Oil & gas wells in Grant Parish, LA
1,307 catalogued wells in Grant Parish, Louisiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Grant Parish, Louisiana has 1,307 catalogued oil & gas wells: 97 active (7%), 925 plugged & abandoned (71%) and 66 documented orphans. It ranks 39th of the 69 Louisiana parishes WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 225,728 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,307
Active
97
Plugged
925
Documented orphans
66
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Grant Parish?
7% of Grant Parish's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Louisiana share of 13%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 63% statewide and 47% nationally. 29 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 66 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 6% across Louisiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 190 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Grant Parish?
By product class, 318 of the parish's wells (24%) are oil wells, 19 (1%) gas wells and 20 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 29% and the gas share 19%. The deepest total depth published for a Grant Parish well is 20,000 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 Grant Parish compare with other Louisiana parishes?
Grant Parish has the 39th-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 35th in Louisiana.
Who operates wells in Grant Parish?
139 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Grant 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 Grant Parish
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Riggs 001 | 17-043-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Riggs 002 | 17-043-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. L. Rambo |
| Riggs 001 | 17-043-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Arch Riggs 001 | 17-043-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| L & A Oil Co 006 | 17-043-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| L & A Oil Co 008 A | 17-043-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| L & A Oil Co 003 | 17-043-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| L & A Oil Co 004 | 17-043-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| J D Wooten 001 | 17-043-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| L C Swope B-1 | 17-043-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Capps-Grisham 001 | 17-043-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| L & A Oil Co 002 | 17-043-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| Mcconthy 001 | 17-043-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| G H White 001 | 17-043-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| G D Guin 001 | 17-043-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Foster Investment Corp 001 | 17-043-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Sweat 001 | 17-043-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| L & A Oil Co 005 | 17-043-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| Forrester 001 | 17-043-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| L & A Oil Co 013 A | 17-043-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co. |
| Mayson 001 | 17-043-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Swope 001 | 17-043-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Tremont Lbr Co A-8 | 17-043-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Justiss-Mears Oil Co., Inc. |
| J O Harrison 001 | 17-043-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Swope 001 | 17-043-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,307 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 Grant Parish, LA?
Grant Parish, Louisiana has 1,307 catalogued oil & gas wells: 97 active, 925 plugged and 66 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Grant Parish?
66 wells in Grant Parish, Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 35th-highest count among Louisiana parishes.
What share of wells in Grant Parish are plugged?
925 of Grant Parish's 1,307 catalogued wells (71%) 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); Grant Parish ranks 39th with 1,307.
How many companies operate wells in Grant Parish?
139 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Grant 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 Grant Parish, Louisiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/louisiana/grant (data as of October 10, 2026).