Sohio Petroleum

Operator of record for 1,203 catalogued wells across 12 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.

Filed as: SOHIO PETROLEUM · SOHIO PETROLEUM CO · SOHIO PETROLEUM CO. · SOHIO PETROLEUM COMPANY · …

At a glance

Sohio Petroleum is the operator of record for 1,203 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 12 states. 81 (7%) are active, 764 (64%) plugged & abandoned and 24 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 369 wells (31% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

1,203

Active

Plugged

764

Orphaned

Portfolio by state

State	Wells
Illinois	369
Michigan	222
Louisiana	179
Kentucky	163
Montana	152
Mississippi	75
North Dakota	17
Oklahoma	17
Arkansas	6
Alabama	1
California	1
Utah	1

Well mix

Oil wells: 312
Gas wells: 32
Shut-in: 1
Active share: 7%

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Where does Sohio Petroleum operate?

Sohio Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 12 states: Illinois (369), Michigan (222), Louisiana (179), Kentucky (163) and Montana (152) and 7 more. Its 152 Montana wells are 0.4% of the 42,011 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 Sohio Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

7% of Sohio Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 22 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 24 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.

What kinds of wells does Sohio Petroleum operate?

By product class, 312 (26%) are oil wells and 32 (3%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is L W Magoun 001 in Concordia, LA at 25,015 ft. The wells listed below sit in Concordia (LA), St Mary (LA), Vermilion (LA), Lafourche (LA), Gallatin (MT) and Assumption (LA) and other counties. State filings spell the name 8 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.

Notable wells operated by Sohio Petroleum

Wells operated by Sohio Petroleum
Well	API # / state ID	Status	Type	Location	Operator	Depth
L W Magoun 001	17-029-22156	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Concordia, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	25,015 ft
Shore Oil 001	17-101-21446	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	St Mary, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	17,432 ft
Paula Simon Bracquet 001	17-113-00415	Plugged & abandoned	Oil	Vermilion, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	17,280 ft
Operc 1-A Sua; M. B. Moore 001	17-057-00164	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Lafourche, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	14,400 ft
Moats 1-3	25-031-21002	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Gallatin, MT	Sohio Petroleum Company	14,040 ft
Milliken-Farwell 001	17-007-00311	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Assumption, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	14,017 ft
State Lease 2298 001	17-045-00306	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Iberia, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	13,732 ft
Johnson-Boudreaux 001	17-053-20890	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Jefferson Davis, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	13,660 ft
Fernwood Lumber 34-8 1 1	23-147-00018	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Walthall, MS	Sohio Petroleum Co.	13,597 ft
Operc Sua;rathborne 001	17-057-00201	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Lafourche, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	13,538 ft
Rob 43a Rb Sua;t J Verdin 002	17-057-00158	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Lafourche, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	13,524 ft
Sweet Lake Land & Oil A 003	17-019-01311	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Calcasieu, LA	Sohio Petroleum Co.	13,370 ft

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Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Sohio Petroleum operate?

Sohio Petroleum is the operator of record for 1,203 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (369). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Sohio Petroleum's wells are still active?

81 of Sohio Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 764 are plugged & abandoned and 24 are flagged as orphaned.

In which states does Sohio Petroleum operate wells?

Sohio Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (369), Michigan (222), Louisiana (179), Kentucky (163), Montana (152), Mississippi (75), North Dakota (17), Oklahoma (17), Arkansas (6), Alabama (1), California (1) and Utah (1).

Does Sohio Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?

312 of Sohio Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 32 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

What is Sohio Petroleum's deepest well?

Among wells with a published depth, L W Magoun 001 in Concordia, LA is the deepest at 25,015 ft.

Where Sohio 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, “Sohio Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/sohio-petroleum-5142 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated October 2026 . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).