Sheldon Petroleum
Operator of record for 12 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: SHELDON PETROLEUM COMPANY · Sheldon Petroleum Company
At a glance
Sheldon Petroleum is the operator of record for 12 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 8 (67%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 10 wells (83% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
12
Active
0
Plugged
8
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 10 |
| Oklahoma | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Sheldon Petroleum operate?
Sheldon Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Kansas (10) and Oklahoma (2). Its 10 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 Sheldon Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Sheldon Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Sheldon Petroleum operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 1 (8%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Morris 7 in Cowley, KS at 3,439 ft. The wells listed below sit in Cowley (KS), Creek (OK) and Cleveland (OK). 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 Sheldon Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris 7 | 15-035-20551 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | 3,439 ft |
| Rice 1 | 15-035-20203 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | 3,275 ft |
| Rice 2 | 15-035-20333 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | 2,930 ft |
| Rice 3 | 15-035-20341 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | 2,779 ft |
| Kielhorn 1 | 15-035-21233 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | 2,286 ft |
| Rice 4 | 15-035-20343 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | 510 ft |
| W L Oiler #1 | 35-037-21074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Creek, OK | Sheldon Petroleum Company | — |
| Morris 2-B | 15-035-20605 | Other status | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | — |
| Morris 10 | 15-035-20606 | Other status | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | — |
| Graham 1 | 15-035-20620 | Other status | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | — |
| Broadie 2 | 15-035-20621 | Other status | Other type | Cowley, KS | Sheldon Petroleum Company | — |
| Wolfe #1-15 | 35-027-20552 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cleveland, OK | Sheldon Petroleum Company | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Sheldon Petroleum operate?
Sheldon Petroleum is the operator of record for 12 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (10). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Sheldon Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Sheldon Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 8 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Sheldon Petroleum operate wells?
Sheldon Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (10) and Oklahoma (2).
Does Sheldon Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Sheldon Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Sheldon Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Morris 7 in Cowley, KS is the deepest at 3,439 ft.
Where Sheldon Petroleum'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, “Sheldon Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/sheldon-petroleum-8368 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).