Oil & gas wells in Breathitt County, KY
1,640 catalogued wells in Breathitt County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Breathitt County, Kentucky has 1,640 catalogued oil & gas wells: 566 active (35%), 513 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 175 documented orphans. It ranks 40th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,640
Active
566
Plugged
513
Documented orphans
175
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Breathitt County?
35% of Breathitt County's wells are active, 8 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 175 wells (11%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 386 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Breathitt County?
By product class, 436 of the county's wells (27%) are oil wells, 483 (29%) gas wells and 5 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Breathitt County well is 11,130 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Breathitt County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Breathitt County has the 40th-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 26th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Breathitt County?
272 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Breathitt County. 92% 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 Breathitt County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans, E J 85t | 16-025-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ashland Exploration, Inc |
| Evans, E J 64t | 16-025-00002 | Active | Gas | Ashland Exploration, Inc |
| Evans, E J 83rt | 16-025-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ashland Exploration, Inc |
| Evans, E J 86t | 16-025-00004 | Active | Gas | Ashland Exploration, Inc |
| Hollon, Ortha 2 | 16-025-00005 | Orphaned | Oil | Johnson, William P |
| Noble, Jess 3 | 16-025-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burch & Norman |
| Johnson, Ance 2 | 16-025-00007 | Other status | Other type | Associated Drilling Corp |
| Riley, Katherine 1 | 16-025-00008 | Active | Oil | B & E Oil Co Inc C/O Wilgus Bush |
| Johnson, Walter 1 | 16-025-00009 | Other status | Other type | Associated Drilling Corp |
| Boggs, Elmer 2 | 16-025-00010 | Active | Gas | Turner, John R |
| Kycoga Land Co Kl360 | 16-025-00011 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Boggs, Elmer 3 | 16-025-00012 | Active | Gas | Turner, John R |
| Spencer, Granville Heirs 1a | 16-025-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Florida Drilling & Producing Co |
| Spencer, Granville Heirs 2 | 16-025-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Florida Drilling & Producing Co |
| Spencer, Granville Heirs 3 | 16-025-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Florida Drilling & Producing Co |
| Spencer, Granville Heirs 8 | 16-025-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Florida Drilling & Producing Co |
| Warrix, Lewis H 3 | 16-025-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Turner, John R |
| Jett, Zeke 1 | 16-025-00018 | Active | Gas | Gilbert, J L |
| Warrix, Lewis H 4 | 16-025-00019 | Active | Gas | Turner, John R |
| Harberson Heirs 3 | 16-025-00020 | Active | Gas | Panbowl Production Co, Inc |
| Johnson, Sam 2 | 16-025-00021 | Active | Oil | Reynolds Energy, Inc |
| Johnson, Sam 3 | 16-025-00022 | Active | Oil | Reynolds Energy, Inc |
| Turner, Olaf 1 | 16-025-00023 | Active | Oil | Gilbert, Robert W |
| Allen, G L 1 | 16-025-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gray, Jack |
| Bush, William 3 | 16-025-00025 | Active | Oil | Grey Eagle Construction Co |
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 Breathitt County, KY?
Breathitt County, Kentucky has 1,640 catalogued oil & gas wells: 566 active, 513 plugged and 175 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Breathitt County?
175 wells in Breathitt County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 26th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Breathitt County are plugged?
513 of Breathitt County's 1,640 catalogued wells (31%) 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); Breathitt County ranks 40th with 1,640.
How many companies operate wells in Breathitt County?
272 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Breathitt 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 Breathitt County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/breathitt (data as of October 10, 2026).