Oil & gas wells in Perry County, KY
1,783 catalogued wells in Perry County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Perry County, Kentucky has 1,783 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,197 active (67%), 270 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 16 documented orphans. It ranks 38th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,783
Active
1,197
Plugged
270
Documented orphans
16
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Perry County?
67% of Perry County's wells are active, 41 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 16 wells (0.9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 300 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Perry County?
By product class, 148 of the county's wells (8%) are oil wells, 1,165 (65%) gas wells and 4 (0.2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Perry County well is 10,385 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Perry County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Perry County has the 38th-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 59th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Perry County?
73 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Perry 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 Perry County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 16-193-01453 | 16-193-01453 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Duff, J C Etal 2 | 16-193-00043 | Orphaned | Gas | Arco Expl Div Atlantic-Richfield |
| Duff, Daniel Et Al 1 | 16-193-00050 | Orphaned | Gas | B-J, Inc |
| Gray, Roy & Nelms, Mary 3 | 16-193-00014 | Orphaned | Gas | Perry Energy Co, Inc |
| Beams, Don 4 | 16-193-00278 | Orphaned | Oil | Perry Energy Co, Inc |
| Mays, Clyde 1 | 16-193-00283 | Orphaned | Gas | Perry Energy Co, Inc |
| Mays, Clyde Vp1(9) | 16-193-00022 | Orphaned | Oil | Perry Energy Co, Inc |
| Smith, Sampson 5163 | 16-193-01305 | Other status | Other type | City Of Hazard Gas Company |
| Miller, W M | 16-193-00635 | Other status | Other type | Spradlin, G C |
| Angle, Lucy 4b | 16-193-00653 | Other status | Other type | M & W Operating Co |
| Combs, Jasper 1 | 16-193-00633 | Active | Gas | Spradlin, Glenn |
| Combs, Mckinley 1 | 16-193-00630 | Active | Gas | Spradlin, Glenn |
| Engle, Larcena 3 | 16-193-01723 | Other status | Other type | Spradlin, Glenn |
| Ritchie, I B 2 | 16-193-00637 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Spradlin, Glenn Etal |
| Stamper, R D 2 | 16-193-00639 | Active | Gas | Spradlin, Glenn |
| Fugate, Earl 1 | 16-193-00632 | Active | Gas | Spradlin, Glenn |
| Combs, Gene 5 | 16-193-00036 | Other status | Other type | Hall & Combs |
| Equitable Production Com 10 | 16-193-00925 | Orphaned | Gas | West Bay Expl Co |
| Feltner, Kendrick Kf380 | 16-193-01088 | Other status | Other type | Kepco, Inc |
| Hoskins, John Kf381 | 16-193-00801 | Other status | Other type | Kepco, Inc |
| Fordson Coal Co 1661 | 16-193-01094 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Whittaker, Jack 1702 | 16-193-01158 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Jack Whitaker 1702 | 16-193-00343 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Montgomery Coal Corp 3 | 16-193-00804 | Other status | Other type | Kinzer, J W |
| Montgomery Coal Corp (Block 9) 3 | 16-193-00035 | Active | Gas | Kinzer, J W |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,783 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 Perry County, KY?
Perry County, Kentucky has 1,783 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,197 active, 270 plugged and 16 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Perry County?
16 wells in Perry County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 59th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Perry County are plugged?
270 of Perry County's 1,783 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Perry County ranks 38th with 1,783.
How many companies operate wells in Perry County?
73 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Perry 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 Perry County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/perry (data as of October 10, 2026).