Placid Oil
Operator of record for 1,409 catalogued wells across 9 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: PLACID OIL CO · PLACID OIL CO. · PLACID OIL COMPANY · Placid Oil Co · …
At a glance
Placid Oil is the operator of record for 1,409 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 9 states. None is listed as active, 1,301 (92%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 1,096 wells (78% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
1,409
Active
0
Plugged
1,301
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1,096 |
| Mississippi | 87 |
| Montana | 87 |
| Alabama | 43 |
| Arkansas | 42 |
| North Dakota | 22 |
| Utah | 18 |
| Wyoming | 9 |
| Colorado | 5 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 341
- Gas wells
- 64
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Placid Oil operate?
Placid Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 9 states: Louisiana (1,096), Mississippi (87), Montana (87), Alabama (43) and Arkansas (42) and 4 more. Its 1,096 Louisiana wells are 0.5% of the 225,728 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 Placid Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Placid Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 92% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Placid Oil operate?
By product class, 341 (24%) are oil wells and 64 (5%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Sl 5407 001 in St Bernard, LA at 25,600 ft. The wells listed below sit in St Bernard (LA), Hinds (MS), Terrebonne (LA), Washington (AL), Iberia (LA) and St Mary (LA). State filings spell the name 6 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Placid Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sl 5407 001 | 17-087-20062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Bernard, LA | Placid Oil Company | 25,600 ft |
| Owen 25-8 1 1 | 23-049-20032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hinds, MS | Placid Oil Co | 25,460 ft |
| Sl 2857 008 | 17-715-00914 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Terrebonne, LA | Placid Oil Company | 22,510 ft |
| Sl 2857 015 | 17-109-20853 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terrebonne, LA | Placid Oil Company | 20,822 ft |
| Sl 7201 001 | 17-727-20116 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Bernard, LA | Placid Oil Company | 20,448 ft |
| Ijams #19-2 | 01-129-20051 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Washington, AL | Placid Oil Co. | 20,060 ft |
| Sl 5619 001 | 17-045-20187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iberia, LA | Placid Oil Company | 20,000 ft |
| Db-5 Sua, Shadyside, Ltd B-1 | 17-101-02161 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | St Mary, LA | Placid Oil Company | 19,819 ft |
| Mcclure 5-12 #1 | 01-129-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Washington, AL | Placid Oil Co. | 18,993 ft |
| Db-2 Rb Su C; Shadyside 006 | 17-101-01956 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | St Mary, LA | Placid Oil Company | 18,940 ft |
| Ll&e /H/ 001 | 17-109-20909 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terrebonne, LA | Placid Oil Company | 18,830 ft |
| Prentice Oil And Gas Company 001 | 17-109-21919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terrebonne, LA | Placid Oil Company | 18,687 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Placid Oil operate?
Placid Oil is the operator of record for 1,409 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (1,096). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Placid Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Placid Oil's catalogued wells are active; 1,301 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Placid Oil operate wells?
Placid Oil is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (1,096), Mississippi (87), Montana (87), Alabama (43), Arkansas (42), North Dakota (22), Utah (18), Wyoming (9) and Colorado (5).
Does Placid Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
341 of Placid Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 64 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Placid Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Sl 5407 001 in St Bernard, LA is the deepest at 25,600 ft.
Where Placid Oil's wells are
- Oil & gas wells in Louisiana· 1,096 operated by Placid Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Mississippi· 87 operated by Placid Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Montana· 87 operated by Placid Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Alabama· 43 operated by Placid Oil
- Oil & gas wells in Arkansas· 42 operated by Placid Oil
- Oil & gas wells in North Dakota· 22 operated by Placid Oil
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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, “Placid Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/placid-oil-2414 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).