Oil & gas wells in Chicot County, AR
30 catalogued wells in Chicot County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Chicot County, Arkansas has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 30 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
30
Active
0
Plugged
30
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Chicot County?
0% of Chicot County's wells are active, 50 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Chicot County; Arkansas as a whole has 379.
What kinds of wells are in Chicot County?
By product class, 30 of the county's wells (100%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Chicot County well is 7,685 ft, against 17,825 ft for Arkansas as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Chicot County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Chicot County has the 32nd-most catalogued wells of the 33 Arkansas counties with at least 25. The median Arkansas county on WellCensus has 604 wells. The largest, Union County, has 7,108.
Who operates wells in Chicot County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Chicot County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Chicot County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDaniel 1 | 03-017-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Huber, J M Corp |
| Hollifield, Bessier 1 | 03-017-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company |
| Thudium 1 | 03-017-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lisbon Oil Company |
| Hudson, George 1 | 03-017-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | White, W O Tr |
| Cox 1 | 03-017-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marvin, Jack & Van Dyke, Emma Louise |
| Cox & Wilson 1 | 03-017-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Dowdle 1 | 03-017-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Basin Oil Company |
| Mathis, Roy 1 | 03-017-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Tietz, B E 1 | 03-017-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pugh, Joe & Wilson, Sam J et al |
| Beebe, C E 1 | 03-017-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Justiss-Mears Oil Company Inc |
| Coleman, Parish 1 | 03-017-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Myers, Leonard et al 1 | 03-017-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt, H L Inc |
| Meyers, Alvin 1 | 03-017-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hawkins, H. L.-Kelly, F. S. Jr. |
| Cashion, M 1 | 03-017-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crawford, J B |
| Lytle, P W 1 | 03-017-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Smith, H R |
| Lytle 1 | 03-017-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunter, S S Estate |
| Morrison 2 | 03-017-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mallard Drilling Corp |
| S A L Ranch 1 | 03-017-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bonita Hydrocarbons Co |
| Holt 1 | 03-017-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Feazel Operating & Shuler Drilling Company |
| Smith, Jennings A 1 | 03-017-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mobil Oil Corp |
| Pratt 1 | 03-017-10004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gas Transportation Corp |
| Hopper, E 1 | 03-017-10005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jones-O'Brien Inc |
| Epstein, Sam Estate 1 | 03-017-10006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jones-O'Brien Inc |
| French, F L 1 | 03-017-10007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jones-O'Brien Inc |
| Woodall 1 | 03-017-10008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Meant To Be Exploration Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 30 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Chicot County, AR?
Chicot County, Arkansas has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 30 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Chicot County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Chicot County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Chicot County are plugged?
30 of Chicot County's 30 catalogued wells (100%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across Arkansas.
Which Arkansas county has the most oil and gas wells?
Union County has the most catalogued wells of any Arkansas county on WellCensus (7,108); Chicot County ranks 32nd with 30.
How many companies operate wells in Chicot County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Chicot County, Arkansas.
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About this data
Source: Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Chicot County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/chicot (data as of October 10, 2026).