Petro Oil
Operator of record for 22 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Petro Oil is the operator of record for 22 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 8 (36%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Ohio, with 22 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
22
Active
0
Plugged
8
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 22 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 22
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Petro Oil operate?
Petro Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Ohio (22). Its 22 Ohio wells are 0.0% of the 242,052 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 Petro Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Petro Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 36% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Petro Oil operate?
By product class, 22 (100%) 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 Van Horn Chester & Alveda & Van Atta Natalie 2 in Perry, OH at 3,343 ft. The wells listed below sit in Perry (OH), Muskingum (OH), Hocking (OH), Licking (OH) and Fairfield (OH).
Notable wells operated by Petro Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Horn Chester & Alveda & Van Atta Natalie 2 | 34-127-24285 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 3,343 ft |
| Weichert Henry E & Lorene K 1 | 34-119-24248 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 3,262 ft |
| Thacker Donald 1 | 34-127-23855 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Perry, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 3,256 ft |
| Carson James 2 | 34-073-21720 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hocking, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 2,998 ft |
| Mckee Harold C & Mildred D 1 | 34-089-23581 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Licking, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 2,982 ft |
| Fisher R G 1 | 34-045-20621 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fairfield, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 2,846 ft |
| Veverka E C 1 | 34-073-21932 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hocking, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 2,831 ft |
| Huston Ella M & Clarence E 2 | 34-119-25086 | Other status | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 0 ft |
| Davis J & S 1 | 34-119-25128 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 0 ft |
| Huston C & E 1 | 34-119-25139 | Other status | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 0 ft |
| Daugherty Louis C 1 | 34-127-24416 | Other status | Oil | Perry, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 0 ft |
| Underwood Virgie Etal 1 | 34-127-24461 | Other status | Oil | Perry, OH | Petro Oil Co Inc | 0 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Petro Oil operate?
Petro Oil is the operator of record for 22 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Ohio (22). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Petro Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Petro Oil's catalogued wells are active; 8 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Petro Oil operate wells?
Petro Oil is the operator of record for wells in Ohio (22).
Does Petro Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
22 of Petro Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Petro Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Van Horn Chester & Alveda & Van Atta Natalie 2 in Perry, OH is the deepest at 3,343 ft.
Where Petro Oil'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, “Petro Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/petro-oil-79993 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).