Oil & gas wells in Oldham County, KY
69 catalogued wells in Oldham County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Oldham County, Kentucky has 69 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active (4%), 63 plugged & abandoned (91%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 80th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
69
Active
3
Plugged
63
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Oldham County?
4% of Oldham County's wells are active, 22 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 91% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Oldham County; Kentucky as a whole has 15,977. The remaining 3 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Oldham County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 41 (59%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Oldham County well is 2,496 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Oldham County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Oldham County has the 80th-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 Oldham County?
6 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Oldham 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 Oldham County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fischer, John Jr 3 | 16-185-00001 | Active | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Aldridge, Sam 1 | 16-185-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Aldridge, Sam 2 | 16-185-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 3 | 16-185-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 4 | 16-185-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 5 | 16-185-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 1 | 16-185-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 6 | 16-185-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 7 | 16-185-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 8 | 16-185-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 9 | 16-185-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 10 | 16-185-00012 | Active | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 14 | 16-185-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 15 | 16-185-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Blakemore, G R 2 | 16-185-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Clark, Joe 1 | 16-185-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Clark, Joe 1 | 16-185-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Clark, Waldo 1 | 16-185-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Clark, W 2 | 16-185-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Clore, Robert 1 | 16-185-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Duncan, L & F Alley 1 | 16-185-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Duncan, L & F Alley 2 | 16-185-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Duncan, Louise & F Alley 3 | 16-185-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Duncan, Louise 4 | 16-185-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Duncan, Louise & F Alley 5 | 16-185-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 69 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 Oldham County, KY?
Oldham County, Kentucky has 69 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active, 63 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Oldham County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Oldham County, Kentucky.
What share of wells in Oldham County are plugged?
63 of Oldham County's 69 catalogued wells (91%) 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); Oldham County ranks 80th with 69.
How many companies operate wells in Oldham County?
6 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Oldham 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 Oldham County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/oldham (data as of October 10, 2026).