Ranger Petroleum
Operator of record for 8 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: RANGER PETROLEUM INC · RANGER PETROLEUM, LTD. · Ranger Petroleum Corporation
At a glance
Ranger Petroleum is the operator of record for 8 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 3 (38%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in West Virginia, with 4 wells (50% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
8
Active
0
Plugged
3
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 4 |
| Kansas | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 3
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Ranger Petroleum operate?
Ranger Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: West Virginia (4), Kansas (3) and Oklahoma (1). Its 4 West Virginia wells are 0.0% of the 118,569 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 Ranger Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Ranger Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 38% 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 Ranger 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 Welsch 1 in Edwards, KS at 4,539 ft. The wells listed below sit in Edwards (KS), Gilmer (WV), Pleasants (WV), Lewis (WV), Nowata (OK) and Ritchie (WV). 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 Ranger Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsch 1 | 15-047-20840 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, KS | Ranger Petroleum Corporation | 4,539 ft |
| Tournbough 1 | 15-047-20830 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, KS | Ranger Petroleum Corporation | 4,530 ft |
| Schultz 1 | 15-047-20928 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, KS | Ranger Petroleum Corporation | 4,529 ft |
| Sun Lumber Company Peters 2b | 47-021-04275 | Other status | Other type | Gilmer, WV | Ranger Petroleum, Ltd. | — |
| Cunningham, B.F., Et Al 1 | 47-073-01939 | Other status | Other type | Pleasants, WV | Ranger Petroleum, Ltd. | — |
| Sun Lumber Company Peters 3-B | 47-041-03536 | Other status | Other type | Lewis, WV | Ranger Petroleum, Ltd. | — |
| April #14-84 | 35-105-29126 | Orphaned | Other type | Nowata, OK | Ranger Petroleum Inc | — |
| Hendricks, Nathaniel 1 | 47-085-07304 | Other status | Other type | Ritchie, WV | Ranger Petroleum, Ltd. | — |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 8 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Ranger Petroleum operate?
Ranger Petroleum is the operator of record for 8 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in West Virginia (4). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Ranger Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Ranger Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 3 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Ranger Petroleum operate wells?
Ranger Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in West Virginia (4), Kansas (3) and Oklahoma (1).
Does Ranger Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
3 of Ranger Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Ranger Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Welsch 1 in Edwards, KS is the deepest at 4,539 ft.
Where Ranger 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, “Ranger Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/ranger-petroleum-13032 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).