Petroleum Enterprises
Operator of record for 25 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Petroleum Enterprises · Petroleum Enterprises Co. · Petroleum Enterprises, Inc.
At a glance
Petroleum Enterprises is the operator of record for 25 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 21 (84%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 24 wells (96% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
25
Active
0
Plugged
21
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 24 |
| California | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 6
- Gas wells
- 5
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Petroleum Enterprises operate?
Petroleum Enterprises's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Kansas (24) and California (1). Its 24 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 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 Petroleum Enterprises’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Petroleum Enterprises's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 84% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Petroleum Enterprises operate?
By product class, 6 (24%) are oil wells and 5 (20%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Horsch, Paul 1 in Sumner, KS at 3,666 ft. The wells listed below sit in Sumner (KS), Sedgwick (KS) and Cowley (KS). State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Petroleum Enterprises
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsch, Paul 1 | 15-191-21391 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sumner, KS | Petroleum Enterprises | 3,666 ft |
| Mccaskey 1 | 15-173-20650 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sedgwick, KS | Petroleum Enterprises, Inc. | 3,593 ft |
| James Mcfarland 1 | 15-035-22543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises, Inc. | 3,255 ft |
| Binyon 1 | 15-035-23528 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises, Inc. | 3,238 ft |
| Winfield-Smith 1 | 15-035-23335 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises | 3,100 ft |
| Graham 1 | 15-035-22583 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises | 3,040 ft |
| Ankrom 'A' 1 Twin | 15-035-20352 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises | 2,914 ft |
| Duncan Olds 1 | 15-035-23476 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises, Inc. | 2,700 ft |
| Tharp 1 | 15-035-21883 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises, Inc. | 2,700 ft |
| Hubbell 1 | 15-035-22499 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises | 2,554 ft |
| Boyd 1 | 15-035-22422 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises, Inc. | 2,525 ft |
| Smith 'B' 1 | 15-035-21671 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Petroleum Enterprises, Inc. | 2,499 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Petroleum Enterprises operate?
Petroleum Enterprises is the operator of record for 25 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (24). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Petroleum Enterprises's wells are still active?
0 of Petroleum Enterprises's catalogued wells are active; 21 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Petroleum Enterprises operate wells?
Petroleum Enterprises is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (24) and California (1).
Does Petroleum Enterprises operate mostly oil or gas wells?
6 of Petroleum Enterprises's catalogued wells are oil wells and 5 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Petroleum Enterprises's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Horsch, Paul 1 in Sumner, KS is the deepest at 3,666 ft.
Where Petroleum Enterprises'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, “Petroleum Enterprises — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/petroleum-enterprises-65748 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).