Oil & gas wells in Conway County, AR
1,473 catalogued wells in Conway County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Conway County, Arkansas has 1,473 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,097 active (74%), 252 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,473
Active
1,097
Plugged
252
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Conway County?
74% of Conway County's wells are active, 25 percentage points above the Arkansas share of 50%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 45 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Conway County; Arkansas as a whole has 379. The remaining 79 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Conway County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1,448 (98%) gas wells and 12 (0.8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Conway County well is 15,174 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 Conway County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Conway County has the 9th-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 Conway County?
68 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Conway 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 Conway County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brents, Leon 1 | 03-029-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pan American Petroleum Co |
| Rockefeller, W 1 | 03-029-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sinclair Oil & Gas Co |
| Thompson, J E 1 | 03-029-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Humble Oil & Refg Company |
| Morgan, R W 1 | 03-029-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Walsh & Watts Inc |
| Brents, O A 1 | 03-029-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carter Oil Co |
| Thompson Unit, J T 1 | 03-029-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil & Refg Company |
| Ramsey Unit, Sam 1 | 03-029-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Walsh & Watts Inc |
| Bradford, G H & W F 1 | 03-029-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Beard Oil Company |
| Rorex, Nora 1 | 03-029-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Plummer, Charles E |
| Merryman, J E 1 | 03-029-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company |
| McGowan, H A 1 | 03-029-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company |
| Elkins, E R 1 | 03-029-00018 | Other status | Other type | The Carter Oil Company |
| Kaufman Unit 1 | 03-029-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil & Refg Company |
| Hillis Heirs 1 | 03-029-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Walsh & Watts Inc |
| Sears Unit, Rhea 1 | 03-029-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Walsh & Watts Inc |
| Koerth Unit, L H 1 | 03-029-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | The Carter Oil Company |
| Morrilton Lumber Company 1 | 03-029-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil & Refg Company |
| Darling, L E 1 | 03-029-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company |
| Pruett, Alva J 1 | 03-029-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil & Refg Company |
| Ramsey Heirs, C S 1 | 03-029-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkla Exploration Co |
| Jordan, Pearl 1-20 | 03-029-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Tenneco Oil Company |
| Wright, Glenn 1 | 03-029-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Texas Pacific Oil Company Inc |
| Beck, J M 1 | 03-029-10004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | LeClair Operating Co Inc |
| Morrilton Fishing & Hunt 1 | 03-029-10005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Argo Petroleum Corporation |
| Andres, John 1 | 03-029-10007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Argo Petroleum Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,473 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 Conway County, AR?
Conway County, Arkansas has 1,473 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,097 active, 252 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Conway County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Conway County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Conway County are plugged?
252 of Conway County's 1,473 catalogued wells (17%) 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); Conway County ranks 9th with 1,473.
How many companies operate wells in Conway County?
68 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Conway 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 Conway County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/conway (data as of October 10, 2026).