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Transcontinental Oil

Operator of record for 115 catalogued wells across 9 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.

Filed as: TRANSCONTINENTAL OIL CORP · TRANSCONTINENTAL OIL CORP. · Transcontinental Oil Corporation · Transcontinental Oil Co · …

At a glance

Transcontinental Oil is the operator of record for 115 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 9 states. None is listed as active, 110 (96%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Mississippi, with 40 wells (35% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

115

Active

0

Plugged

110

Orphaned

0

Portfolio by state

StateWells
Mississippi40
Louisiana31
Arkansas14
Colorado12
Montana8
North Dakota4
Utah3
Wyoming2
California1

Well mix

Oil wells
41
Gas wells
7
Shut-in
0
Active share
0%

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Where does Transcontinental Oil operate?

Transcontinental Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 9 states: Mississippi (40), Louisiana (31), Arkansas (14), Colorado (12) and Montana (8) and 4 more. Its 40 Mississippi wells are 0.1% of the 34,924 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 Transcontinental Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

0% of Transcontinental Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 96% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.

What kinds of wells does Transcontinental Oil operate?

By product class, 41 (36%) are oil wells and 7 (6%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is L M Belaire 001 in Vermilion, LA at 14,080 ft. The wells listed below sit in Vermilion (LA), Yazoo (MS), Clarke (MS), Jefferson Davis (LA), Roosevelt (MT) and Hinds (MS) and other counties. State filings spell the name 6 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.

Notable wells operated by Transcontinental Oil

Wells operated by Transcontinental Oil
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeLocationOperatorDepth
L M Belaire 00117-113-20958Plugged & abandonedOther typeVermilion, LATranscontinental Oil Corp.14,080 ft
Selby 10-3 1 123-163-20163Plugged & abandonedOther typeYazoo, MSTranscontinental Oil Corp.12,968 ft
Masonite-Klly 20-13 1 123-023-20611Plugged & abandonedOther typeClarke, MSTranscontinental Oil Corp.12,930 ft
J M Petitjean 00117-053-20583Plugged & abandonedOther typeJefferson Davis, LATranscontinental Oil Corp.12,296 ft
Christofferson 125-085-21028Plugged & abandonedOther typeRoosevelt, MTTranscontinental Oil Corporation11,918 ft
Christoffersen Trust 1-825-085-21298Plugged & abandonedOther typeRoosevelt, MTTranscontinental Oil Corporation11,876 ft
Charlie Hill 1 123-049-20080Plugged & abandonedOther typeHinds, MSTranscontinental Oil Corp.11,706 ft
Cockerham 1 123-005-20216Plugged & abandonedOther typeAmite, MSTranscontinental Oil Corp.11,578 ft
Operc 2 Sua; S L 4041 00117-051-00972Plugged & abandonedOilJefferson, LATranscontinental Oil Corp.11,529 ft
Smith Gayden 1 123-005-20270Plugged & abandonedOther typeAmite, MSTranscontinental Oil Corp.11,225 ft
Musser Davis Land Co 00117-011-20518Plugged & abandonedOther typeBeauregard, LATranscontinental Oil Corp.11,125 ft
Maggie M Williams 00117-111-23002Plugged & abandonedOther typeUnion, LATranscontinental Oil Corp.10,715 ft

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Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Transcontinental Oil operate?

Transcontinental Oil is the operator of record for 115 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Mississippi (40). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Transcontinental Oil's wells are still active?

0 of Transcontinental Oil's catalogued wells are active; 110 are plugged & abandoned.

In which states does Transcontinental Oil operate wells?

Transcontinental Oil is the operator of record for wells in Mississippi (40), Louisiana (31), Arkansas (14), Colorado (12), Montana (8), North Dakota (4), Utah (3), Wyoming (2) and California (1).

Does Transcontinental Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?

41 of Transcontinental Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 7 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

What is Transcontinental Oil's deepest well?

Among wells with a published depth, L M Belaire 001 in Vermilion, LA is the deepest at 14,080 ft.

Where Transcontinental 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, “Transcontinental Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/transcontinental-oil-4524 (data as of October 10, 2026).

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