Oil & gas wells in Pulaski County, KY
786 catalogued wells in Pulaski County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pulaski County, Kentucky has 786 catalogued oil & gas wells: 51 active (6%), 556 plugged & abandoned (71%) and 53 documented orphans. It ranks 49th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
786
Active
51
Plugged
556
Documented orphans
53
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pulaski County?
6% of Pulaski County's wells are active, 20 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 53 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 126 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pulaski County?
By product class, 82 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 148 (19%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Pulaski County well is 8,868 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Pulaski County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Pulaski County has the 49th-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 45th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Pulaski County?
184 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumphrey, Cecil 2 | 16-053-03721 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pumphrey, Clarence |
| Sears, Marlow 3 | 16-199-00001 | Orphaned | Oil | Smith, James E |
| Sears, Marlow 3 | 16-199-00002 | Orphaned | Oil | Benz Oil Corp |
| Sears, Marlow 4 | 16-199-00003 | Orphaned | Oil | Benz Oil Corp |
| Phillips, John 1 | 16-199-00004 | Active | Gas | Grider, Arthur & Blanche |
| Phelps, Kenneth E 4 | 16-199-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phelps, Kenneth E |
| Sears, Marlow 1 | 16-199-00006 | Orphaned | Oil | Foreman-Oexner-Smith |
| Hart, Elmer 1 | 16-199-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gooch, C L |
| Pleasant, C 1 | 16-199-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Gooch, C L |
| Dalton, Leonard 2 | 16-199-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sitter Drilling, Inc |
| Hamilton, Harold 3 | 16-199-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sitter Drilling, Inc |
| Adkins, William 1 | 16-199-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thorobred Energy Cons Mgmt Corp |
| Ping, Roy 1 | 16-199-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Oreky Oil & Gas Corp |
| Dalton, Leonard & Edna 2 | 16-199-00013 | Orphaned | Oil | Sandco Petroleum Corp |
| Dalton, Leonard & Edna 3 | 16-199-00014 | Orphaned | Oil | Sandco Petroleum Corp |
| Dalton, Leonard & Edna 4 | 16-199-00015 | Orphaned | Oil | Sandco Petroleum Corp |
| Arthur, Lincoln 2 | 16-199-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Whitley County Oil, Ltd |
| Arthur, Lincoln 4 | 16-199-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Whitley County Oil, Ltd |
| Arthur, Lincoln 1 | 16-199-00018 | Orphaned | Other type | Sutton, Herbert |
| Hamilton, Harold 1 | 16-199-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sitter Drilling, Inc |
| Dalton, Leonard 1 | 16-199-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sitter Drilling, Inc |
| Hamilton, Harold 2 | 16-199-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sitter Drilling, Inc |
| Hamilton, Harold 4 | 16-199-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sitter Drilling, Inc |
| Phelps, Kenneth E 2 | 16-199-00023 | Orphaned | Other type | Hercules Of Indiana |
| Phelps, Kenneth E 3 | 16-199-00024 | Orphaned | Other type | Hercules Of Indiana |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 786 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 Pulaski County, KY?
Pulaski County, Kentucky has 786 catalogued oil & gas wells: 51 active, 556 plugged and 53 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pulaski County?
53 wells in Pulaski County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 45th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Pulaski County are plugged?
556 of Pulaski County's 786 catalogued wells (71%) 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); Pulaski County ranks 49th with 786.
How many companies operate wells in Pulaski County?
184 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/pulaski (data as of October 10, 2026).