Oil & gas wells in Green County, KY
4,363 catalogued wells in Green County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Green County, Kentucky has 4,363 catalogued oil & gas wells: 665 active (15%), 1,464 plugged & abandoned (34%) and 585 documented orphans. It ranks 15th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,363
Active
665
Plugged
1,464
Documented orphans
585
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Green County?
15% of Green County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 34% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 585 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,648 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Green County?
By product class, 1,287 of the county's wells (29%) are oil wells, 81 (2%) gas wells and 188 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Green County well is 5,385 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 61% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Green County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Green County has the 15th-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 10th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Green County?
966 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Green County. 98% 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 Green County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis, Henry 4 | 16-071-00685 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Turner, M G |
| Ferguson, J 2 | 16-087-00001 | Active | Oil | Hoffman, George |
| Clark, H E 1 | 16-087-00002 | Orphaned | Oil | Thompson, R B |
| Elmore & Jeffries 3 | 16-087-00003 | Other status | Other type | Welsh, Stella |
| Elmore & Jeffries 4 | 16-087-00004 | Active | Oil | Welsh, Stella Clark |
| Elmore & Jeffries 6 | 16-087-00005 | Active | Oil | Welsh, Stella Clark |
| Tucker, Eugene 'A' 7 | 16-087-00006 | Orphaned | Oil | Thompson, R B (Agent) |
| Brown, R H 37 | 16-087-00007 | Orphaned | Oil | Manno, Gene D |
| Heid, R E 1 | 16-087-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Southern Exploration Co, Inc |
| Heid, R E 2 | 16-087-00009 | Orphaned | Oil | Southern Exploration Co, Inc |
| Jewell, Everett Randell 1 | 16-087-00010 | Active | Oil | Baker, Abe |
| Robertson, Lemuel 2 | 16-087-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | R E Williams Drilling Co |
| Matney, William R 1 | 16-087-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Southern Exploration Co, Inc |
| Matney, Faye 1 | 16-087-00013 | Active | Oil | Ballard, Chester M |
| Robertson, Lemuel 3 | 16-087-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williams, R E |
| Landis, Bobby 2 | 16-087-00015 | Orphaned | Oil | Johnson & Greene Drilling Co Inc |
| Posey, Elbert 1 | 16-087-00016 | Active | Oil | Clark, Bruce |
| Landis, Bobby 3 | 16-087-00017 | Active | Oil | Johnson & Greene Drilling Co Inc |
| Posey, May & Elbert 2 | 16-087-00018 | Active | Oil | Clark, Bruce |
| Landis, Bobby 4 | 16-087-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exie Drilling & Exploration Co |
| Jewell, Everett Randell 1 | 16-087-00020 | Active | Oil | Exie Drilling & Exploration Co |
| Jones, James L 1 | 16-087-00021 | Orphaned | Oil | Johnson & Greene Drilling Co Inc |
| Rock, Otis 1 | 16-087-00022 | Orphaned | Oil | Johnson & Greene Drilling Co Inc |
| Landis, Bobby 7 | 16-087-00023 | Active | Oil | Exie Drilling & Exploration Co |
| Matney, William 2 | 16-087-00024 | Active | Oil | Southern Exploration Co, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,363 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 Green County, KY?
Green County, Kentucky has 4,363 catalogued oil & gas wells: 665 active, 1,464 plugged and 585 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Green County?
585 wells in Green County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Green County are plugged?
1,464 of Green County's 4,363 catalogued wells (34%) 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); Green County ranks 15th with 4,363.
How many companies operate wells in Green County?
966 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Green 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 Green County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/green (data as of October 10, 2026).