Oil & gas wells in Powell County, KY
2,143 catalogued wells in Powell County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Powell County, Kentucky has 2,143 catalogued oil & gas wells: 373 active (17%), 318 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 667 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,143
Active
373
Plugged
318
Documented orphans
667
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Powell County?
17% of Powell County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 667 wells (31%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 785 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Powell County?
By product class, 783 of the county's wells (37%) are oil wells, 88 (4%) gas wells and 280 (13%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Powell County well is 6,081 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 Powell County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Powell County has the 32nd-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 7th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Powell County?
167 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Powell County. 85% 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 Powell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prewitt-Miller-Goff 26-X | 16-065-00130 | Active | Oil | Petroleum Exploration Co |
| Prewiit-Miller-Goff 27-X | 16-065-00132 | Active | Oil | Petroleum Exploration Co |
| Sutton, Gourle & Mcdaniels 45 | 16-129-01620 | Active | Oil | Petroleum Exploration |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 22w | 16-197-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 4) 4w | 16-197-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 4) 5w | 16-197-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 4) 6w | 16-197-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 4) 7w | 16-197-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 4) 9w | 16-197-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 4) 10w | 16-197-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 13w | 16-197-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 14w | 16-197-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 15w | 16-197-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 18w | 16-197-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Petroleum Exploration Co, Inc |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 23w | 16-197-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 24w | 16-197-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 26w | 16-197-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 27w | 16-197-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 17w | 16-197-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 4) 3w | 16-197-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 1ax | 16-197-00018 | Active | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Miller-Prewitt-Goff (Tr 3) 28w | 16-197-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Drake, P Y Da12w | 16-197-00020 | Orphaned | Injection | Compass Development Co, Inc |
| Drake, P Y Po4w | 16-197-00021 | Orphaned | Injection | Compass Development Co, Inc |
| Drake, P Y Kp5w | 16-197-00022 | Orphaned | Injection | Compass Development Co, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,143 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 Powell County, KY?
Powell County, Kentucky has 2,143 catalogued oil & gas wells: 373 active, 318 plugged and 667 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Powell County?
667 wells in Powell County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 7th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Powell County are plugged?
318 of Powell County's 2,143 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); Powell County ranks 32nd with 2,143.
How many companies operate wells in Powell County?
167 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Powell 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 Powell County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/powell (data as of October 10, 2026).