Oil & gas wells in Webster County, KY
3,691 catalogued wells in Webster County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Webster County, Kentucky has 3,691 catalogued oil & gas wells: 744 active (20%), 1,843 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 272 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,691
Active
744
Plugged
1,843
Documented orphans
272
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Webster County?
20% of Webster County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 272 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 832 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Webster County?
By product class, 1,243 of the county's wells (34%) are oil wells, 96 (3%) gas wells and 119 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Webster County well is 15,200 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 88% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Webster County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Webster County has the 20th-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 21st in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Webster County?
705 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Webster County. 96% 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 Webster County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tapp, R G 2 | 16-059-00486 | Active | Oil | Ryan Oil Co |
| Allen, V H 1 | 16-059-01254 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Engle, George S |
| Skinner, John 1 | 16-059-01608 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rusher, Phillip |
| Ward, Chas Wm 1 | 16-085-00484 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Preston & Phillips |
| Strum, Naomi 29 | 16-101-01563 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Browning, Iley & Sons |
| Knight, Elloitt, Heirs 1-N | 16-101-01695 | Orphaned | Other type | Nueve Oil Co |
| Allen, Edgar 2 | 16-101-03207 | Other status | Other type | Meyer, F W Jr |
| Tapp, L M 3 | 16-101-04325 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Powell, J R |
| Hatley, Gladys 1 | 16-107-00025 | Active | Gas | Antares Oil Corp |
| Cates, Robert 1 | 16-107-00716 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walton & Pledger |
| Cottingham-Newton, Et Al 1 | 16-107-02778 | Active | Oil | Har-Ken Agent Ok, Ltd |
| Dixon, James A 2-A | 16-225-00645 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Engle, George S |
| Warren, B O 4 | 16-225-01174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duncan, Walter |
| Camp Breckinridge Tr 8 N16 | 16-233-00001 | Active | Oil | Texaco, Inc |
| Camp Breckinridge Tr 8 N18 | 16-233-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco, Inc |
| Camp Breckinridge Tr 8 O17 | 16-233-00003 | Active | Oil | Texaco, Inc |
| Camp Breckinridge Tr 8 Aa4w | 16-233-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texaco, Inc |
| Tapp, Lillian W1 | 16-233-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Powell, J R |
| Tapp, Milton Heirs 1a | 16-233-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stanonis, Frank L |
| Tapp, Milton Heirs 5 | 16-233-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Milton Tapp Heirs 4m | 16-233-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Sellers, I 1 | 16-233-00010 | Active | Oil | Beeson, Richard W |
| Tapp, Milton Heirs 12m | 16-233-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Sellers, I 2 | 16-233-00012 | Active | Oil | Beeson, Richard W |
| Tapp, Milton Heirs 13m | 16-233-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Webster County, KY?
Webster County, Kentucky has 3,691 catalogued oil & gas wells: 744 active, 1,843 plugged and 272 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Webster County?
272 wells in Webster County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 21st-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Webster County are plugged?
1,843 of Webster County's 3,691 catalogued wells (50%) 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); Webster County ranks 20th with 3,691.
How many companies operate wells in Webster County?
705 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Webster 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 Webster County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/webster (data as of October 10, 2026).