Oil & gas wells in Taylor County, KY
1,375 catalogued wells in Taylor County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Taylor County, Kentucky has 1,375 catalogued oil & gas wells: 235 active (17%), 428 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 30 documented orphans. It ranks 43rd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,375
Active
235
Plugged
428
Documented orphans
30
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Taylor County?
17% of Taylor County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 30 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 681 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Taylor County?
By product class, 168 of the county's wells (12%) are oil wells, 81 (6%) gas wells and 71 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Taylor County well is 3,350 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 32% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Taylor County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Taylor County has the 43rd-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 49th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Taylor County?
366 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Taylor 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 Taylor County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silas, George F 1 | 16-217-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Walker, Clifford Tom |
| Skaggs, Ear 8 | 16-217-00002 | Orphaned | Other type | Hambree, Annie |
| Gaddie, Bobby 2 | 16-217-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Massey Energy Corp |
| Gaddie, Bobby 1 | 16-217-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Massey Energy Corp |
| Coca-Cola Of Campbellsville 1 | 16-217-00005 | Active | Gas | Coca-Cola Of Campbellsville |
| Blevins & Gorin Developers 1 | 16-217-00006 | Active | Oil | Blevins & Gorin Developers |
| Hash, Jesse T 5 | 16-217-00007 | Active | Oil | Hatfield, Randall P |
| Hedespeth, Audwin 1c | 16-217-00008 | Orphaned | Oil | Corbin, D F |
| Perkins, George 1 | 16-217-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wooley, David |
| Spear, Billy 1 | 16-217-00010 | Other status | Other type | Spear, Billy |
| Gaddie, Robert T 1 | 16-217-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, R T 2 | 16-217-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| French, Emmitt 1 | 16-217-00013 | Orphaned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Williams, Harlan 1 | 16-217-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, Bob R 1 | 16-217-00015 | Orphaned | Other type | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, Bob R 2 | 16-217-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, R T 3 | 16-217-00017 | Orphaned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, R T 5 | 16-217-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, R T 4 | 16-217-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, Bob R 3 | 16-217-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| French, Emmitt 2 | 16-217-00021 | Orphaned | Oil | Security Gas & Oil Co, Inc |
| Gaddie, Herbert 24 | 16-217-00022 | Active | Oil | Ashland Oil & Refining Co |
| Richardson, Reedy 1 | 16-217-00023 | Orphaned | Other type | Adair Oil Co |
| Pierce, Ressor 4 | 16-217-00024 | Active | Oil | American Drilling Co |
| Pierce, Ressor 5 | 16-217-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J & H Ventures |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,375 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 Taylor County, KY?
Taylor County, Kentucky has 1,375 catalogued oil & gas wells: 235 active, 428 plugged and 30 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Taylor County?
30 wells in Taylor County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 49th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Taylor County are plugged?
428 of Taylor County's 1,375 catalogued wells (31%) 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); Taylor County ranks 43rd with 1,375.
How many companies operate wells in Taylor County?
366 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Taylor 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 Taylor County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/taylor (data as of October 10, 2026).