Oil & gas wells in Grant County, AR
27 catalogued wells in Grant County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Grant County, Arkansas has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 26 plugged & abandoned (96%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 33rd of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
27
Active
0
Plugged
26
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Grant County?
0% of Grant County's wells are active, 50 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 96% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Grant County; Arkansas as a whole has 379. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Grant County?
By product class, 26 of the county's wells (96%) 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 Grant County well is 3,313 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 Grant County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Grant County has the 33rd-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 Grant County?
19 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Grant 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 Grant County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olin 2 | 03-053-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caruthers, John D Jr |
| International Paper Co 1 | 03-053-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caruthers, John D Jr |
| Jones, Miss Grace 1 | 03-053-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kimzey, Joe W et al |
| Williams, Frank 1 | 03-053-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Newton, W F |
| International Paper Co "A" 1 | 03-053-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lee, C A |
| Kavanaugh, J T 1 | 03-053-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stephens Production Company |
| Ashcraft 1 | 03-053-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Connelly, Froderman & Straggon |
| Parnell 1 | 03-053-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Martin, E V |
| Kelly & Lamb 1 | 03-053-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Winters, Harry etal |
| Chicago Land & Timber 2 | 03-053-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Chicago L & T 3 | 03-053-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Texas Company |
| Cooper, R W 1 | 03-053-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neill, W E |
| Bretch 1 | 03-053-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | PAR Oil Corporation |
| Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber 1 | 03-053-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Haley, W W et al |
| Youngblood, Nancy 1 | 03-053-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shaffer Oil & Refining Company |
| Zelinka 1 | 03-053-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barnett, Ina I |
| Forbey, John 1 | 03-053-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barnett, Ina I |
| Long Bell 2 | 03-053-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shaffer Oil & Refining Company |
| Chicago L&T 1 | 03-053-80002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Oil & Gas Corp |
| Butler & Lamb 3 | 03-053-80015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Winters, Harry etal |
| International Paper Co. 1 | 03-053-80018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Behring Production Co |
| International Paper Company 2 | 03-053-80019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bradco Oil & Gas Co |
| Ipco 35-11 | 03-053-80022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General Crude Oil Co |
| Ipco 6-7 | 03-053-80023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General Crude Oil Co |
| Ipco 3-16 | 03-053-80024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General Crude Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 27 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 Grant County, AR?
Grant County, Arkansas has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 26 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Grant County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Grant County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Grant County are plugged?
26 of Grant County's 27 catalogued wells (96%) 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); Grant County ranks 33rd with 27.
How many companies operate wells in Grant County?
19 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Grant 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 Grant County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/grant (data as of October 10, 2026).