West Trail Exploration
Operator of record for 6 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: WEST TRAIL EXPLORATION CO · West Trail Exploration Co.
At a glance
West Trail Exploration is the operator of record for 6 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 6 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 5 wells (83% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
6
Active
0
Plugged
6
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 5 |
| Kansas | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 4
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does West Trail Exploration operate?
West Trail Exploration's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Colorado (5) and Kansas (1). Its 5 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 West Trail Exploration’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of West Trail Exploration'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 West Trail Exploration operate?
By product class, 4 (67%) 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 2 Musgrave in Morgan, CO at 5,948 ft. The wells listed below sit in Morgan (CO), Washington (CO) and Stafford (KS). 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 West Trail Exploration
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Musgrave | 05-087-07501 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morgan, CO | West Trail Exploration Co | 5,948 ft |
| 1-Cx Musgrave | 05-087-07555 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morgan, CO | West Trail Exploration Co | 5,945 ft |
| 1 Musgrave | 05-087-07493 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morgan, CO | West Trail Exploration Co | 5,909 ft |
| 36-1 State | 05-121-05751 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Washington, CO | West Trail Exploration Co | 5,000 ft |
| 1 Schaal | 05-121-09522 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Washington, CO | West Trail Exploration Co | 5,000 ft |
| Rice 1 | 15-185-22093 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stafford, KS | West Trail Exploration Co. | 3,907 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does West Trail Exploration operate?
West Trail Exploration is the operator of record for 6 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (5). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of West Trail Exploration's wells are still active?
0 of West Trail Exploration's catalogued wells are active; 6 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does West Trail Exploration operate wells?
West Trail Exploration is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (5) and Kansas (1).
Does West Trail Exploration operate mostly oil or gas wells?
4 of West Trail Exploration's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is West Trail Exploration's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 2 Musgrave in Morgan, CO is the deepest at 5,948 ft.
Where West Trail Exploration'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, “West Trail Exploration — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/west-trail-exploration-17339 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).