Oil & gas wells in Bullitt County, KY
75 catalogued wells in Bullitt County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bullitt County, Kentucky has 75 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active (8%), 64 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 76th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
75
Active
6
Plugged
64
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bullitt County?
8% of Bullitt County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bullitt County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 6 (8%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Bullitt County well is 2,052 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Bullitt County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Bullitt County has the 76th-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 83rd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Bullitt County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bullitt 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 Bullitt County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young, Jamie L 1 | 16-029-00001 | Active | Gas | Scott Drilling Co |
| Hackett, J E 1 | 16-029-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bullitt County Expl Co, Inc |
| Weller, Alex P 1 | 16-029-00003 | Orphaned | Other type | Bullitt County Expl Co, Inc |
| Cundiff, Calvin & Georgia 1 | 16-029-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bennett, J W Et Al |
| Shepherd, Charles 1 | 16-029-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warren, G H |
| U S Army Gwmh-4 | 16-029-00006 | Other status | Other type | Usae Waterways Experiment Sta |
| U S Army Gtb-1 | 16-029-00007 | Other status | Other type | Usae Waterways Experiment Sta |
| Us Army Corps Of Eng Attn:atxkeh Cs1 | 16-029-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fuller,mossbarger,scott,may Eng |
| Commander, Us Army Armor Center Cs3 | 16-029-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fuller,mossbarger,scott,may Eng |
| Commander, Us Army Attn:atez-Ehe Cs2 | 16-029-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fuller,mossbarger,scott,may Eng |
| Commander, Us Army Attn:atzk-Ehe Cs4 | 16-029-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fuller,mossbarger,scott,may Eng |
| Commander, Usaac & Fort Knox Cs7 | 16-029-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usae Waterways Experiment Sta |
| Commander, Usaac & Fort Knox P1 | 16-029-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usae Waterways Experiment Sta |
| Commander, Usaac & Fort Knox Cs5 | 16-029-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usae Waterways Experiment Sta |
| Commander, Usaac & Fort Knox Cs6 | 16-029-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usae Waterways Experiment Sta |
| Commander, Usaac & Fort Knox P2 | 16-029-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Usae Waterways Experiment Sta |
| Hackett, J E 1 | 16-029-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H S & M Oil, Inc |
| Froman, T H 1 | 16-029-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Froman, T H |
| Froman, T H 2 | 16-029-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Froman, T H |
| Coakley, A 1 | 16-029-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dillingham, Jewell W |
| Harris, Stuyler 1 | 16-029-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beaver Dam Coal Co |
| Samuels, Clifford E 1 | 16-029-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beaver Dam Coal Co |
| Ice, Leslie 1 | 16-029-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beaver Dam Coal Co |
| Wade, Robert L 1 | 16-029-00036 | Other status | Other type | Beaver Dam Coal Co |
| Simpson, Lillian C Mrs 1 | 16-029-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beaver Dam Coal Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 75 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 Bullitt County, KY?
Bullitt County, Kentucky has 75 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active, 64 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bullitt County?
1 wells in Bullitt County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 83rd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Bullitt County are plugged?
64 of Bullitt County's 75 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Bullitt County ranks 76th with 75.
How many companies operate wells in Bullitt County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bullitt 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 Bullitt County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/bullitt (data as of October 10, 2026).