Payne Brothers
Operator of record for 19 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Payne Brothers is the operator of record for 19 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 2 (11%) are active, 17 (89%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 19 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
19
Active
2
Plugged
17
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 19 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 9
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 11%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Payne Brothers operate?
Payne Brothers's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (19). Its 19 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 Payne Brothers’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
11% of Payne Brothers's catalogued wells are active, 18 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Payne Brothers operate?
By product class, 9 (47%) 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 Payne, Tommy 2 in Lawrence, IL at 2,413 ft. The wells listed below sit in Lawrence (IL), Crawford (IL) and Wabash (IL).
Notable wells operated by Payne Brothers
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payne, Tommy 2 | 12-101-28338 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 2,413 ft |
| Shaffer, Willis 4 | 12-033-03143 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Payne Brothers | 2,024 ft |
| Shaffer W 4 | 12-033-00225 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Payne Brothers | 2,024 ft |
| Nancy H Ackman 1 | 12-101-00734 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,977 ft |
| Ackman, Nancy H. 1 | 12-101-02416 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,976 ft |
| Brevoort, John M. 1 AO | 12-101-05940 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,935 ft |
| Highsmith, Emma 1 | 12-101-05895 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,863 ft |
| Brevoort B-1 | 12-101-05409 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,788 ft |
| Biehl Adam A-1 | 12-185-26492 | Active | Oil | Wabash, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,570 ft |
| Jones, S. Albert 1-A | 12-101-06169 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,371 ft |
| Rogers W H 10 | 12-101-07094 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,340 ft |
| Rogers W H 7 | 12-101-07095 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lawrence, IL | Payne Brothers | 1,328 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Payne Brothers operate?
Payne Brothers is the operator of record for 19 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (19). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Payne Brothers's wells are still active?
2 of Payne Brothers's catalogued wells are active; 17 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Payne Brothers operate wells?
Payne Brothers is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (19).
Does Payne Brothers operate mostly oil or gas wells?
9 of Payne Brothers's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Payne Brothers's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Payne, Tommy 2 in Lawrence, IL is the deepest at 2,413 ft.
Where Payne Brothers'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, “Payne Brothers — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/payne-brothers-95436 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).