Rice Engineering
Operator of record for 5 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Rice Engineering is the operator of record for 5 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 5 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 5 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
5
Active
0
Plugged
5
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 5 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Rice Engineering operate?
Rice Engineering's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (5). Its 5 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 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 Rice Engineering’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Rice Engineering'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 Rice Engineering operate?
By product class, 1 (20%) are oil wells and 1 (20%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Hedstrom 8 in Trego, KS at 4,200 ft. The wells listed below sit in Trego (KS), Reno (KS), Rice (KS) and Mcpherson (KS).
Notable wells operated by Rice Engineering
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedstrom 8 | 15-195-01346 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Trego, KS | Rice Engineering Corporation | 4,200 ft |
| Graberpressu 1 | 15-155-01699 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Reno, KS | Rice Engineering Corporation | 3,990 ft |
| Feist 6 | 15-159-01718 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Rice, KS | Rice Engineering Corporation | 3,434 ft |
| Downey 'Twin' 1 | 15-113-20715 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcpherson, KS | Rice Engineering Corporation | 2,983 ft |
| Sinclair 'A' 1 | 15-113-20649 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mcpherson, KS | Rice Engineering Corporation | 2,965 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 5 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Rice Engineering operate?
Rice Engineering is the operator of record for 5 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (5). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Rice Engineering's wells are still active?
0 of Rice Engineering's catalogued wells are active; 5 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Rice Engineering operate wells?
Rice Engineering is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (5).
Does Rice Engineering operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Rice Engineering's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Rice Engineering's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Hedstrom 8 in Trego, KS is the deepest at 4,200 ft.
Where Rice Engineering'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, “Rice Engineering — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/rice-engineering-78320 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).