Wright Earnest
Operator of record for 29 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Wright Earnest is the operator of record for 29 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 5 (17%) are active, 24 (83%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 29 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
29
Active
5
Plugged
24
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 29 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 10
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 17%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Wright Earnest operate?
Wright Earnest's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (29). Its 29 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Wright Earnest’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
17% of Wright Earnest's catalogued wells are active, 12 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 83% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Wright Earnest operate?
By product class, 10 (34%) 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 Davis 2-W in Brown, IL at 705 ft. The wells listed below sit in Brown (IL) and Adams (IL).
Notable wells operated by Wright Earnest
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis 2-W | 12-009-20396 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown, IL | Wright, Earnest | 705 ft |
| Kirchherr 4 | 12-001-00579 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Adams, IL | Wright, Earnest | 693 ft |
| Davis, Ruben 1-W | 12-009-20387 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown, IL | Wright, Earnest | 690 ft |
| Wagner 6-A | 12-009-20939 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Brown, IL | Wright, Earnest | 683 ft |
| Kirchherr 3 | 12-001-00567 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, IL | Wright, Earnest | 680 ft |
| Kirchherr 1 | 12-001-00573 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, IL | Wright, Earnest | 675 ft |
| Westerfield 1-W | 12-009-20496 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown, IL | Wright, Earnest | 673 ft |
| Wagner, Louis 8 | 12-009-20618 | Active | Oil | Brown, IL | Wright, Earnest | 668 ft |
| Bowen 4 | 12-009-00323 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brown, IL | Wright, Earnest | 665 ft |
| Hendricks 1-W | 12-001-21117 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Adams, IL | Wright, Earnest | 664 ft |
| Wagner, Louis 1 | 12-009-20525 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Brown, IL | Wright, Earnest | 660 ft |
| Wright 1 | 12-001-00513 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Adams, IL | Wright, Earnest | 660 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Wright Earnest operate?
Wright Earnest is the operator of record for 29 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (29). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Wright Earnest's wells are still active?
5 of Wright Earnest's catalogued wells are active; 24 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Wright Earnest operate wells?
Wright Earnest is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (29).
Does Wright Earnest operate mostly oil or gas wells?
10 of Wright Earnest's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Wright Earnest's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Davis 2-W in Brown, IL is the deepest at 705 ft.
Where Wright Earnest'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, “Wright Earnest — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/wright-earnest-90956 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).