William Laird Exploration
Operator of record for 11 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
William Laird Exploration is the operator of record for 11 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 8 (73%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kentucky, with 11 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
11
Active
0
Plugged
8
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 11 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 2
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does William Laird Exploration operate?
William Laird Exploration's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Kentucky (11). 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 William Laird Exploration’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of William Laird Exploration's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does William Laird Exploration operate?
By product class, 2 (18%) 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 Walker, Raymond 6 in Mclean, KY at 4,176 ft. The wells listed below sit in Mclean (KY) and Daviess (KY).
Notable wells operated by William Laird Exploration
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, Raymond 6 | 16-149-01546 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | 4,176 ft |
| Troutman, A Roy 1 | 16-149-02027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | 2,415 ft |
| Walker, Raymond 7 | 16-149-01547 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | 2,375 ft |
| Walker, Raymond 2 | 16-149-01580 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | 2,008 ft |
| Walker, Raymond 1 | 16-149-01495 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | 1,863 ft |
| Gish, Cecil 1 | 16-149-01592 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | 1,805 ft |
| Gish, Cecil 2 | 16-149-01623 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | 1,695 ft |
| Gray, D F 1 | 16-059-03044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daviess, KY | William Laird Exploration | 1,692 ft |
| Walker, Raymond 6 | 16-149-01539 | Other status | Other type | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | — |
| Troutman, A Roy 2 | 16-149-01622 | Other status | Other type | Mclean, KY | William Laird Exploration | — |
| Smith, Raymond 1 | 16-059-03049 | Other status | Other type | Daviess, KY | William Laird Exploration | — |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 11 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does William Laird Exploration operate?
William Laird Exploration is the operator of record for 11 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kentucky (11). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of William Laird Exploration's wells are still active?
0 of William Laird Exploration's catalogued wells are active; 8 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does William Laird Exploration operate wells?
William Laird Exploration is the operator of record for wells in Kentucky (11).
Does William Laird Exploration operate mostly oil or gas wells?
2 of William Laird Exploration's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is William Laird Exploration's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Walker, Raymond 6 in Mclean, KY is the deepest at 4,176 ft.
Where William Laird 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, “William Laird Exploration — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/william-laird-exploration-111467 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).