Welco
Operator of record for 12 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: WELCO INC · WELCO, INC
At a glance
Welco is the operator of record for 12 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 4 (33%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 11 wells (92% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
12
Active
0
Plugged
4
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 11 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Welco operate?
Welco's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Kentucky (11) and Pennsylvania (1). Its 11 Kentucky wells are 0.0% of the 201,022 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 Welco’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Welco's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Welco operate?
By product class, 1 (8%) 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 Scott, Dale 2 in Cumberland, KY at 1,657 ft. The wells listed below sit in Cumberland (KY) and Forest (PA). State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Welco
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott, Dale 2 | 16-057-03212 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | 1,657 ft |
| Scott, Dale 1 | 16-057-03069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | 1,525 ft |
| Fudge, Preston 1 | 16-057-03067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | 1,055 ft |
| Fudge, J V 2 | 16-057-03176 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | 830 ft |
| Sharp, Clint 2 | 16-057-01009 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | — |
| Moore & Parker 11982 | 16-057-03068 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | — |
| Sharp, Clint 1 | 16-057-03765 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | — |
| Gorman Welco 1 Welco | 37-053-20247 | Orphaned | Oil | Forest, PA | Welco Inc | — |
| Keeton, Robert & Preston Fudge 1 | 16-057-03065 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | — |
| Fudge, J V 1 | 16-057-03066 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | — |
| Moore & Parker 1 | 16-057-03458 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | — |
| Moore, Joe & E J Parker Jr 2 | 16-057-03587 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland, KY | Welco, Inc | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Welco operate?
Welco is the operator of record for 12 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (11). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Welco's wells are still active?
0 of Welco's catalogued wells are active; 4 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Welco operate wells?
Welco is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (11) and Pennsylvania (1).
Does Welco operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Welco's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Welco's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Scott, Dale 2 in Cumberland, KY is the deepest at 1,657 ft.
Where Welco'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, “Welco — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/welco-71889 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).