Oil & gas wells in Larue County, KY
207 catalogued wells in Larue County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Larue County, Kentucky has 207 catalogued oil & gas wells: 14 active (7%), 149 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 19 documented orphans. It ranks 69th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
207
Active
14
Plugged
149
Documented orphans
19
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Larue County?
7% of Larue County's wells are active, 20 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 19 wells (9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 25 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Larue County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 36 (17%) gas wells and 1 (0.5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Larue County well is 7,093 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 Larue County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Larue County has the 69th-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 55th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Larue County?
95 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Larue County. 99% 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 Larue County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reesor, Fraisur 3 | 16-123-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harkrider Co-Ventures |
| Sprowls, Doug 1b | 16-123-00002 | Other status | Other type | Vaughn, Jesse S |
| Sprowls, Doug 1 | 16-123-00003 | Other status | Other type | Vaughn, Jesse S |
| Russell, Chester 1 | 16-123-00004 | Other status | Other type | Vaughn, Jesse S |
| Sprowls, Doug 1a | 16-123-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vaughn, Jesse S |
| Reesor, Fraisur 2 | 16-123-00006 | Other status | Other type | Harkrider Co-Ventures |
| William, Harvey 1 | 16-123-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vaughn, Jesse S |
| Brown, Robert 1 | 16-123-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vaughn, Jesse S |
| Sherrard, Virginia 1 | 16-123-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kentucky Operating Mw, LLC |
| Miller, Verner 1 | 16-123-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Olin Gas # One |
| Brooks, Harold 1 | 16-123-00011 | Orphaned | Gas | Olin-Brooks # One: |
| Brooks, Harold 3 | 16-123-00012 | Orphaned | Gas | Olin Gas-Brooks # 3 |
| Miller, Verner 2 | 16-123-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Olin Gas # One |
| Miller, Verner 2 | 16-123-00014 | Other status | Other type | Olin Gas-Miller # 2 |
| Brooks, Harold & Miller, Vernon 4 | 16-123-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Olin Gas-Brooks & Miller # 4 |
| Miller, Verner 4 | 16-123-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Olin-Miller # 4 |
| Brooks, Harold 2 | 16-123-00017 | Orphaned | Gas | Olin Gas-Miller # 2 |
| Joel Dixon 1 | 16-123-00018 | Other status | Other type | Scott, Stuart |
| Dixon, Joel 1 | 16-123-00019 | Orphaned | Other type | Scott, Steve |
| Miller, Verner 3 | 16-123-00020 | Orphaned | Gas | Olin Gas-Brooks # 3 |
| Gardner,ferill & Read, R.L. 1 | 16-123-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pfannenstiel,lee |
| Skaggs, Cover 1 | 16-123-00022 | Orphaned | Gas | Pfannenstiel,lee |
| Read, R. L. 1 | 16-123-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pfannenstiel,lee |
| Gardner, Ferrill & Hughes, Willi 3 | 16-123-00024 | Other status | Other type | Pfannenstiel,lee |
| Gardner, Ferrill & Hughes, Willi 2 | 16-123-00025 | Other status | Other type | Pfannenstiel,lee |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 207 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 Larue County, KY?
Larue County, Kentucky has 207 catalogued oil & gas wells: 14 active, 149 plugged and 19 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Larue County?
19 wells in Larue County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 55th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Larue County are plugged?
149 of Larue County's 207 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Larue County ranks 69th with 207.
How many companies operate wells in Larue County?
95 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Larue 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 Larue County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/larue (data as of October 10, 2026).