Royal State Drilling
Operator of record for 40 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: ROYAL STATE DRILLING CO · ROYAL STATE DRILLING CORP
At a glance
Royal State Drilling is the operator of record for 40 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 11 (28%) are active, 4 (10%) plugged & abandoned and 17 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 40 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
40
Active
11
Plugged
4
Orphaned
17
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 40 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 24
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 28%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Royal State Drilling operate?
Royal State Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (40). Its 40 Kentucky wells are 0.0% of the 201,022 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 Royal State Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
28% of Royal State Drilling's catalogued wells are active, close to the national share of 29%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 17 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Royal State Drilling operate?
By product class, 24 (60%) 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 Fraley, Claude 9 in Lee, KY at 1,340 ft. The wells listed below sit in Lee (KY), Powell (KY) and Estill (KY). 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 Royal State Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraley, Claude 9 | 16-129-00541 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 1,340 ft |
| Fraley, Claude 8 | 16-129-00485 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 1,202 ft |
| Fraley, Claude 7 | 16-129-00464 | Active | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 1,200 ft |
| Friend, Gene 6 | 16-129-00542 | Active | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 1,192 ft |
| Fraley, Claude 6 | 16-129-00555 | Active | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 1,188 ft |
| Friend, Gene 8 | 16-129-00556 | Active | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 1,172 ft |
| Patrick, Say 1 | 16-197-00031 | Orphaned | Other type | Powell, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 860 ft |
| Smyth, Shelby Bg2 | 16-129-00710 | Orphaned | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 860 ft |
| Smyth, Shelby Bg1 | 16-129-00662 | Orphaned | Oil | Lee, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 858 ft |
| Bellamy, Gordon 1 | 16-197-00032 | Orphaned | Other type | Powell, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 838 ft |
| Rogers, Mabel 14 | 16-065-00063 | Active | Oil | Estill, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 836 ft |
| Rogers, Mabel 1 | 16-065-00016 | Active | Oil | Estill, KY | Royal State Drilling Corp | 825 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 40 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Royal State Drilling operate?
Royal State Drilling is the operator of record for 40 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (40). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Royal State Drilling's wells are still active?
11 of Royal State Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned and 17 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Royal State Drilling operate wells?
Royal State Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (40).
Does Royal State Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
24 of Royal State Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Royal State Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Fraley, Claude 9 in Lee, KY is the deepest at 1,340 ft.
Where Royal State 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, “Royal State Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/royal-state-drilling-67562 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).