Pay Ventures
Operator of record for 7 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Pay Ventures is the operator of record for 7 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 4 (57%) are active, 1 (14%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 7 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
7
Active
4
Plugged
1
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 7 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 5
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 2
- Active share
- 57%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Pay Ventures operate?
Pay Ventures's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Louisiana (7). Its 7 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 Pay Ventures’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
57% of Pay Ventures's catalogued wells are active, 28 percentage points above the national share of 29%. 14% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 2 wells (29%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Pay Ventures operate?
By product class, 5 (71%) 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 Bernard Etal 002 in Iberia, LA at 6,517 ft.
Notable wells operated by Pay Ventures
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Etal 002 | 17-045-21267 | Shut-in | Oil | Iberia, LA | Pay Ventures, L.L.C. | 6,517 ft |
| Bernard Etal 003 | 17-045-21354 | Active | Oil | Iberia, LA | Pay Ventures, L.L.C. | 5,916 ft |
| Bernard Etal 001 | 17-045-21229 | Active | Oil | Iberia, LA | Pay Ventures, L.L.C. | 5,698 ft |
| Bernard Et Al Swd 003 | 17-045-20879 | Active | Injection | Iberia, LA | Pay Ventures, L.L.C. | 5,353 ft |
| Bernard Etal 004 | 17-045-20862 | Shut-in | Oil | Iberia, LA | Pay Ventures, L.L.C. | 4,794 ft |
| Bernard Etal 005 | 17-045-20906 | Active | Oil | Iberia, LA | Pay Ventures, L.L.C. | 4,190 ft |
| Bernard Etal 006 | 17-045-20875 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iberia, LA | Pay Ventures, L.L.C. | 4,047 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Pay Ventures operate?
Pay Ventures is the operator of record for 7 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (7). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Pay Ventures's wells are still active?
4 of Pay Ventures's catalogued wells are active; 1 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Pay Ventures operate wells?
Pay Ventures is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (7).
Does Pay Ventures operate mostly oil or gas wells?
5 of Pay Ventures's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Pay Ventures's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Bernard Etal 002 in Iberia, LA is the deepest at 6,517 ft.
Where Pay Ventures'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, “Pay Ventures — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/pay-ventures-76092 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).