Willets & Paul
Operator of record for 113 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: WILLETS & PAUL CORPORATION · Willets & Paul Corp. · Willets & Paul Corporation
At a glance
Willets & Paul is the operator of record for 113 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 113 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in New York, with 107 wells (95% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
113
Active
0
Plugged
113
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| New York | 107 |
| Illinois | 6 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 83
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Willets & Paul operate?
Willets & Paul's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: New York (107) and Illinois (6). Its 107 New York wells are 0.2% of the 46,514 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 Willets & Paul’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Willets & Paul'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 Willets & Paul operate?
By product class, 83 (73%) 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 Caldwell 4 in Wayne, IL at 3,450 ft. The wells listed below sit in Wayne (IL) and Allegany (NY). 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 Willets & Paul
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell 4 | 12-191-06977 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Willets & Paul Corporation | 3,450 ft |
| Caldwell, G.T. 2 | 12-191-06976 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Willets & Paul Corporation | 3,403 ft |
| Podolsky, Bernard (Cunningham) 2 | 12-191-06979 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Willets & Paul Corporation | 3,323 ft |
| Vaughan, Paul 6 | 12-191-06996 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Willets & Paul Corporation | 3,267 ft |
| Fulk, Perry 3 | 12-191-03888 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Willets & Paul Corporation | 3,266 ft |
| Vaughan, Paul 4 | 12-191-06994 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wayne, IL | Willets & Paul Corporation | 3,265 ft |
| Lot 22 q-23 | 31-003-09256 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allegany, NY | Willets & Paul Corp. | 1,664 ft |
| Lot 22 q-21 | 31-003-50673 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allegany, NY | Willets & Paul Corp. | 1,643 ft |
| Lot 1 v-18 | 31-003-08070 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allegany, NY | Willets & Paul Corp. | 1,615 ft |
| Lot 22 r-22 | 31-003-09257 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allegany, NY | Willets & Paul Corp. | 1,601 ft |
| Lot 22 0-19 | 31-003-50443 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allegany, NY | Willets & Paul Corp. | 1,581 ft |
| Lot 22 s-23 | 31-003-09258 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allegany, NY | Willets & Paul Corp. | 1,564 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Willets & Paul operate?
Willets & Paul is the operator of record for 113 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in New York (107). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Willets & Paul's wells are still active?
0 of Willets & Paul's catalogued wells are active; 113 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Willets & Paul operate wells?
Willets & Paul is the operator of record for wells in New York (107) and Illinois (6).
Does Willets & Paul operate mostly oil or gas wells?
83 of Willets & Paul's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Willets & Paul's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Caldwell 4 in Wayne, IL is the deepest at 3,450 ft.
Where Willets & Paul'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, “Willets & Paul — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/willets-paul-112591 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).