Oil & gas wells in Warren County, KY
6,552 catalogued wells in Warren County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Warren County, Kentucky has 6,552 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,275 active (19%), 2,167 plugged & abandoned (33%) and 561 documented orphans. It ranks 10th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,552
Active
1,275
Plugged
2,167
Documented orphans
561
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Warren County?
19% of Warren County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 561 wells (9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,549 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Warren County?
By product class, 2,361 of the county's wells (36%) are oil wells, 235 (4%) gas wells and 27 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Warren County well is 4,018 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 79% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Warren County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Warren County has the 10th-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 11th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Warren County?
1,083 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Warren 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 Warren County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright, H Bothic 1 | KGS record 2040264 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Wells, Prewitt, Miller & Goff 445 | 16-129-06305 | Other status | Other type | Petroleum Exploration Co |
| Martin, Sam 1 | KGS record 2040518 | Active | Oil | Anderson & Fuller |
| Well API 16-227-04143 | 16-227-04143 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-227-03188 | 16-227-03188 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-227-03187 | 16-227-03187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-227-03997 | 16-227-03997 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kentucky Reserves, LLC |
| Well API 16-227-04465 | 16-227-04465 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-227-01689 | 16-227-01689 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Cooksey 2 | 16-207-00196 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lewis, Robert & Associates |
| Lindsey, William & Shirley 1 | 16-227-01116 | Orphaned | Other type | Thompson, Christina |
| Cooksey, Roy 19m | 16-227-00950 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Koostra, Kent 23 | 16-227-01156 | Orphaned | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Kitchens, James & Joann 6 | 16-227-00958 | Orphaned | Oil | Fannin, E J |
| Cooksey, Roy 21m | 16-227-00945 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Koostra, Kent 28 | 16-227-01706 | Orphaned | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Childress, Floy 3 | 16-227-01288 | Orphaned | Other type | Oil Quest, Ltd |
| Cooksey, Roy 27m | 16-227-00944 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Cooksey, Roy 51m | 16-227-01054 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Cline, Hobert & Billy J 1 | 16-227-01312 | Orphaned | Gas | Raymer, Nonnie |
| Cooksey, Roy 40m | 16-227-01016 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Koostra, Kent 20 | 16-227-01148 | Orphaned | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Cooksey, Roy 44m | 16-227-01014 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Cooksey, Roy 23m | 16-227-00946 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
| Cooksey, Roy 30m | 16-227-00987 | Other status | Oil | Majestic Crude Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,552 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 Warren County, KY?
Warren County, Kentucky has 6,552 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,275 active, 2,167 plugged and 561 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Warren County?
561 wells in Warren County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 11th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Warren County are plugged?
2,167 of Warren County's 6,552 catalogued wells (33%) 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); Warren County ranks 10th with 6,552.
How many companies operate wells in Warren County?
1,083 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Warren 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 Warren County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/warren (data as of October 10, 2026).