Prairie Petroleum
Operator of record for 8 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: PRAIRIE PETROLEUM, INC. · Prairie Petroleum · Prairie Petroleum Company
At a glance
Prairie Petroleum is the operator of record for 8 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 7 (88%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 4 wells (50% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
8
Active
0
Plugged
7
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 4 |
| Illinois | 4 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 3
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Prairie Petroleum operate?
Prairie Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Colorado (4) and Illinois (4). Its 4 Colorado wells are 0.0% of the 124,327 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 Prairie Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Prairie Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 88% 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 Prairie Petroleum operate?
By product class, 3 (38%) 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 1 O'Toole in Weld, CO at 7,267 ft. The wells listed below sit in Weld (CO), Washington (CO), White (IL) and Yuma (CO). 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 Prairie Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 O'Toole | 05-123-05283 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weld, CO | Prairie Petroleum, Inc. | 7,267 ft |
| 1 Claypool | 05-121-06066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Washington, CO | Prairie Petroleum, Inc. | 3,840 ft |
| Stephens 1 | 12-193-03297 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | White, IL | Prairie Petroleum Company | 3,302 ft |
| McBride, W. C. A-1 | 12-193-07273 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | White, IL | Prairie Petroleum Company | 3,298 ft |
| Erkman 1 | 12-193-07356 | Orphaned | Oil | White, IL | Prairie Petroleum | 3,297 ft |
| Jacobs B-2 | 12-193-07366 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, IL | Prairie Petroleum | 3,285 ft |
| 1 Roberts | 05-125-05092 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yuma, CO | Prairie Petroleum, Inc. | 2,839 ft |
| 1 Bowman | 05-125-05080 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yuma, CO | Prairie Petroleum, Inc. | 2,839 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Prairie Petroleum operate?
Prairie Petroleum is the operator of record for 8 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (4). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Prairie Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Prairie Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 7 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Prairie Petroleum operate wells?
Prairie Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (4) and Illinois (4).
Does Prairie Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
3 of Prairie Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Prairie Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 1 O'Toole in Weld, CO is the deepest at 7,267 ft.
Where Prairie Petroleum'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, “Prairie Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/prairie-petroleum-6699 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).