Sandy Ridge Oil
Operator of record for 10 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Sandy Ridge Oil Co., Inc. · Sandy Ridge Oil Company
At a glance
Sandy Ridge Oil is the operator of record for 10 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 10 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 10 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
10
Active
0
Plugged
10
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 10 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Sandy Ridge Oil operate?
Sandy Ridge Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (10). Its 10 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Sandy Ridge Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Sandy Ridge Oil'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 Sandy Ridge Oil operate?
By product class, 4 (40%) 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 Perkins, Harold 1 in Edwards, IL at 4,227 ft. The wells listed below sit in Edwards (IL), Wayne (IL), Jefferson (IL) and Wabash (IL). 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 Sandy Ridge Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins, Harold 1 | 12-047-22446 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 4,227 ft |
| Lane, Vernon 1 | 12-191-29119 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wayne, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,826 ft |
| Matthews, Bertha 1 | 12-081-02474 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jefferson, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Co., Inc. | 3,625 ft |
| Kieffer etal 2 | 12-185-26891 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wabash, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,525 ft |
| Spurling Heirs 1 | 12-185-26735 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,450 ft |
| Kieffer etal 1 | 12-185-26824 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wabash, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,423 ft |
| Kieffer-Higgins Unit 1 | 12-185-26884 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wabash, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,420 ft |
| Kieffer Etal 1 | 12-185-26725 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,400 ft |
| R E Smith Et Al 1 | 12-047-22467 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edwards, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,376 ft |
| Hartwick, Elmer 1 | 12-185-26380 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wabash, IL | Sandy Ridge Oil Company | 3,276 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Sandy Ridge Oil operate?
Sandy Ridge Oil is the operator of record for 10 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (10). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Sandy Ridge Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Sandy Ridge Oil's catalogued wells are active; 10 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Sandy Ridge Oil operate wells?
Sandy Ridge Oil is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (10).
Does Sandy Ridge Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of Sandy Ridge Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Sandy Ridge Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Perkins, Harold 1 in Edwards, IL is the deepest at 4,227 ft.
Where Sandy Ridge Oil'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, “Sandy Ridge Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/sandy-ridge-oil-97704 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).