Portable Drilling
Operator of record for 21 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Portable Drilling is the operator of record for 21 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 16 (76%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Oklahoma, with 21 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
21
Active
0
Plugged
16
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 21 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 5
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Portable Drilling operate?
Portable Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Oklahoma (21). Its 21 Oklahoma wells are 0.0% of the 456,595 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 Portable Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Portable Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Portable Drilling operate?
By product class, 5 (24%) are oil wells and 1 (5%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Lincoln (OK), Okfuskee (OK), Payne (OK), Beckham (OK) and Garfield (OK).
Notable wells operated by Portable Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickell #1 | 35-081-01157 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lincoln, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| J B Walker #1-A | 35-107-30403 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Okfuskee, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Barnes #1 | 35-081-01301 | Other status | Oil | Lincoln, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Bain Brothers #1 | 35-081-02004 | Other status | Other type | Lincoln, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Bennett #1 | 35-119-00058 | Other status | Other type | Payne, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Simpson #1 | 35-009-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beckham, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Lizzie Berhan #1 | 35-047-00898 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Garfield, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| John D Hollar #1 | 35-047-01157 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Garfield, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Whipple #4 | 35-047-01257 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Garfield, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Christene Bain #1 | 35-081-02006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lincoln, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Teter /A/ #1 | 35-081-30260 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lincoln, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
| Campbell #2 | 35-081-60001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lincoln, OK | Portable Drilling Corp | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Portable Drilling operate?
Portable Drilling is the operator of record for 21 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Oklahoma (21). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Portable Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Portable Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 16 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Portable Drilling operate wells?
Portable Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Oklahoma (21).
Does Portable Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
5 of Portable Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Portable Drilling'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, “Portable Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/portable-drilling-1141 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).