Oil & gas wells in Elliott County, KY
1,423 catalogued wells in Elliott County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Elliott County, Kentucky has 1,423 catalogued oil & gas wells: 410 active (29%), 328 plugged & abandoned (23%) and 239 documented orphans. It ranks 42nd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,423
Active
410
Plugged
328
Documented orphans
239
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Elliott County?
29% of Elliott County's wells are active, 2 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 23% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 239 wells (17%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 446 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Elliott County?
By product class, 618 of the county's wells (43%) are oil wells, 146 (10%) gas wells and 6 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Elliott County well is 11,091 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 92% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Elliott County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Elliott County has the 42nd-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 23rd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Elliott County?
253 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Elliott County. 87% 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 Elliott County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooldridge, John 1 | 16-063-00001 | Active | Oil | Ray, William |
| Hay, Mausie 2 | 16-063-00002 | Active | Oil | Basin Drilling & Exploration Inc |
| Ison, Cecil 1 | 16-063-00003 | Other status | Oil | Monitor Petroleum Corp |
| Kaufman, Jay 1 | 16-063-00004 | Orphaned | Gas | Monitor Petroleum Corp |
| Ison, I T (Stephens Unit) 2 (G) | 16-063-00005 | Orphaned | Other type | Monitor Petroleum Corp |
| Ferguson, Della Heirs 1 | 16-063-00006 | Active | Oil | Ison, Samuel M |
| Ashland Oil (Mountaineer, Sur) 2 | 16-063-00007 | Orphaned | Oil | Highland Energy Corp |
| Mountaineer Land Co 4 | 16-063-00008 | Orphaned | Oil | Highland Energy Corp |
| Wagoner, Pricie E3 | 16-063-00009 | Other status | Other type | Associated Transports, Inc |
| Wallen, Nancy 1 | 16-063-00010 | Active | Oil | Reliance Oil Corp |
| Wallen, Nancy 2 | 16-063-00011 | Active | Oil | Reliance Oil Corp |
| Adkins, J B 1 | 16-063-00012 | Active | Oil | C I C Energy Corp |
| Oliver, R M Heirs 17 | 16-063-00013 | Active | Oil | Petroleum Surveys Corp |
| Stinson, Nort 1 | 16-063-00014 | Orphaned | Oil | C I C Energy Corp |
| Stinson, Nort 2 | 16-063-00015 | Orphaned | Oil | C I C Energy Corp |
| Mountaineer Land Co 3 | 16-063-00016 | Orphaned | Oil | Highland Energy Corp |
| Wallen, Nancy 3 | 16-063-00017 | Active | Oil | Reliance Oil Corp |
| Oliver, William 18 | 16-063-00018 | Active | Oil | Petroleum Surveys Corp |
| Ferguson, J R (Rich) 1 | 16-063-00019 | Other status | Other type | Herchenroeder, E W |
| Flannery, D (Tr 1) 1 | 16-063-00020 | Other status | Oil | Herchenroeder, E W |
| Flannery, D (Tr 2) 1 | 16-063-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Herchenroeder, E W |
| Howard, Jake (Tr 3) 2 | 16-063-00024 | Other status | Other type | Herchenroeder, E W |
| Howard, Jake (Tr 3) 3 | 16-063-00025 | Other status | Other type | Herchenroeder, E W |
| Howard, Carrie 1 | 16-063-00026 | Other status | Other type | Herchenroeder, E W |
| Howard, Carrie 1 | 16-063-00027 | Other status | Other type | Herchenroeder, E W |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,423 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 Elliott County, KY?
Elliott County, Kentucky has 1,423 catalogued oil & gas wells: 410 active, 328 plugged and 239 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Elliott County?
239 wells in Elliott County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Elliott County are plugged?
328 of Elliott County's 1,423 catalogued wells (23%) 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); Elliott County ranks 42nd with 1,423.
How many companies operate wells in Elliott County?
253 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Elliott 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 Elliott County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/elliott (data as of October 10, 2026).