Venoco
Operator of record for 236 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: VENOCO INC · VENOCO, INC. · Venoco, LLC
At a glance
Venoco is the operator of record for 236 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 110 (47%) are plugged & abandoned and 12 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 230 wells (97% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
236
Active
0
Plugged
110
Orphaned
12
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 230 |
| Colorado | 4 |
| Mississippi | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 80
- Gas wells
- 82
- Shut-in
- 4
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Venoco operate?
Venoco's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: California (230), Colorado (4) and Mississippi (2). Its 230 California wells are 0.1% of the 242,471 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 Venoco’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Venoco's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 4 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 12 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Venoco operate?
By product class, 80 (34%) are oil wells and 82 (35%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 32-7 Cb Federal in Garfield, CO at 9,259 ft. The wells listed below sit in Garfield (CO), Tehama (CA), Yolo (CA), Sutter (CA), Colusa (CA) and Glenn (CA). State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Venoco
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-7 Cb Federal | 05-045-06739 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Garfield, CO | Venoco Inc | 9,259 ft |
| Wico-Blackburn 1 | 04-103-00123 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tehama, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Rivercat 11-2 | 04-113-21189 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Yolo, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Community 1 2-1 | 04-101-20476 | Other status | Oil | Sutter, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Corning Community 8-D | 04-103-00122 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tehama, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Butte Community B 5 | 04-101-00275 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sutter, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Natomas 3 | 04-101-00097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sutter, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Nonpareil 1 | 04-011-20861 | Other status | Gas | Colusa, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Molokai 34-3 | 04-021-20732 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Glenn, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Aruba 11-2 | 04-021-20743 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Glenn, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Lewis 34-1 | 04-021-20487 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Glenn, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
| Jewett Creek Unit 1 1 | 04-103-00118 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tehama, CA | Venoco, LLC | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Venoco operate?
Venoco is the operator of record for 236 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (230). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Venoco's wells are still active?
0 of Venoco's catalogued wells are active; 110 are plugged & abandoned and 12 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Venoco operate wells?
Venoco is the operator of record for wells in California (230), Colorado (4) and Mississippi (2).
Does Venoco operate mostly oil or gas wells?
80 of Venoco's catalogued wells are oil wells and 82 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Venoco's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 32-7 Cb Federal in Garfield, CO is the deepest at 9,259 ft.
Where Venoco'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, “Venoco — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/venoco-3799 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).