Oil & gas wells in Cameron Parish, LA
6,432 catalogued wells in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cameron Parish, Louisiana has 6,432 catalogued oil & gas wells: 173 active (3%), 5,137 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 225 documented orphans. It ranks 10th of the 69 Louisiana parishes WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 225,728 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,432
Active
173
Plugged
5,137
Documented orphans
225
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cameron Parish?
3% of Cameron Parish's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Louisiana share of 13%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 63% statewide and 47% nationally. 344 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 225 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 6% across Louisiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 553 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cameron Parish?
By product class, 1,400 of the parish's wells (22%) are oil wells, 948 (15%) gas wells and 103 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 29% and the gas share 19%. The deepest total depth published for a Cameron Parish well is 29,000 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 Cameron Parish compare with other Louisiana parishes?
Cameron Parish has the 10th-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 15th in Louisiana.
Who operates wells in Cameron Parish?
773 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cameron 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 Cameron Parish
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Duhon 001 | 17-023-00000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J. G. Sutton Oil Co., Inc. |
| Watkins 080 | 17-023-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| J B Watkins 054 | 17-023-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| J B Watkins 058 | 17-023-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Diasu Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
| Watkins 063 | 17-023-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| T 61 Vu;j B Watkins 061 | 17-023-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| J B Watkins 067 | 17-023-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Western E&p Inc. |
| J B Watkins 081 | 17-023-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shell Western E&p Inc. |
| Bb T Ra Vu;j B Watkins 082d | 17-023-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Robertson Energy, LLC |
| Watkins 083 | 17-023-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| J B Watkins 090 | 17-023-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Diasu Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
| J B Watkins 111 | 17-023-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Western E&p Inc. |
| J B Watkins 045 | 17-023-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Western E&p Inc. |
| Mrs J B Watkins 048 | 17-023-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| J. B. Watkins 051 | 17-023-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| J B Watkins 053 | 17-023-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| J B Watkins 055 | 17-023-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| J L S Watkins 010 | 17-023-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Gulf Land Co 004 | 17-023-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Co. |
| Gulf Land Co 006 | 17-023-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Co. |
| J B Watkins 002 | 17-023-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| J B Watkins 003 | 17-023-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Watkins 032 | 17-023-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| J B Watkins 034 | 17-023-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Mrs J B Watkins 040 | 17-023-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,432 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 Cameron Parish, LA?
Cameron Parish, Louisiana has 6,432 catalogued oil & gas wells: 173 active, 5,137 plugged and 225 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cameron Parish?
225 wells in Cameron Parish, Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 15th-highest count among Louisiana parishes.
What share of wells in Cameron Parish are plugged?
5,137 of Cameron Parish's 6,432 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); Cameron Parish ranks 10th with 6,432.
How many companies operate wells in Cameron Parish?
773 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cameron 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 Cameron Parish, Louisiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/louisiana/cameron (data as of October 10, 2026).