Union Pacific Railroad
Operator of record for 18 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Union Pacific Railroad is the operator of record for 18 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 13 (72%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 18 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
18
Active
0
Plugged
13
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 18 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Union Pacific Railroad operate?
Union Pacific Railroad's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Colorado (18). Its 18 Colorado wells are 0.0% of the 124,327 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 Union Pacific Railroad’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Union Pacific Railroad's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Union Pacific Railroad operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) 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 41-33 Thomas W Wailes in Adams, CO at 8,000 ft. The wells listed below sit in Adams (CO), Arapahoe (CO), Elbert (CO) and Cheyenne (CO).
Notable wells operated by Union Pacific Railroad
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41-33 Thomas W Wailes | 05-001-06279 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 8,000 ft |
| 32-7 Floyd J Behrens | 05-005-06207 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arapahoe, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,720 ft |
| 41-31 Frank H Carlson | 05-005-06125 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arapahoe, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,694 ft |
| 41-29 Frank H Carlson | 05-005-06096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arapahoe, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,618 ft |
| 32-17 Uprr-Ehn | 05-001-06155 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,600 ft |
| 32-5 George Davies | 05-005-06163 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arapahoe, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,600 ft |
| 21-17 Uprr-Ehn | 05-001-06136 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,554 ft |
| 44-27 Uprr | 05-039-06002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elbert, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,120 ft |
| 44-21 Uprr | 05-039-06001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elbert, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 6,060 ft |
| 12-7 Uprr - Lowe | 05-017-06085 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheyenne, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 5,751 ft |
| 41-11 Uprr - Lowe | 05-017-06067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheyenne, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 5,732 ft |
| 23-1 Uprr - Nininger | 05-017-06047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cheyenne, CO | Union Pacific Railroad Co | 5,687 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 18 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Union Pacific Railroad operate?
Union Pacific Railroad is the operator of record for 18 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (18). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Union Pacific Railroad's wells are still active?
0 of Union Pacific Railroad's catalogued wells are active; 13 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Union Pacific Railroad operate wells?
Union Pacific Railroad is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (18).
Does Union Pacific Railroad operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Union Pacific Railroad's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Union Pacific Railroad's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 41-33 Thomas W Wailes in Adams, CO is the deepest at 8,000 ft.
Where Union Pacific Railroad'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, “Union Pacific Railroad — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/union-pacific-railroad-4667 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).