NC contractors

Well drillers in North Carolina

Ranked by wells on public record in North Carolina. Depth medians hint at the terrain each outfit works — deep-rock specialists read very differently from coastal-plain crews.

Registered drillers

self-reported

Upfront Well Company

Registered

Serves: Raleigh–Durham Triangle & Piedmont (Wake, Franklin, Durham, Chatham, Orange, Johnston, Granville, Nash, Person, Vance, Harnett, Lee)

(919) 415-6000 · info@upfrontwells.com · site ↗

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Public drilling record

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#	Contractor	Wells on record	Median depth	Median yield
1	David Simmons	18	30 ft	—
2	Thomas Whitehead	14	17 ft	—
3	David Register	13	207 ft	30 gpm
4	L. Martin Shaver	12	28 ft	—
5	LEONARD DORN JR	10	55 ft	9 gpm
6	Ronald Cannady	8	102 ft	37.5 gpm
7	Mark Creel	7	10 ft	—
8	Clyde Russell	6	365 ft	16 gpm
9	Donald Cummings	6	100 ft	80 gpm
10	L DORN JR	5	53 ft	10 gpm
11	Bryan Vest	4	15 ft	—
12	James D Barker	4	45 ft	—
13	Gerald R. Eister	3	12 ft	—
14	L Martin Shaver	3	27 ft	—
15	Leonard Dorn Jr	3	70 ft	10 gpm
16	David Howard	2	72 ft	25 gpm
17	Gary Justice	2	503 ft	5 gpm
18	Jeff Hyde	2	368 ft	6.5 gpm
19	John Boyette Jr.	2	315 ft	36.25 gpm
20	Kenneth Deroche	2	107 ft	25 gpm
21	Larry Williford	2	48 ft	8 gpm
22	Mark A Creel	2	10 ft	—
23	Mark Allen Creel	2	9 ft	—
24	Michael Sage	2	200 ft	60 gpm
25	Ray Maness	2	420 ft	4 gpm
26	THOMAS WHITEHEAD	2	12 ft	—
27	Albert Slate	1	440 ft	12 gpm
28	Arthur Cannady	1	35 ft	8 gpm
29	David Simons	1	20 ft	—
30	Donald H. Cummings	1	105 ft	50 gpm
31	H Michael Sage	1	35 ft	30 gpm
32	James D. Barker	1	54 ft	—
33	Jonathan Miller	1	405 ft	4 gpm
34	Kenneth Dercohe	1	56 ft	25 gpm
35	Kenneth P Detoche	1	75 ft	22 gpm
36	Leonard Dorn, Jr.	1	47 ft	10 gpm
37	Roger Hudson	1	84 ft	20 gpm
38	Roland Bryant	1	40 ft	—
39	Ronald D Pattterson	1	206 ft	800 gpm
40	Ronald Dean Bryant	1	60 ft	—
41	STEPHEN KEENER	1	13 ft	—
42	Stephen M. Hamilton	1	9 ft	—
43	William D Butler	1	68 ft	15 gpm
44	William Mabie	1	5 ft	—

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