Palmer Drilling
Operator of record for 23 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: PALMER DRILLING · PALMER DRILLING CO
At a glance
Palmer Drilling is the operator of record for 23 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. 3 (13%) are active, 2 (9%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Michigan, with 17 wells (74% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
23
Active
3
Plugged
2
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 17 |
| Kentucky | 6 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 13%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Palmer Drilling operate?
Palmer Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Michigan (17) and Kentucky (6). Its 17 Michigan wells are 0.0% of the 85,673 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 Palmer Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
13% of Palmer Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 16 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Palmer Drilling operate?
By product class, 4 (17%) 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 Letcher, Oscar 1 in Henderson, KY at 2,174 ft. The wells listed below sit in Henderson (KY), Ottawa (MI), Daviess (KY), Shiawassee (MI), Saginaw (MI) and Allegan (MI) and other counties. 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 Palmer Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letcher, Oscar 1 | KGS record 58510 | Active | Oil | Henderson, KY | Palmer Drilling Co | 2,174 ft |
| Simeon, Adam & Kotowski, Walter Comm 1 | 21-139-27637 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa, MI | Palmer Drilling Co | 2,109 ft |
| Brown-Prudential 5 | KGS record 2011142 | Active | Oil | Daviess, KY | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,911 ft |
| Brown (Prudential) 6 | KGS record 2010912 | Active | Oil | Daviess, KY | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,903 ft |
| Wahl, Matilda 7 | 16-059-03633 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Daviess, KY | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,899 ft |
| Wahl, M 6 | KGS record 2010946 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,898 ft |
| Slee, David 1 | 21-155-24603 | Other status | Other type | Shiawassee, MI | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,805 ft |
| Andres 1 | 21-145-27760 | Other status | Other type | Saginaw, MI | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,750 ft |
| Fokkert, Gerrold 1 | 21-005-26361 | Other status | Other type | Allegan, MI | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,673 ft |
| Lazowski, Theodore & Monica 1 | 21-049-24716 | Other status | Other type | Genesee, MI | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,669 ft |
| Walters, Dennis & Harriet 1 | 21-139-25753 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa, MI | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,663 ft |
| Vandeluister & Nagelkerk Comm 1 | 21-139-28517 | Other status | Other type | Ottawa, MI | Palmer Drilling Co | 1,626 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Palmer Drilling operate?
Palmer Drilling is the operator of record for 23 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Michigan (17). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Palmer Drilling's wells are still active?
3 of Palmer Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 2 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Palmer Drilling operate wells?
Palmer Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Michigan (17) and Kentucky (6).
Does Palmer Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of Palmer Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Palmer Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Letcher, Oscar 1 in Henderson, KY is the deepest at 2,174 ft.
Where Palmer 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, “Palmer Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/palmer-drilling-105745 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).