Walters Drilling
Operator of record for 29 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: WALTERS DRILLING CO INC · Walters Drilling Co · Walters Drilling Co., Inc.
At a glance
Walters Drilling is the operator of record for 29 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 29 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 27 wells (93% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
29
Active
0
Plugged
29
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 27 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Colorado | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 13
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Walters Drilling operate?
Walters Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: Kansas (27), Arkansas (1) and Colorado (1). Its 27 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 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 Walters Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Walters Drilling'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 Walters Drilling operate?
By product class, 13 (45%) 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 Wilson 1 in Union, AR at 6,960 ft. The wells listed below sit in Union (AR), Harper (KS), Kingman (KS) and Ness (KS). 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 Walters Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson 1 | 03-139-10890 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union, AR | Walters Drilling Co | 6,960 ft |
| Fox 1 | 15-077-00277 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harper, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,980 ft |
| Smith 1 | 15-077-00087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harper, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,823 ft |
| Baker 'C' 1 | 15-077-30016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harper, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,787 ft |
| Bottorf 1 | 15-077-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harper, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,774 ft |
| Seyb 1 | 15-077-00088 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Harper, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,711 ft |
| Ioerger 1 | 15-077-30078 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harper, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,662 ft |
| Becker 1 | 15-095-00131 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kingman, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,560 ft |
| Schaben E 1 | 15-135-22881 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ness, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,540 ft |
| Noll 'C' 3 | 15-135-22757 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ness, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,533 ft |
| Klitzke 1 | 15-135-21090 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ness, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,496 ft |
| Lynch 1 | 15-135-21037 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ness, KS | Walters Drilling Co., Inc. | 4,495 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 29 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Walters Drilling operate?
Walters Drilling is the operator of record for 29 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (27). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Walters Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Walters Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 29 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Walters Drilling operate wells?
Walters Drilling is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (27), Arkansas (1) and Colorado (1).
Does Walters Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
13 of Walters Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Walters Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Wilson 1 in Union, AR is the deepest at 6,960 ft.
Where Walters Drilling'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, “Walters Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/walters-drilling-11002 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).