Oil & gas wells in Van Buren County, AR
1,841 catalogued wells in Van Buren County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Van Buren County, Arkansas has 1,841 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,482 active (80%), 162 plugged & abandoned (9%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,841
Active
1,482
Plugged
162
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Van Buren County?
80% of Van Buren County's wells are active, 31 percentage points above the Arkansas share of 50%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 49 wells (3%) 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 145 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Van Buren County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1,819 (99%) gas wells and 5 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Van Buren County well is 14,406 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 Van Buren County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Van Buren County has the 5th-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 9th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Van Buren County?
25 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones 1-24 | 03-141-10007 | Orphaned | Gas | Arkana Operating Company, Inc |
| Walls 3-19 | 03-141-10010 | Orphaned | Gas | Arkana Operating Company, Inc |
| Koone 1-35 | 03-141-10011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Hildreth 1-36 | 03-141-10012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Seeco, LLC |
| Knowles 1-26 | 03-141-10013 | Shut-in | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Koone 1-34 | 03-141-10014 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Hankins 1-4 | 03-141-10015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Seeco, LLC |
| Linkinogger 1-9 | 03-141-10016 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Cassell 1-26 | 03-141-10017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Hillis 1-27 | 03-141-10018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Koone 2-35 | 03-141-10019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Black 1-17 | 03-141-10020 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Haines 1-15 | 03-141-10021 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Wheeler 1-16 | 03-141-10022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| McGee 1-35 | 03-141-10023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Payne Family Trust 1-35H | 03-141-10024 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Koone 2-34H | 03-141-10025 | Shut-in | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Linkinogger 2-9H | 03-141-10026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Edwards, J 1-36H | 03-141-10027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Black 2-17H | 03-141-10028 | Shut-in | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Dowdy 1-25H | 03-141-10029 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Cassell 1-20H | 03-141-10030 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Grills 1-31H | 03-141-10031 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Kidd 1-2 | 03-141-10032 | Other status | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Cassell 2-20H | 03-141-10033 | Active | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,841 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 Van Buren County, AR?
Van Buren County, Arkansas has 1,841 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,482 active, 162 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Van Buren County?
3 wells in Van Buren County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Van Buren County are plugged?
162 of Van Buren County's 1,841 catalogued wells (9%) 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); Van Buren County ranks 5th with 1,841.
How many companies operate wells in Van Buren County?
25 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/van-buren (data as of October 10, 2026).