OPERATING COMPANY · O'Brien Operating Company
At a glance
O Brien Operating is the operator of record for 34 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 24 (71%) are plugged & abandoned and 3 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 33 wells (97% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
34
Active
0
Plugged
24
Orphaned
3
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 33 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 8
- Gas wells
- 7
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does O Brien Operating operate?
O Brien Operating's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Louisiana (33) and Arkansas (1). Its 33 Louisiana wells are 0.0% of the 225,728 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 O Brien Operating’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of O Brien Operating's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 3 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does O Brien Operating operate?
By product class, 8 (24%) are oil wells and 7 (21%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Cv Ra Sua;verlee R German 001 in Ouachita, LA at 14,378 ft. The wells listed below sit in Ouachita (LA), Claiborne (LA), Union (LA), Bossier (LA) and Lincoln (LA). 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 O Brien Operating
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cv Ra Sua;verlee R German 001 | 17-073-21719 | Orphaned | Gas | Ouachita, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 14,378 ft |
| Cad Rb Sub;e J White 001 | 17-073-21969 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ouachita, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 11,501 ft |
| Cad Rb Sue;s O Henry 001 | 17-073-22033 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ouachita, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 11,433 ft |
| L F Morelock 001 | 17-027-20216 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Claiborne, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 11,242 ft |
| Fuller 001 | 17-111-25494 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 10,900 ft |
| J P Bailey 001 | 17-027-21535 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Claiborne, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 10,700 ft |
| Cv Ra Sub;ruth L Coon 001 | 17-073-21915 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ouachita, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 10,550 ft |
| U Ha Rc Sua;meadors B 001 | 17-027-21622 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Claiborne, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 10,100 ft |
| Cv Ra Suh;james A Shamsie 001 | 17-015-21928 | Other status | Other type | Bossier, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 9,500 ft |
| Cv Ra Sua;matlock 001 | 17-015-22064 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bossier, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 9,400 ft |
| Cv Ra Sue;dunham Etal 1 | 17-015-21886 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bossier, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 9,400 ft |
| Cv D Sua;l D Barnett 001 | 17-061-00079 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Lincoln, LA | O'Brien Operating Company | 8,890 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does O Brien Operating operate?
O Brien Operating is the operator of record for 34 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (33). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of O Brien Operating's wells are still active?
0 of O Brien Operating's catalogued wells are active; 24 are plugged & abandoned and 3 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does O Brien Operating operate wells?
O Brien Operating is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (33) and Arkansas (1).
Does O Brien Operating operate mostly oil or gas wells?
8 of O Brien Operating's catalogued wells are oil wells and 7 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is O Brien Operating's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Cv Ra Sua;verlee R German 001 in Ouachita, LA is the deepest at 14,378 ft.
Where O Brien Operating'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, “O Brien Operating — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/o-brien-operating-70057 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).