Oil Well Drilling
Operator of record for 11 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Oil Well Drilling is the operator of record for 11 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 11 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 11 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
11
Active
0
Plugged
11
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 11 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 7
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Oil Well Drilling operate?
Oil Well Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (11). Its 11 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 Oil Well Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Oil Well Drilling'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 Oil Well Drilling operate?
By product class, 7 (64%) 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 Harris 2 in Wayne, IL at 3,383 ft. The wells listed below sit in Wayne (IL), White (IL) and Richland (IL).
Notable wells operated by Oil Well Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris 2 | 12-191-01363 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,383 ft |
| Hilliard D A 2-B | 12-191-06043 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,348 ft |
| Hilliard D A 1-B | 12-191-06042 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,320 ft |
| Hilliard T J 1-A | 12-191-06087 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,315 ft |
| Hilliard T J 4A | 12-191-06090 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,302 ft |
| Hilliard, T.J. 3-A | 12-191-06089 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,295 ft |
| Lawrence W S 1 | 12-191-00149 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,275 ft |
| Lawrence, W.S. 2 | 12-191-06092 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,265 ft |
| Wells Fred 1 | 12-191-04949 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,137 ft |
| Bryant Cornelius 1 | 12-193-00360 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 3,116 ft |
| Hilborn Heirs 1 | 12-159-01992 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richland, IL | Oil Well Drilling | 2,601 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 11 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Oil Well Drilling operate?
Oil Well Drilling is the operator of record for 11 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (11). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Oil Well Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Oil Well Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 11 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Oil Well Drilling operate wells?
Oil Well Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (11).
Does Oil Well Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
7 of Oil Well Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Oil Well Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Harris 2 in Wayne, IL is the deepest at 3,383 ft.
Where Oil Well Drilling'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, “Oil Well Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/oil-well-drilling-108562 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).