How many oil and gas wells are in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 4,484 catalogued oil & gas wells on WellCensus: 0 active, 0 plugged & abandoned and 4,484 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells does Louisiana have?

4,484 wells in Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record.

Oil & gas wells in Louisiana

4,484 catalogued wellbores in Louisiana.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Derived from public data sources.

Coverage note: Louisianarecords currently come from the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory only — the state’s own registry (active and plugged wells, operators, dates) hasn’t been ingested yet. Counts below understate the true well population.

Catalogued wells

4,484

Active

Plugged

Documented orphans

4,484

Counties in Louisiana

Counties with 25 or more catalogued wells.