Oil & gas wells in Kings County, CA
1,330 catalogued wells in Kings County, California, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kings County, California has 1,330 catalogued oil & gas wells: 160 active (12%), 885 plugged & abandoned (67%) and 35 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 39 California counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 242,471 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,330
Active
160
Plugged
885
Documented orphans
35
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kings County?
12% of Kings County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the California share of 22%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 180 wells (14%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 35 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across California and 4% nationally. The remaining 70 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kings County?
By product class, 730 of the county's wells (55%) are oil wells, 26 (2%) gas wells and 17 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 68% and the gas share 3%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Kings County compare with other California counties?
Kings County has the 12th-most catalogued wells of the 39 California counties with at least 25. The median California county on WellCensus has 675 wells. The largest, Kern County, has 156,849. By documented orphans it ranks 7th in California.
Who operates wells in Kings County?
271 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kings 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 Kings County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 4-6A | 04-031-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation T&V85 | 04-031-00002 | Shut-in | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Hacienda Farms 63-20 | 04-031-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sam Manchel |
| Hansen 1 | 04-031-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Lease by Freedom Oil Company, LLC 58X | 04-031-00005 | Orphaned | Oil | Freedom Oil Company, LLC |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 72 | 04-031-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 41 | 04-031-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Getty 2 | 04-031-00008 | Active | Oil | Central California Oil Co. |
| B 1-12 | 04-031-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Transco Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| B 2-12 | 04-031-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Transco Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Slf 1-13 | 04-031-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Transco Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Slf 2-13 | 04-031-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Transco Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Slf 1-14 | 04-031-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Transco Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Unspecified 4-6 | 04-031-00014 | Active | Oil | Holmes Western Oil Corporation |
| Balfour 11-33 | 04-031-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Holmes Western Oil Corporation |
| Lease by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 4-6 | 04-031-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 87 | 04-031-00017 | Shut-in | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 41 | 04-031-00018 | Shut-in | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Lease by Middle Dome Corporation 52-30V | 04-031-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Middle Dome Corporation |
| Griswold 1 | 04-031-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Home-Stake Production Co. |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 8 | 04-031-00021 | Shut-in | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 68 | 04-031-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Messmer Oil Co.-Beynon 1-11 | 04-031-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennant Operating Company |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 72 | 04-031-00024 | Shut-in | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Lease by California Resources Production Corporation 4 | 04-031-00025 | Shut-in | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,330 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 Kings County, CA?
Kings County, California has 1,330 catalogued oil & gas wells: 160 active, 885 plugged and 35 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kings County?
35 wells in Kings County, California are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 7th-highest count among California counties.
What share of wells in Kings County are plugged?
885 of Kings County's 1,330 catalogued wells (67%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 60% across California.
Which California county has the most oil and gas wells?
Kern County has the most catalogued wells of any California county on WellCensus (156,849); Kings County ranks 12th with 1,330.
How many companies operate wells in Kings County?
271 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kings County, California.
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About this data
Source: CalGEM WellSTAR 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 Kings County, California”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/california/kings (data as of October 10, 2026).