Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling
Operator of record for 8 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: READING & BATES OFFSHORE DRILLING CO · READING & BATES OFFSHORE DRILLING COMPANY
At a glance
Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling is the operator of record for 8 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 8 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 5 wells (63% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
8
Active
0
Plugged
8
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 5 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling operate?
Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Colorado (5) and Mississippi (3). Its 3 Mississippi wells are 0.0% of the 34,924 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 Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) 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 R L Martin 1 1 in Franklin, MS at 11,211 ft. The wells listed below sit in Franklin (MS), Morgan (CO), Logan (CO) and Pike (MS). State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R L Martin 1 1 | 23-037-00732 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Franklin, MS | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co | 11,211 ft |
| Brd Of Supers 1 1 | 23-037-20368 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Franklin, MS | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co | 6,510 ft |
| 1 Litel-State | 05-087-06591 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, CO | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company | 6,477 ft |
| 1 State | 05-087-40075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, CO | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company | 6,446 ft |
| 1 Hauschel | 05-075-07112 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, CO | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company | 5,577 ft |
| 1 Casement | 05-075-07095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, CO | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company | 5,576 ft |
| 1 Dallagge | 05-075-07414 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Logan, CO | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company | 5,570 ft |
| Ella B Coney Unit 1 1 | 23-113-00169 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pike, MS | Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co | — |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 8 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling operate?
Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling is the operator of record for 8 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (5). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 8 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling operate wells?
Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (5) and Mississippi (3).
Does Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, R L Martin 1 1 in Franklin, MS is the deepest at 11,211 ft.
Where Reading & Bates Offshore 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, “Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/reading-bates-offshore-drilling-2867 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).