Pintail Petroleum
Operator of record for 338 catalogued wells across 5 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: PINTAIL PETROLEUM INC. · PINTAIL PETROLEUM LTD · PINTAIL PETROLEUM, LTD. · Pintail Petroleum, Inc. · …
At a glance
Pintail Petroleum is the operator of record for 338 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 5 states. 2 (0.6%) are active, 333 (99%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 308 wells (91% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
338
Active
2
Plugged
333
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 308 |
| Colorado | 15 |
| North Dakota | 11 |
| Montana | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 155
- Gas wells
- 25
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 1%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Pintail Petroleum operate?
Pintail Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 5 states: Kansas (308), Colorado (15), North Dakota (11), Montana (3) and Oklahoma (1). Its 308 Kansas wells are 0.1% 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 Pintail Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0.6% of Pintail Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 28 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 99% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Pintail Petroleum operate?
By product class, 155 (46%) are oil wells and 25 (7%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Joyce 1-2 in Williams, ND at 12,040 ft. The wells listed below sit in Williams (ND), Mountrail (ND), Stark (ND), Burke (ND), Roosevelt (MT) and Comanche (KS) and other counties. State filings spell the name 5 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Pintail Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce 1-2 | 33-105-00815 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williams, ND | Pintail Petroleum Inc. | 12,040 ft |
| Neset 1 | 33-061-00334 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mountrail, ND | Pintail Petroleum Inc. | 11,810 ft |
| Adam Schank 1 | 33-089-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stark, ND | Pintail Petroleum Inc. | 10,425 ft |
| Thorson 1 | 33-105-01127 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williams, ND | Pintail Petroleum Inc. | 10,100 ft |
| Drury 1 | 33-061-00467 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mountrail, ND | Pintail Petroleum, Ltd. | 8,402 ft |
| Lalim 34-1 | 33-105-00787 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williams, ND | Pintail Petroleum Inc. | 8,315 ft |
| Ole Tande 1 | 33-013-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burke, ND | Pintail Petroleum, Ltd. | 8,104 ft |
| Bach 1 | 25-085-21505 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roosevelt, MT | Pintail Petroleum, Inc. | 7,672 ft |
| Anderson #1 | 25-085-21488 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Roosevelt, MT | Pintail Petroleum, Inc. | 7,660 ft |
| Baker Farms 1 | 15-033-21031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Comanche, KS | Pintail Petroleum, Ltd. | 6,116 ft |
| Berghaus 'A' 1 | 15-119-20147 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Meade, KS | Pintail Petroleum, Ltd. | 5,772 ft |
| 2 Lowe | 05-017-06258 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cheyenne, CO | Pintail Petroleum Ltd | 5,760 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Pintail Petroleum operate?
Pintail Petroleum is the operator of record for 338 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (308). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Pintail Petroleum's wells are still active?
2 of Pintail Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 333 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Pintail Petroleum operate wells?
Pintail Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (308), Colorado (15), North Dakota (11), Montana (3) and Oklahoma (1).
Does Pintail Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
155 of Pintail Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 25 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Pintail Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Joyce 1-2 in Williams, ND is the deepest at 12,040 ft.
Where Pintail Petroleum's wells are
- Oil & gas wells in Kansas· 308 operated by Pintail Petroleum
- Oil & gas wells in Colorado· 15 operated by Pintail Petroleum
- Oil & gas wells in North Dakota· 11 operated by Pintail Petroleum
- Oil & gas wells in Montana· 3 operated by Pintail Petroleum
- Oil & gas wells in Oklahoma· 1 operated by Pintail Petroleum
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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, “Pintail Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/pintail-petroleum-2487 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).