Well rankings

Cross-sections of 1,232,530 catalogued wells — 319,473 active, 125,249 documented orphans, 25,561 operators.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Derived from public data sources.

Largest operators

Who operates the most U.S. oil & gas wells — national portfolios, active vs. plugged mix.

The deepest catalogued wellbores in America, ranked by published total depth.

Documented orphaned wells by state and county — the $4.7B federal plugging story.