The Pickens
Operator of record for 92 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: THE PICKENS COMPANY, INC. · The Pickens Company Inc
At a glance
The Pickens is the operator of record for 92 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 91 (99%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 83 wells (90% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
92
Active
0
Plugged
91
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 83 |
| Arkansas | 7 |
| Mississippi | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 20
- Gas wells
- 5
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does The Pickens operate?
The Pickens's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Louisiana (83), Arkansas (7) and Mississippi (2). Its 83 Louisiana wells are 0.0% of the 225,728 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 The Pickens’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of The Pickens's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 99% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does The Pickens operate?
By product class, 20 (22%) are oil wells and 5 (5%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is A Broussard 001 in Vermilion, LA at 12,800 ft. The wells listed below sit in Vermilion (LA), Iberville (LA), Lafayette (LA), Jefferson Davis (LA), Calcasieu (LA) and Acadia (LA) and other counties. 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 The Pickens
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Broussard 001 | 17-113-21322 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 12,800 ft |
| Wilberts Lumber & Shingle Co 001 | 17-047-20518 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iberville, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 12,752 ft |
| Eleazar Etal 001 | 17-113-20594 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 11,700 ft |
| Aulley J Breaux 001 | 17-055-20252 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lafayette, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 11,590 ft |
| Ray Broussard 001 | 17-113-21412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 11,590 ft |
| E C Robinson Et Al 001 | 17-053-20707 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jefferson Davis, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 11,550 ft |
| Sl 9337 001 | 17-047-20701 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iberville, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 10,750 ft |
| Doucet 001 | 17-019-20544 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Calcasieu, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 10,500 ft |
| W E Hebert 001 | 17-001-20798 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Acadia, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 10,500 ft |
| A Wilbert & Sons L&s 001 | 17-047-20348 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iberville, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 10,439 ft |
| Saul Speyer 001 | 17-097-20366 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Landry, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 10,376 ft |
| Biloxi Marsh Lands Inc 001 | 17-087-20163 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Bernard, LA | The Pickens Company, Inc. | 10,300 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does The Pickens operate?
The Pickens is the operator of record for 92 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (83). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of The Pickens's wells are still active?
0 of The Pickens's catalogued wells are active; 91 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does The Pickens operate wells?
The Pickens is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (83), Arkansas (7) and Mississippi (2).
Does The Pickens operate mostly oil or gas wells?
20 of The Pickens's catalogued wells are oil wells and 5 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is The Pickens's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, A Broussard 001 in Vermilion, LA is the deepest at 12,800 ft.
Where The Pickens'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, “The Pickens — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/the-pickens-76363 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).