Oil & gas wells in Acadia Parish, LA
5,024 catalogued wells in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Acadia Parish, Louisiana has 5,024 catalogued oil & gas wells: 174 active (3%), 4,023 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 188 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 69 Louisiana parishes WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 225,728 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,024
Active
174
Plugged
4,023
Documented orphans
188
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Acadia Parish?
3% of Acadia Parish's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Louisiana share of 13%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 63% statewide and 47% nationally. 304 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 188 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 6% across Louisiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 335 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Acadia Parish?
By product class, 1,430 of the parish's wells (28%) are oil wells, 777 (15%) gas wells and 68 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 29% and the gas share 19%. The deepest total depth published for a Acadia Parish well is 30,494 ft, against 35,000 ft for Louisiana as a whole. 100% of the parish's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Acadia Parish compare with other Louisiana parishes?
Acadia Parish has the 14th-most catalogued wells of the 69 Louisiana parishes with at least 25. The median Louisiana parish on WellCensus has 1,502 wells. The largest, Caddo Parish, has 35,892. By documented orphans it ranks 18th in Louisiana.
Who operates wells in Acadia Parish?
760 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Acadia Parish. 100% of the parish'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 Acadia Parish
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jeannette R Haas Et Al 001 | 17-001-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| Grant Hayes 001 | 17-001-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| D Strodderd 001 | 17-001-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Gas Unit 4-V Vidrine 001 | 17-001-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Atlantic Refining Co |
| Jessie Perrodin 001 | 17-001-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Jesse Perrodin 001 | 17-001-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| L G Seale 001 | 17-001-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| J Nilas Young 001 | 17-001-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| M R Jenkins 001 | 17-001-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| Mark Jenkins Estate 001 | 17-001-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | W. W. F. Oil Corporation |
| Z F Ardoin 001 | 17-001-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Ortego A Sua; Brown 001alt. | 17-001-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arco O & G Co-Div Atl Rich Co |
| Joseph Doga 001d | 17-001-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mcgowan Working Partners |
| Alcide Fournerat 002 | 17-001-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| Calvin Ortego Etal 001 | 17-001-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eagle Oil & Gas Co. |
| Ortego A Sua;j Doga 003 | 17-001-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arco O & G Co-Div Atl Rich Co |
| Gas Unit 3 002-D | 17-001-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Inactive Operator |
| A F Guidry 001 | 17-001-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco O & G Co-Div Atl Rich Co |
| Ortego A Sua;lacombe 001 | 17-001-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arco O & G Co-Div Atl Rich Co |
| Vud;thompson 002 | 17-001-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mcgowan Working Partners |
| Tweedel Rb Su A; A.A. Young 001 | 17-001-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Expando Production Co. |
| C & R Klumpp B 002-D | 17-001-00022 | Other status | Other type | Mcgowan Working Partners, Inc. |
| C & R Klumpp B A001 | 17-001-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arco O & G Co-Div Atl Rich Co |
| H Jenkins 001 | 17-001-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Hmskr B Sub;c&r Klumpp 004 | 17-001-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arco O & G Co-Div Atl Rich Co |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Acadia Parish, LA?
Acadia Parish, Louisiana has 5,024 catalogued oil & gas wells: 174 active, 4,023 plugged and 188 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Acadia Parish?
188 wells in Acadia Parish, Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among Louisiana parishes.
What share of wells in Acadia Parish are plugged?
4,023 of Acadia Parish's 5,024 catalogued wells (80%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 63% across Louisiana.
Which Louisiana parish has the most oil and gas wells?
Caddo Parish has the most catalogued wells of any Louisiana parish on WellCensus (35,892); Acadia Parish ranks 14th with 5,024.
How many companies operate wells in Acadia Parish?
760 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
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About this data
Source: Louisiana Office of Conservation (SONRIS) 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 Acadia Parish, Louisiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/louisiana/acadia (data as of October 10, 2026).