Wagstaff Chester
Operator of record for 9 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Wagstaff Chester is the operator of record for 9 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 9 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 9 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
9
Active
0
Plugged
9
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 9 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Wagstaff Chester operate?
Wagstaff Chester's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (9). Its 9 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Wagstaff Chester’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Wagstaff Chester'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 Wagstaff Chester operate?
By product class, 4 (44%) 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 Vaughn, Arthur 1-B in Crawford, IL at 1,446 ft. The wells listed below sit in Crawford (IL), Macoupin (IL) and Clark (IL).
Notable wells operated by Wagstaff Chester
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn, Arthur 1-B | 12-033-07203 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crawford, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 1,446 ft |
| Wakefield, E. R. 1 | 12-033-01885 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 1,037 ft |
| Malcolm, May 2 | 12-033-02132 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crawford, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 1,022 ft |
| Malcolm, May 1 | 12-033-02131 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crawford, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 1,017 ft |
| Waldrop-Randolph Comm. 1 | 12-033-07334 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crawford, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 993 ft |
| Wakefield, E. R. 1-A | 12-033-05662 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 945 ft |
| Vaughn, William 1 | 12-033-01582 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 910 ft |
| Watts, Otis 1 | 12-117-00616 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Macoupin, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 695 ft |
| Blakeman, Veral 1 | 12-023-01430 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clark, IL | Wagstaff, Chester | 553 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Wagstaff Chester operate?
Wagstaff Chester is the operator of record for 9 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (9). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Wagstaff Chester's wells are still active?
0 of Wagstaff Chester's catalogued wells are active; 9 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Wagstaff Chester operate wells?
Wagstaff Chester is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (9).
Does Wagstaff Chester operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of Wagstaff Chester's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Wagstaff Chester's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Vaughn, Arthur 1-B in Crawford, IL is the deepest at 1,446 ft.
Where Wagstaff Chester'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, “Wagstaff Chester — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/wagstaff-chester-92574 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).