Sowle Explorations
Operator of record for 8 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Sowle Explorations is the operator of record for 8 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 8 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 8 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
8
Active
0
Plugged
8
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 8 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 3
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Sowle Explorations operate?
Sowle Explorations's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kansas (8). Its 8 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 Sowle Explorations’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Sowle Explorations'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 Sowle Explorations operate?
By product class, 3 (38%) 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 Fiebler 1 in Cheyenne, KS at 5,190 ft. The wells listed below sit in Cheyenne (KS), Rush (KS), Osborne (KS), Woodson (KS) and Greenwood (KS).
Notable wells operated by Sowle Explorations
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiebler 1 | 15-023-20217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheyenne, KS | Sowle Explorations | 5,190 ft |
| Wagner 1 | 15-165-21275 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rush, KS | Sowle Explorations | 4,217 ft |
| Demoss 1 | 15-141-20257 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Osborne, KS | Sowle Explorations | 4,144 ft |
| Adams 2 | 15-207-25463 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woodson, KS | Sowle Explorations | 1,723 ft |
| Fife 1 | 15-073-23525 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Greenwood, KS | Sowle Explorations | 1,700 ft |
| Ronald Gordon 1 | 15-207-25398 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Woodson, KS | Sowle Explorations | 1,460 ft |
| Jacobs 1 | 15-207-25482 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Woodson, KS | Sowle Explorations | 1,450 ft |
| Adams 1 | 15-207-25424 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woodson, KS | Sowle Explorations | 1,440 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Sowle Explorations operate?
Sowle Explorations is the operator of record for 8 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (8). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Sowle Explorations's wells are still active?
0 of Sowle Explorations's catalogued wells are active; 8 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Sowle Explorations operate wells?
Sowle Explorations is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (8).
Does Sowle Explorations operate mostly oil or gas wells?
3 of Sowle Explorations's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Sowle Explorations's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Fiebler 1 in Cheyenne, KS is the deepest at 5,190 ft.
Where Sowle Explorations'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, “Sowle Explorations — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/sowle-explorations-85617 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).