William E Butler
Operator of record for 5 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
William E Butler is the operator of record for 5 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 5 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 5 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
5
Active
0
Plugged
5
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 5 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 5
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does William E Butler operate?
William E Butler's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (5). Its 5 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 William E Butler’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of William E Butler'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 William E Butler operate?
By product class, 5 (100%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%.
Notable wells operated by William E Butler
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkorian 1 | 04-029-14379 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | William E. Butler | — |
| Kirkorian-Brandt 3 | 04-029-14383 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | William E. Butler | — |
| Kirkorian-Brandt 2 | 04-029-14382 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | William E. Butler | — |
| Kirkorian 2 | 04-029-14380 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | William E. Butler | — |
| Kirkorian-Brandt 1 | 04-029-14381 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | William E. Butler | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does William E Butler operate?
William E Butler is the operator of record for 5 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (5). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of William E Butler's wells are still active?
0 of William E Butler's catalogued wells are active; 5 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does William E Butler operate wells?
William E Butler is the operator of record for wells in California (5).
Does William E Butler operate mostly oil or gas wells?
5 of William E Butler's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where William E Butler'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, “William E Butler — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/william-e-butler-6728 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).