Oil & gas wells in Pike County, KY
7,059 catalogued wells in Pike County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pike County, Kentucky has 7,059 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5,183 active (73%), 929 plugged & abandoned (13%) and 22 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
7,059
Active
5,183
Plugged
929
Documented orphans
22
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pike County?
73% of Pike County's wells are active, 47 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 13% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 22 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 924 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pike County?
By product class, 91 of the county's wells (1%) are oil wells, 5,699 (81%) gas wells and 1 (0.0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Pike County well is 12,450 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Pike County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Pike County has the 7th-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 53rd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Pike County?
202 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pike 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 Pike County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 16-195-06554 | 16-195-06554 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Ashland Oil & Republic Steel 2 | 16-195-00900 | Orphaned | Gas | Lindsey & Elliott |
| Robinson, J M 1 | 16-195-00924 | Other status | Gas | Lindsey & Elliott |
| Varney, Emerson ? | 16-195-05383 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Beth Elkhorn Corp 1 | 16-195-00412 | Orphaned | Oil | Hurt, Fred P & Sons |
| Beth Elkhorn Corp 2 | 16-195-00413 | Orphaned | Oil | Hurt, Fred P & Sons |
| Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co 1 | 16-195-00409 | Orphaned | Oil | Weaver Oil & Gas Corp |
| Creek, John E 2, Gw 1251 | 16-195-00231 | Other status | Other type | Oxy USA, Inc |
| King, Phobe 1 | 16-195-02464 | Other status | Other type | Lindsey, Etal |
| Bently, Billy Et Al 3 | 16-195-02787 | Other status | Gas | Eastern Energy Corp |
| Moore, Isaac 7327 | 16-195-05130 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Bowman, J E 7 | 16-195-04967 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Ratliff, J H 6295 | 16-195-05159 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Call, J W Et Al 2 | 16-195-05035 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Hamilton, Jack J 1b | 16-195-00094 | Active | Gas | Peake Operating Co |
| Scalf, C C Kf411 | 16-195-00054 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Hunt, J D & J L 1 | 16-195-01108 | Active | Gas | Lindsey & Elliott |
| Cowpen Land Co 9 | 16-195-00063 | Active | Gas | Bob Hurt Drilling Co |
| Cowpen Land Co 5 | 16-195-00012 | Active | Gas | Bob Hurt Drilling Co |
| Cowpen Land Co 3 | 16-195-00013 | Active | Oil | Bob Hurt Drilling Co |
| Cowpen Land Co 8 | 16-195-00047 | Active | Gas | Bob Hurt Drilling Co |
| Scott, Lawyer Kl46 | 16-195-05181 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kepco, Inc |
| Burchett, Bill C & Ann 1 | 16-195-00077 | Active | Gas | Lindsey & Elliott |
| Thompson, Beatrice S Et Al Kl468 | 16-195-03372 | Other status | Other type | Kepco, Inc |
| Scott, Thadeus 1463 | 16-195-05183 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 7,059 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 Pike County, KY?
Pike County, Kentucky has 7,059 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5,183 active, 929 plugged and 22 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pike County?
22 wells in Pike County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 53rd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Pike County are plugged?
929 of Pike County's 7,059 catalogued wells (13%) 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); Pike County ranks 7th with 7,059.
How many companies operate wells in Pike County?
202 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pike 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 Pike County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/pike (data as of October 10, 2026).