Williams Brothers Engineering
Operator of record for 41 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: WILLIAMS BROTHERS ENGINEERING COMPANY · Williams Brothers Engineering Co. · Williams Brothers Engineering Company
At a glance
Williams Brothers Engineering is the operator of record for 41 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 2 (5%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 36 wells (88% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
41
Active
0
Plugged
2
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 36 |
| Kansas | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 36
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Williams Brothers Engineering operate?
Williams Brothers Engineering's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: California (36) and Kansas (2). Its 36 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 Williams Brothers Engineering’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Williams Brothers Engineering's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 5% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Williams Brothers Engineering operate?
By product class, 36 (88%) 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 Shellhammer 1 in Harper, KS at 4,585 ft. The wells listed below sit in Harper (KS), Kingman (KS) and Kern (CA). 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 Williams Brothers Engineering
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellhammer 1 | 15-077-21089 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harper, KS | Williams Brothers Engineering Co. | 4,585 ft |
| Messenger 1 | 15-095-21524 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kingman, KS | Williams Brothers Engineering Co. | 3,984 ft |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 337-35S | 04-029-52275 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 41-36R | 04-029-49199 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 318-25R | 04-029-52324 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 54-4G | 04-029-51706 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 523-30R | 04-029-52702 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 534-29R | 04-029-52839 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 82-8G | 04-029-53053 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 22-32S | 04-029-57639 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 326-7R | 04-029-48663 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
| Lease by Williams Brothers Engineering Company 37-10G | 04-029-52294 | Other status | Oil | Kern, CA | Williams Brothers Engineering Company | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Williams Brothers Engineering operate?
Williams Brothers Engineering is the operator of record for 41 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (36). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Williams Brothers Engineering's wells are still active?
0 of Williams Brothers Engineering's catalogued wells are active; 2 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Williams Brothers Engineering operate wells?
Williams Brothers Engineering is the operator of record for wells in California (36) and Kansas (2).
Does Williams Brothers Engineering operate mostly oil or gas wells?
36 of Williams Brothers Engineering's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Williams Brothers Engineering's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Shellhammer 1 in Harper, KS is the deepest at 4,585 ft.
Where Williams Brothers Engineering'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, “Williams Brothers Engineering — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/williams-brothers-engineering-5472 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).