Oil & gas wells in Sebastian County, AR
1,640 catalogued wells in Sebastian County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sebastian County, Arkansas has 1,640 catalogued oil & gas wells: 987 active (60%), 539 plugged & abandoned (33%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 6th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,640
Active
987
Plugged
539
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sebastian County?
60% of Sebastian County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the Arkansas share of 50%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 17 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 94 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sebastian County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1,498 (91%) 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 Sebastian County well is 15,089 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 Sebastian County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Sebastian County has the 6th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 10th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Sebastian County?
120 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sebastian 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 Sebastian County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buell Ranch 3 | 03-131-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Western Coal & Mining 2 | 03-131-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Unit Petroleum Company |
| Western Coal & Mining 4 | 03-131-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shell Oil Company |
| Young 1 | 03-131-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Unit Petroleum Company |
| Free Ferry Estate 1 | 03-131-00008 | Active | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Stephens, Charles 1 | 03-131-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Gragg 1 | 03-131-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Huber, J M Corp |
| Wright Unit 4, Curtis - Humphreys, F A 1 | 03-131-00011 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Wright, Curtis 2 | 03-131-00012 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Ward, W W 1 | 03-131-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Coleman, A O 1 | 03-131-00014 | Other status | Gas | Wheeler & Ryan, Inc |
| Eubanks, D M 1 | 03-131-00015 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Hobbs 1 | 03-131-00016 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Dawson 1 | 03-131-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Operating, Inc |
| Connors 1 | 03-131-00018 | Active | Gas | Riverfront Exploration, LLC |
| Foote 1 | 03-131-00019 | Active | Gas | Riverfront Exploration, LLC |
| Young, Charles 1 | 03-131-00020 | Active | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Sebastian County Coal 1 | 03-131-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wheeler & Ryan, Inc |
| Nixon 1 | 03-131-00022 | Active | Gas | Riverfront Exploration, LLC |
| Gipson 1 | 03-131-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Huber, J M Corp |
| Pigg, Dora A 1 | 03-131-00025 | Active | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Williams, Nannie 1 | 03-131-00026 | Active | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Laster 1 | 03-131-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Huber, J M Corp |
| Tucker Unit 1 | 03-131-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ambassador Oil Corp |
| Harris, Sam 1 | 03-131-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,640 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 Sebastian County, AR?
Sebastian County, Arkansas has 1,640 catalogued oil & gas wells: 987 active, 539 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sebastian County?
3 wells in Sebastian County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Sebastian County are plugged?
539 of Sebastian County's 1,640 catalogued wells (33%) 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); Sebastian County ranks 6th with 1,640.
How many companies operate wells in Sebastian County?
120 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sebastian 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 Sebastian County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/sebastian (data as of October 10, 2026).