Rowan Drilling
Operator of record for 68 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: ROWAN DRILLING · ROWAN DRILLING COMPANY · ROWAN DRILLING COMPANY INC
At a glance
Rowan Drilling is the operator of record for 68 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 63 (93%) are plugged & abandoned and 5 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Ohio, with 64 wells (94% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
68
Active
0
Plugged
63
Orphaned
5
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 64 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
| Wyoming | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 64
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Rowan Drilling operate?
Rowan Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Ohio (64), Mississippi (3) and Wyoming (1). Its 64 Ohio wells are 0.0% of the 242,052 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 Rowan Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Rowan Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 93% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 5 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Rowan Drilling operate?
By product class, 64 (94%) are oil wells and 1 (1%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Unit 1 in Sweetwater, WY at 8,970 ft. The wells listed below sit in Sweetwater (WY), Holmes (MS), Cuyahoga (OH), Medina (OH) and Mercer (OH). 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 Rowan Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 49-037-06436 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sweetwater, WY | Rowan Drilling Company Inc | 8,970 ft |
| J W Eakin 1 1 | 23-051-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Holmes, MS | Rowan Drilling Company | 6,007 ft |
| Smith 1 1 | 23-051-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Holmes, MS | Rowan Drilling Company | 5,825 ft |
| Rhue Frederick 1 | 34-035-21331 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cuyahoga, OH | Rowan Drilling | 2,383 ft |
| Suznick Edward 1 | 34-035-21232 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cuyahoga, OH | Rowan Drilling | 2,240 ft |
| Salvi 1 | 34-035-21258 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cuyahoga, OH | Rowan Drilling | 1,725 ft |
| Morton 3 | 34-103-23136 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Medina, OH | Rowan Drilling | 1,440 ft |
| Gray 1 | 34-107-20169 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mercer, OH | Rowan Drilling | 1,300 ft |
| Gray 2 | 34-107-20170 | Orphaned | Oil | Mercer, OH | Rowan Drilling | 1,300 ft |
| Hall 2 | 34-107-20167 | Orphaned | Oil | Mercer, OH | Rowan Drilling | 1,300 ft |
| Hall 1 | 34-107-20166 | Orphaned | Oil | Mercer, OH | Rowan Drilling | 1,300 ft |
| Hall 3 | 34-107-20168 | Orphaned | Oil | Mercer, OH | Rowan Drilling | 1,300 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Rowan Drilling operate?
Rowan Drilling is the operator of record for 68 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Ohio (64). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Rowan Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Rowan Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 63 are plugged & abandoned and 5 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Rowan Drilling operate wells?
Rowan Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Ohio (64), Mississippi (3) and Wyoming (1).
Does Rowan Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
64 of Rowan Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Rowan Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Unit 1 in Sweetwater, WY is the deepest at 8,970 ft.
Where Rowan 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, “Rowan Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/rowan-drilling-34784 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).