Porter Brothers
Operator of record for 14 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Porter Brothers is the operator of record for 14 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 12 (86%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Ohio, with 14 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
14
Active
0
Plugged
12
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 14 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 14
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Porter Brothers operate?
Porter Brothers's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Ohio (14). Its 14 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 Porter Brothers’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Porter Brothers's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 86% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Porter Brothers operate?
By product class, 14 (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 Porter Ralph & Lucile 1 in Muskingum, OH at 3,490 ft. The wells listed below sit in Muskingum (OH) and Licking (OH).
Notable wells operated by Porter Brothers
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Ralph & Lucile 1 | 34-119-25683 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,490 ft |
| Kominar Lolita Burt 2 | 34-119-26479 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,325 ft |
| Rambo Rw& Glenna 1 | 34-119-25854 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,269 ft |
| Osburn Ethel 1 | 34-119-21684 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,258 ft |
| Novak J& Jl 1 | 34-119-23874 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,245 ft |
| Hargus Eleanor & F Leroy 1 | 34-089-23127 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Licking, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,194 ft |
| Porter Robert & Mary 1 | 34-119-23652 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,183 ft |
| Porter Loraine & Ted 2 | 34-119-26624 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,176 ft |
| Iden Cletus & Doris 1 | 34-089-23425 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Licking, OH | Porter Brothers | 3,075 ft |
| Porter Mary R 4a | 34-089-23837 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Licking, OH | Porter Brothers | 2,975 ft |
| Mack K R - Davy Wm 1 | 34-089-22822 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Licking, OH | Porter Brothers | 2,960 ft |
| Porter B S 2 | 34-089-22872 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Licking, OH | Porter Brothers | 2,952 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 14 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Porter Brothers operate?
Porter Brothers is the operator of record for 14 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Ohio (14). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Porter Brothers's wells are still active?
0 of Porter Brothers's catalogued wells are active; 12 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Porter Brothers operate wells?
Porter Brothers is the operator of record for wells in Ohio (14).
Does Porter Brothers operate mostly oil or gas wells?
14 of Porter Brothers's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Porter Brothers's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Porter Ralph & Lucile 1 in Muskingum, OH is the deepest at 3,490 ft.
Where Porter Brothers'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, “Porter Brothers — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/porter-brothers-85016 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).