Private Oil Industries
Operator of record for 29 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: PRIVATE OIL INDUSTRIES · PRIVATE OIL INDUSTRIES INC · Private Oil Industries, Inc.
At a glance
Private Oil Industries is the operator of record for 29 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 23 (79%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 26 wells (90% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
29
Active
0
Plugged
23
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 26 |
| Wyoming | 2 |
| Kansas | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 9
- Gas wells
- 3
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Private Oil Industries operate?
Private Oil Industries's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Colorado (26), Wyoming (2) and Kansas (1). Its 26 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 Private Oil Industries’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Private Oil Industries's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 79% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Private Oil Industries operate?
By product class, 9 (31%) are oil wells and 3 (10%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 1-15 Uprr-Whelchel in Elbert, CO at 8,955 ft. The wells listed below sit in Elbert (CO), Laramie (WY), Arapahoe (CO), Adams (CO) and Morgan (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 Private Oil Industries
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-15 Uprr-Whelchel | 05-039-06386 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Elbert, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 8,955 ft |
| Uprr Montgomery 1-31 | 49-021-20248 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Laramie, WY | Private Oil Industries | 8,740 ft |
| 1-26 Etter | 05-005-06474 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arapahoe, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 8,300 ft |
| Uprr Butler 1-17 | 49-021-20253 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Laramie, WY | Private Oil Industries | 7,924 ft |
| 1-34 Schmidt | 05-001-06470 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 7,035 ft |
| 1-22 Hanlon | 05-001-06316 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 6,846 ft |
| 1-A Sirios | 05-001-07923 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Adams, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 6,830 ft |
| 1 Helen | 05-001-08167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 6,822 ft |
| 1 Stubb-Uprr | 05-001-08751 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Adams, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 6,770 ft |
| 2 Weibert | 05-087-07976 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Morgan, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 6,282 ft |
| 1 Weibert | 05-087-07974 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 6,262 ft |
| 1 Baby Doe | 05-087-08080 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, CO | Private Oil Industries Inc | 6,165 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Private Oil Industries operate?
Private Oil Industries is the operator of record for 29 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (26). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Private Oil Industries's wells are still active?
0 of Private Oil Industries's catalogued wells are active; 23 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Private Oil Industries operate wells?
Private Oil Industries is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (26), Wyoming (2) and Kansas (1).
Does Private Oil Industries operate mostly oil or gas wells?
9 of Private Oil Industries's catalogued wells are oil wells and 3 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Private Oil Industries's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 1-15 Uprr-Whelchel in Elbert, CO is the deepest at 8,955 ft.
Where Private Oil Industries'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, “Private Oil Industries — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/private-oil-industries-4570 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).