Perkins
Operator of record for 8 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: PERKINS · PERKINS INC.
At a glance
Perkins is the operator of record for 8 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 4 (50%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Mississippi, with 6 wells (75% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
8
Active
0
Plugged
4
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 6 |
| Kentucky | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 2
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Perkins operate?
Perkins's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Mississippi (6) and Kentucky (2). Its 6 Mississippi wells are 0.0% of the 34,924 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 Perkins’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Perkins's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Perkins operate?
By product class, 2 (25%) are oil wells and 1 (13%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Compton-Howard 22-8 1 1 in Madison, MS at 9,760 ft. The wells listed below sit in Madison (MS), Adams (MS), Warren (KY), Chickasaw (MS) and Yazoo (MS). 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 Perkins
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton-Howard 22-8 1 1 | 23-089-20101 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Madison, MS | Perkins Inc. | 9,760 ft |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-001-02145 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Adams, MS | Perkins Inc. | 6,900 ft |
| Carter, Leslie 1 | KGS record 2040238 | Other status | Other type | Warren, KY | Perkins | — |
| Carter, L 1 | KGS record 2040233 | Other status | Other type | Warren, KY | Perkins | — |
| Howard Colbert et al 1 | 23-017-20029 | Other status | Gas | Chickasaw, MS | Perkins Inc. | — |
| BD OF SUPERVISORS 4 (fmly Moore-Robertson 1-A) 4 | 23-163-20220 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yazoo, MS | Perkins Inc. | — |
| Bd Of Supervisors 5 5 | 23-163-20225 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yazoo, MS | Perkins Inc. | — |
| Quiet Shades Plantion 1 1 | 23-163-20227 | Other status | Oil | Yazoo, MS | Perkins Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Perkins operate?
Perkins is the operator of record for 8 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Mississippi (6). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Perkins's wells are still active?
0 of Perkins's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Perkins operate wells?
Perkins is the operator of record for wells in Mississippi (6) and Kentucky (2).
Does Perkins operate mostly oil or gas wells?
2 of Perkins's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Perkins's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Compton-Howard 22-8 1 1 in Madison, MS is the deepest at 9,760 ft.
Where Perkins'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, “Perkins — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/perkins-123969 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).