Oil & gas wells in Morgan County, KY
664 catalogued wells in Morgan County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Morgan County, Kentucky has 664 catalogued oil & gas wells: 253 active (38%), 186 plugged & abandoned (28%) and 39 documented orphans. It ranks 52nd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
664
Active
253
Plugged
186
Documented orphans
39
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Morgan County?
38% of Morgan County's wells are active, 12 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 28% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 39 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 186 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Morgan County?
By product class, 90 of the county's wells (14%) are oil wells, 215 (32%) gas wells and 1 (0.2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Morgan County well is 10,012 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 79% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Morgan County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Morgan County has the 52nd-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 47th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Morgan County?
210 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Morgan 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 Morgan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickells, S C 2 | 16-175-00001 | Orphaned | Oil | Happy Pappy Oil Co |
| Finch, George 1 | 16-175-00002 | Active | Gas | Alpha Energy Corp |
| Prater, Murph, Adm Of Ora Prater 1 | 16-175-00003 | Active | Gas | Alpha Energy Corp |
| Whitley, Willie 1 | 16-175-00004 | Active | Gas | Drew Drilling, Inc |
| Johnson, Quenton 1 | 16-175-00005 | Active | Gas | Texas International Petroleum Co |
| Holbrook, Lenville & Wendell 1 | 16-175-00006 | Active | Gas | Texas International Petroleum Co |
| Carpenter, Luther & Dulcene 1 | 16-175-00007 | Active | Gas | Texas International Petroleum Co |
| Johns, Grover 1 | 16-175-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | M E Gas & Oil Corp |
| Amyx, Elizabeth Heirs 1 | 16-175-00009 | Active | Gas | Flint, Walter & Roland H Amyx |
| William, Rose 5 | 16-175-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kincheloe, Jack |
| Cantrell, Myrtle 9 | 16-175-00011 | Active | Oil | Kentucky Drilling, Inc |
| Sanders, Don 4 | 16-175-00012 | Orphaned | Oil | Peters Oil & Gas Co |
| Cantrell, Myrtle S 1 | 16-175-00013 | Active | Oil | Peters Oil & Gas Co |
| Sanders, Don 3 | 16-175-00014 | Orphaned | Oil | Peters Oil & Gas Co |
| Cantrell, Myrtle S 4 | 16-175-00015 | Active | Oil | Peters Oil & Gas Co |
| Cantrel, Carl & Deckie 2a | 16-175-00016 | Active | Oil | Peters Oil & Gas Co |
| Cantrell, Carl & Deckie 1a | 16-175-00017 | Orphaned | Oil | Peters Oil & Gas Co |
| Cantrell, Ronald & Mollie Heirs 317 | 16-175-00018 | Active | Oil | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Cantrell, Roy 1 | 16-175-00019 | Orphaned | Oil | Venture Oil Co, Inc |
| Cantrell, Ronald & Mollie Heirs 324 | 16-175-00020 | Active | Oil | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Cantrell, Lizzie 325 | 16-175-00021 | Active | Oil | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Jones, Windor 1 | 16-175-00022 | Orphaned | Other type | Wholesale Glass Fabricators, Inc |
| Cantrell, Earl Jr 334 | 16-175-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Jones, Charles 1 | 16-175-00024 | Other status | Other type | Zuhone, William Jr |
| Cantrell, B & S-R & C Lyons 1 | 16-175-00025 | Active | Oil | Venture Oil Co, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 664 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 Morgan County, KY?
Morgan County, Kentucky has 664 catalogued oil & gas wells: 253 active, 186 plugged and 39 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Morgan County?
39 wells in Morgan County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 47th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Morgan County are plugged?
186 of Morgan County's 664 catalogued wells (28%) 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); Morgan County ranks 52nd with 664.
How many companies operate wells in Morgan County?
210 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Morgan 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 Morgan County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/morgan (data as of October 10, 2026).