Oil & gas wells in Russell County, KY
1,740 catalogued wells in Russell County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Russell County, Kentucky has 1,740 catalogued oil & gas wells: 96 active (6%), 1,131 plugged & abandoned (65%) and 99 documented orphans. It ranks 39th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,740
Active
96
Plugged
1,131
Documented orphans
99
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Russell County?
6% of Russell County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 65% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 99 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 414 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Russell County?
By product class, 413 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 11 (0.6%) 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 Russell County well is 3,000 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Russell County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Russell County has the 39th-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 36th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Russell County?
340 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Russell 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 Russell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles, Shawn G1 | 16-207-01533 | Orphaned | Other type | Nortiurik Oil, LLC |
| Shell, Sandra & Roy 4 | 16-207-01436 | Orphaned | Oil | Kentucky Energy Associates, LLC |
| Holt, Earl 1 | 16-207-00364 | Other status | Other type | Burton Enterprises, Inc |
| Well API 16-207-01574 | 16-207-01574 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-207-01627 | 16-207-01627 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Coffey Heirs 1 | 16-207-01087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Coffey Sisters 1 | 16-207-01090 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Keller, Ruth & Irene Reynolds 1z | 16-207-01319 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson, Willard L |
| Keller, Ruth & Irene Reynolds 2z | 16-207-01320 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Johnson, Willard L |
| Green, Norman 1 | 16-207-01148 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moore Oil Co |
| Lawless, Mervin 1 | 16-207-01227 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parrish, Robert |
| Buster, Jimmy N 1 | 16-207-01066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller, Jack B |
| Lawless, Mervin 1 | 16-207-01222 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parrish, Robert |
| Lawless, Murvin 1-B | 16-207-01231 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ryan Oil Co |
| Blakey, W C 1 | 16-207-01055 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grider, Arthur |
| Flanagan, Joyce M 1 | 16-207-01121 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pioneer Energies, Inc |
| Hay, Norbert 1 | 16-207-00124 | Other status | Other type | Hay, Norbert |
| Miller, Effie 1 | 16-207-01277 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parrish, Robert |
| Miller, Jack B 1 | 16-207-01288 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J & H Oil, Inc |
| Smith, Cameron 1 | 16-207-01331 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parrish, Robert |
| Campbell, C H 3 | 16-207-00277 | Active | Oil | Moore, George |
| Blakey Brothers 1 | 16-207-00235 | Orphaned | Oil | Petroleum Management Of Ms |
| Miller, Effie 1 | 16-207-01275 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baxter, F R |
| Campbell, Charles 1 | 16-207-01067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tamblyn, R B |
| Miller, Effie 2 | 16-207-01276 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baxter, F R |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,740 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 Russell County, KY?
Russell County, Kentucky has 1,740 catalogued oil & gas wells: 96 active, 1,131 plugged and 99 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Russell County?
99 wells in Russell County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 36th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Russell County are plugged?
1,131 of Russell County's 1,740 catalogued wells (65%) 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); Russell County ranks 39th with 1,740.
How many companies operate wells in Russell County?
340 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Russell 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 Russell County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/russell (data as of October 10, 2026).