Oil & gas wells in Bell County, KY
854 catalogued wells in Bell County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bell County, Kentucky has 854 catalogued oil & gas wells: 601 active (70%), 120 plugged & abandoned (14%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 47th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
854
Active
601
Plugged
120
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bell County?
70% of Bell County's wells are active, 44 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 14% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 9 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 124 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bell County?
By product class, 62 of the county's wells (7%) are oil wells, 579 (68%) gas wells and 6 (0.7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Bell County well is 10,164 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Bell County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Bell County has the 47th-most catalogued wells of the 90 Kentucky counties with at least 25. The median Kentucky county on WellCensus has 941 wells. The largest, Ohio County, has 11,631. By documented orphans it ranks 66th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Bell County?
77 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bell 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 Bell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co 34222 | 16-013-00001 | Active | Gas | Weaver Oil & Gas Corp |
| Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co 34211 | 16-013-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Weaver Oil & Gas Corp |
| Boone, W B 1 | 16-013-00003 | Orphaned | Gas | H & M Oil Co |
| Eastover Mining Co 1 | 16-013-00004 | Active | Oil | Oil Unlimited |
| Greasy Brush Coal Co 1 | 16-013-00005 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Gibbs, Lester 1 | 16-013-00006 | Active | Oil | Scott, Ben |
| Fitzpartick, T C 119 | 16-013-00007 | Active | Gas | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Thacker Coal Co (W Thacker, Sur) 1 | 16-013-00008 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Carnes, Thomas J 1 | 16-013-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Love, John H |
| Greasy Brush Coal Co 6 | 16-013-00010 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Greasy Brush Coal Co 7 | 16-013-00011 | Active | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Greasy Brush Coal Co 8 | 16-013-00012 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Carnes, Thomas J 2 | 16-013-00013 | Other status | Gas | Love, John H |
| Centers, Robert-Richfield Coal 1 | 16-013-00014 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Gibbs, Leslie & Joann 2 | 16-013-00015 | Active | Gas | Love, John H |
| Gibbs, Leslie 3 | 16-013-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Love, John H |
| Fordson Coal Co 40 | 16-013-00017 | Active | Oil | Petroleum Corp Of Texas |
| South Mississippi Electric Power 11 | 16-013-00018 | Active | Gas | Cabot Oil & Gas Corp |
| Greasy Brush Coal Co Et Al Comm 1 | 16-013-00019 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Boone, Wheeler Heirs 1 | 16-013-00020 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Doris Fuson-Wheeler Boone Heirs 1 | 16-013-00021 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Greasy Brush Coal Co 2 | 16-013-00022 | Active | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Fuson, John Will Et Al Comm 1 | 16-013-00023 | Active | Gas | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Redbird Asher 1 | 16-013-00024 | Other status | Other type | Enpro, Inc |
| Redbird Asher 2 | 16-013-00025 | Other status | Other type | Enpro, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 854 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 Bell County, KY?
Bell County, Kentucky has 854 catalogued oil & gas wells: 601 active, 120 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bell County?
9 wells in Bell County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 66th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Bell County are plugged?
120 of Bell County's 854 catalogued wells (14%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 39% across Kentucky.
Which Kentucky county has the most oil and gas wells?
Ohio County has the most catalogued wells of any Kentucky county on WellCensus (11,631); Bell County ranks 47th with 854.
How many companies operate wells in Bell County?
77 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bell County, Kentucky.
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About this data
Source: Kentucky Geological Survey 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 Bell County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/bell (data as of October 10, 2026).