Kinley Oil Company was established in 1909 to produce Kinley-owned oil & gas properties in the western New York and northeastern Pennsylvania regions.

These operations were discontinued in the late 1980’s due to the depletion of oil. Then in the 1970's, while working together building an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico for Sabine Production, J.L. Kinley and Eric Bell decided to go into a partnership and formed Bell & Kinley Company (Est. 1985).

Today, Bell & Kinley Company specializes in the exploration and production of oil and gas properties located in the Oklahoma and Texas fields. The company is also the operator of gas gathering and pipeline systems in these areas.