Oil & gas wells in Laurel County, KY
304 catalogued wells in Laurel County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Laurel County, Kentucky has 304 catalogued oil & gas wells: 88 active (29%), 75 plugged & abandoned (25%) and 37 documented orphans. It ranks 65th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
304
Active
88
Plugged
75
Documented orphans
37
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Laurel County?
29% of Laurel County's wells are active, 2 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 25% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 37 wells (12%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 104 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Laurel County?
By product class, 32 of the county's wells (11%) are oil wells, 115 (38%) 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 Laurel County well is 7,343 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Laurel County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Laurel County has the 65th-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 48th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Laurel County?
78 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Laurel 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 Laurel County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard, George Heirs 1 | 16-051-01016 | Other status | Other type | Pike Oil, Inc |
| Farris, Elvis 3 | 16-121-01464 | Active | Gas | Drillpro, Inc |
| Monhollen-Masters-Martin Unit 1 | 16-125-00001 | Active | Gas | Martin, Lohren F |
| Lay, Richard 1 | 16-125-00002 | Active | Gas | Martin, Lohren F |
| Howard, Earl 1 | 16-125-00003 | Active | Gas | Owen, E L |
| Crook, Harold Tc1 | 16-125-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Turner, Arlis |
| G & M Oil Co (Prime Oil Dev)tri) 1 | 16-125-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | V M & M Mining, Inc |
| Johnson, Dora 1 | 16-125-00006 | Orphaned | Gas | Pike Oil, Inc |
| Hicks, Melvin 1 | 16-125-00007 | Other status | Gas | Pike Oil, Inc |
| Allen, Z T Heirs 1 | 16-125-00008 | Active | Gas | Pike Oil, Inc |
| Benge, Mona & Bessie 1 | 16-125-00009 | Orphaned | Gas | Pike Oil, Inc |
| Mullins, Leonard 1 | 16-125-00011 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Howard, Earl 1 | 16-125-00012 | Orphaned | Gas | V M & M Mining, Inc |
| Howard, Earl 2 | 16-125-00013 | Active | Gas | V M & M Mining, Inc |
| Osborne, Clifford 1 | 16-125-00014 | Active | Gas | Welch Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Osborne, Clifford 2 | 16-125-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Welch Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Osborne, Clifford 3 | 16-125-00016 | Active | Gas | Welch Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Taylor, Robert 1 | 16-125-00017 | Other status | Gas | V M & M Mining, Inc |
| Leach, Junior 1 | 16-125-00018 | Orphaned | Gas | V M & M Mining, Inc |
| Hoskins, Estill 1 | 16-125-00019 | Active | Gas | Ramco Oil & Gas Corp |
| Osborne, Clifford 5 | 16-125-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Welch Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Ison, Claude 1 | 16-125-00021 | Active | Gas | Ramco Oil & Gas Corp |
| Keene, Mildred 1 | 16-125-00022 | Active | Gas | Summit Energy Resources, Inc |
| Smith-Gilbert-Bruner Unit 1 | 16-125-00023 | Active | Gas | Ramco Oil & Gas Corp |
| Lawson, Albert 2 | 16-125-00024 | Active | Gas | Ramco Oil & Gas Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 304 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 Laurel County, KY?
Laurel County, Kentucky has 304 catalogued oil & gas wells: 88 active, 75 plugged and 37 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Laurel County?
37 wells in Laurel County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 48th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Laurel County are plugged?
75 of Laurel County's 304 catalogued wells (25%) 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); Laurel County ranks 65th with 304.
How many companies operate wells in Laurel County?
78 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Laurel 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 Laurel County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/laurel (data as of October 10, 2026).