Oil & gas wells in Harlan County, KY
597 catalogued wells in Harlan County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Harlan County, Kentucky has 597 catalogued oil & gas wells: 430 active (72%), 69 plugged & abandoned (12%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 54th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
597
Active
430
Plugged
69
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Harlan County?
72% of Harlan County's wells are active, 45 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Harlan County; Kentucky as a whole has 15,977. The remaining 97 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Harlan County?
By product class, 23 of the county's wells (4%) are oil wells, 434 (73%) 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 Harlan County well is 9,440 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Harlan County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Harlan County has the 54th-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.
Who operates wells in Harlan County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Harlan 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 Harlan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan Land Co 2 | 16-095-00001 | Active | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Kentenia Corp 1786 | 16-095-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Manalapan Land Co 2s | 16-095-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Manalapan Land Co 2e | 16-095-00004 | Active | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Manalapan Land Co 2n | 16-095-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Manalapan Land Co 2ne | 16-095-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Manalapan Land Co 2se | 16-095-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Manalapan Land Co 2nn | 16-095-00008 | Active | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Manalapan Land Co 2nne | 16-095-00009 | Active | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Pocahontas Development Corp Kl731 | 16-095-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peco Resources, Inc |
| Champion International Corp 1 | 16-095-00011 | Active | Gas | Cumberland Harlan Expl Corp |
| J A D Coal Co, Inc 8811 | 16-095-00012 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Champion International Corp 2 | 16-095-00013 | Active | Gas | Cumberland Harlan Expl Corp |
| Champion International Corp 3 | 16-095-00014 | Active | Gas | Cumberland Harlan Expl Corp |
| Hall Land & Mining Co 8812 | 16-095-00015 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Blanton, Bailey & Woodrow Heirs 8832 | 16-095-00016 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Ky & W Va Coal & Mining Co Kl1020 | 16-095-00017 | Active | Gas | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Hall Land & Mining 8843 | 16-095-00018 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| Champion International Corp 4 | 16-095-00019 | Active | Gas | Cumberland Harlan Expl Corp |
| Penn Virginia Resources Corp Ky1 | 16-095-00020 | Active | Gas | A N R Production Co |
| Penn Virginia Resources Corp Ky7 | 16-095-00021 | Active | Gas | A N R Production Co |
| Penn Virginia Resources Corp Ky5 | 16-095-00022 | Active | Gas | A N R Production Co |
| Penn Virginia Resources Corp Ky3 | 16-095-00023 | Active | Gas | A N R Production Co |
| Hereford, George 8921 | 16-095-00024 | Active | Gas | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
| J A D Coal Co 8922 | 16-095-00025 | Active | Oil | Penn-Virginia Resource Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 597 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 Harlan County, KY?
Harlan County, Kentucky has 597 catalogued oil & gas wells: 430 active, 69 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Harlan County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Harlan County, Kentucky.
What share of wells in Harlan County are plugged?
69 of Harlan County's 597 catalogued wells (12%) 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); Harlan County ranks 54th with 597.
How many companies operate wells in Harlan County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Harlan 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 Harlan County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/harlan (data as of October 10, 2026).