Oil & gas wells in Grant County, KY
136 catalogued wells in Grant County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Grant County, Kentucky has 136 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active (12%), 92 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 14 documented orphans. It ranks 71st of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
136
Active
16
Plugged
92
Documented orphans
14
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Grant County?
12% of Grant County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 14 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 14 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Grant County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 35 (26%) gas wells and 2 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Grant County well is 3,557 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Grant County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Grant County has the 71st-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 63rd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Grant County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Grant 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 Grant County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer, Tony 1 | 16-081-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Brewer, Tony 1 | 16-081-00002 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Cloud, Joe 1 | 16-081-00003 | Orphaned | Other type | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Cull, Bill 1 | 16-081-00004 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Lanter, Roger 1 | 16-081-00005 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Brewer, Tony 2 | 16-081-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Brewer, Tony 3 | 16-081-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Cull, Bill 2 | 16-081-00008 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Cull, Bill 3 | 16-081-00009 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Mcgee, Clifford 1 | 16-081-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Cull, Bill 4 | 16-081-00011 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Deitz, Ralph 2 | 16-081-00012 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Mcgee, Clifford 2 | 16-081-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Deitz, Ralph 1 | 16-081-00014 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Deitz, Ralph 3 | 16-081-00015 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Toole, George 1 | 16-081-00016 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Toole, George 2 | 16-081-00017 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Toole, George 1 | 16-081-00018 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Toole, Harry C 1 | 16-081-00019 | Orphaned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Brewer, Tony 4 | 16-081-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Penick, Gerald 1 | 16-081-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Wallace, Robert R Et Al 1 | 16-081-00022 | Other status | Other type | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Green, Deiter 1 | 16-081-00023 | Other status | Other type | Kinoshita, Gilbert K |
| Beach, Avery 16 | 16-081-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Glendon Beach 46 | 16-081-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 136 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 Grant County, KY?
Grant County, Kentucky has 136 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active, 92 plugged and 14 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Grant County?
14 wells in Grant County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 63rd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Grant County are plugged?
92 of Grant County's 136 catalogued wells (68%) 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); Grant County ranks 71st with 136.
How many companies operate wells in Grant County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Grant 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 Grant County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/grant (data as of October 10, 2026).