Oil & gas wells in Rockcastle County, KY
134 catalogued wells in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rockcastle County, Kentucky has 134 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active (5%), 37 plugged & abandoned (28%) and 18 documented orphans. It ranks 72nd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
134
Active
7
Plugged
37
Documented orphans
18
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rockcastle County?
5% of Rockcastle County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 28% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 18 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 72 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rockcastle County?
By product class, 11 of the county's wells (8%) are oil wells, 11 (8%) gas wells and 1 (0.7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Rockcastle County well is 3,000 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 59% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Rockcastle County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Rockcastle County has the 72nd-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 57th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Rockcastle County?
61 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rockcastle County. 95% 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 Rockcastle County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faulkner, Lee 2 | 16-203-00001 | Orphaned | Oil | Faulkner, Charles |
| Norton, Dallas Et Al 1 | 16-203-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Triway Ent, Inc |
| Bradley, Frank Et Al 1 | 16-203-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Triway Ent, Inc |
| Darrell, Billy & Harold Whitaker 1 | 16-203-00004 | Orphaned | Other type | Turner, Arlis |
| Livesay, Casper & Nancy 1 | 16-203-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Ford, Sam 2 | 16-203-00006 | Orphaned | Gas | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Isaac, Oscar 2 | 16-203-00007 | Other status | Other type | Wilson, Ben Dale |
| Isaac, Oscar 1 | 16-203-00008 | Other status | Other type | Wilson, Ben Dale |
| Taylor, William 1 | 16-203-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Payne, Clyde 1 | 16-203-00010 | Orphaned | Gas | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Ford, Sammy 2 | 16-203-00011 | Orphaned | Other type | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Poynter, E H 1 | 16-203-00012 | Other status | Other type | Zito, Dr Paul |
| Bullock, Howard 1 | 16-203-00013 | Orphaned | Other type | Beard & Elam, Inc |
| Bullock, Howard 3 | 16-203-00014 | Orphaned | Other type | Morris, Richard |
| Bullock, Dessie 1 | 16-203-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beard & Elam, Inc |
| Bullock, Howard E-1 | 16-203-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Energy Development Corp |
| Waldon, Robert & Tot 1 | 16-203-00017 | Other status | Other type | Waldon, R A Dba Waldon Energy |
| Miller, Henry B 1 | 16-203-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Boone Trace Oil Co |
| Singleton, Chester 1 | 16-203-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil & Gas Exploration, Inc |
| Bullen, William K 1 | 16-203-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jasper, Wayne |
| Lair, John 1 | 16-203-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil & Gas Exploration, Inc |
| Clontz, Carl & Geraldine 1 | 16-203-00022 | Other status | Other type | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Nicely, Willie & Christine 1 | 16-203-00023 | Other status | Other type | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Clontz, Carl & Geraldine 2 | 16-203-00024 | Other status | Other type | Hunts Natural Resources, Inc |
| Pennington, Fairbanks 1 | 16-203-00025 | Other status | Other type | Beard & Elam, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 134 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 Rockcastle County, KY?
Rockcastle County, Kentucky has 134 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active, 37 plugged and 18 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rockcastle County?
18 wells in Rockcastle County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 57th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Rockcastle County are plugged?
37 of Rockcastle County's 134 catalogued wells (28%) 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); Rockcastle County ranks 72nd with 134.
How many companies operate wells in Rockcastle County?
61 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/rockcastle (data as of October 10, 2026).