Oil & gas wells in Butler County, KY
2,945 catalogued wells in Butler County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Butler County, Kentucky has 2,945 catalogued oil & gas wells: 622 active (21%), 1,144 plugged & abandoned (39%) and 171 documented orphans. It ranks 25th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,945
Active
622
Plugged
1,144
Documented orphans
171
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Butler County?
21% of Butler County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 39% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 171 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,007 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Butler County?
By product class, 697 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 57 (2%) gas wells and 150 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Butler County well is 6,450 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 71% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Butler County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Butler County has the 25th-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 27th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Butler County?
726 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Butler County. 97% 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 Butler County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold, Bessie 2 | 16-031-00699 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lane Oil Co |
| Grayson, Raymond 2 | 16-031-00034 | Active | Injection | Durango Development Co |
| Keith, H C 1 | 16-031-00911 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arnold, Ward |
| Fields, Robert 2 | 16-031-00775 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Co |
| Arnold, Donald 1 | 16-031-00139 | Active | Injection | Arnold, Ward |
| Hammer, Margaret 1 | 16-031-00871 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chippewa Corp |
| Ward Heirs 1 | 16-031-00412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thompson, Walter |
| Womack, Sarah Ann 1 | 16-031-00353 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pierce & Howard |
| Harper, Fred Heirs 1 | 16-031-00872 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chippewa Corp |
| Wendell Hunt 1 | 16-031-00900 | Other status | Other type | Love, John H |
| Doolin, Jeff 1 | 16-031-00748 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Snyder & Legg |
| Gregory-Kinkade & Brown 1 | 16-031-00851 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crosslin, Mary |
| Carroll, W R 1 | 16-031-00737 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strawn, A C |
| Maxwell, Paul 5 | 16-031-00151 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allen, E O |
| Maxwell, Paul 7 | 16-031-00153 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Allen, E O |
| Geary, Ronnie & Jonnie 1 | 16-031-00800 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bryant, Carl |
| Bryant, B G 1 | 16-031-00731 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strawn, A C |
| Martin, Sally 1 | 16-031-00356 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rhodes, F H |
| Fleener, Owen 1 | 16-031-00777 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Co |
| Arnold, Jess 30 | 16-031-00335 | Active | Oil | Neubert, Cox & Williams |
| Arnold, Jess 31 | 16-031-00336 | Active | Oil | Neubert, Cox & Williams |
| Belcher, Thruston 1 | 16-031-00723 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilbaco Oil Co |
| Arnold, Bessie 1 | 16-031-00700 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Renfrow, Elvis H |
| Cartwright, Effie 1 | 16-031-00738 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strawn, A C |
| Cartwright Heirs 1 | 16-031-00327 | Other status | Other type | Delta Gas Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,945 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 Butler County, KY?
Butler County, Kentucky has 2,945 catalogued oil & gas wells: 622 active, 1,144 plugged and 171 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Butler County?
171 wells in Butler County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 27th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Butler County are plugged?
1,144 of Butler County's 2,945 catalogued wells (39%) 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); Butler County ranks 25th with 2,945.
How many companies operate wells in Butler County?
726 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Butler 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 Butler County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/butler (data as of October 10, 2026).