Oil & gas wells in Simpson County, KY
528 catalogued wells in Simpson County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Simpson County, Kentucky has 528 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active (11%), 248 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 69 documented orphans. It ranks 56th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
528
Active
58
Plugged
248
Documented orphans
69
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Simpson County?
11% of Simpson County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 69 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 153 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Simpson County?
By product class, 113 of the county's wells (21%) are oil wells, 12 (2%) gas wells and 2 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Simpson County well is 3,672 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 82% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Simpson County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Simpson County has the 56th-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 41st in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Simpson County?
170 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Simpson County. 98% 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 Simpson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garst, Lewis 8 | 16-213-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Garst, Lewis 7 | 16-213-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Redder, Earl 4 | 16-213-00003 | Active | Oil | O K Oil Co, Inc |
| Biggs, Nolan 1 | 16-213-00004 | Active | Oil | O K Oil Co, Inc |
| Brown, Jay 2 | 16-213-00005 | Orphaned | Oil | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Biggs, Nolan 2 | 16-213-00006 | Active | Oil | O K Oil Co, Inc |
| Travelstead, L B 2 | 16-213-00007 | Active | Oil | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Brown, Jay 4 | 16-213-00008 | Orphaned | Oil | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Brown, Jay 5 | 16-213-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Brown, Jay 6 | 16-213-00010 | Orphaned | Oil | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Brown, Jay 7 | 16-213-00011 | Orphaned | Oil | Wilco Energy Corp |
| Bennett, Bobby 1 | 16-213-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Summers, Gary 1 | 16-213-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Summers, Gary 2 | 16-213-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 3 | 16-213-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 5 | 16-213-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 4 | 16-213-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 6 | 16-213-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 7 | 16-213-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 8 | 16-213-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Summers, Gary 3 | 16-213-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Deweese, Weldon (White Farm) 1 | 16-213-00022 | Orphaned | Other type | Deweese, Weldon |
| Bennett, Bobby 9 | 16-213-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 10 | 16-213-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
| Bennett, Bobby 13 | 16-213-00025 | Orphaned | Other type | Mid States Energy, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 528 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 Simpson County, KY?
Simpson County, Kentucky has 528 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active, 248 plugged and 69 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Simpson County?
69 wells in Simpson County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 41st-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Simpson County are plugged?
248 of Simpson County's 528 catalogued wells (47%) 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); Simpson County ranks 56th with 528.
How many companies operate wells in Simpson County?
170 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Simpson 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 Simpson County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/simpson (data as of October 10, 2026).