Oil & gas wells in Rapides Parish, LA
1,394 catalogued wells in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rapides Parish, Louisiana has 1,394 catalogued oil & gas wells: 132 active (9%), 1,014 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 92 documented orphans. It ranks 38th of the 69 Louisiana parishes WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 225,728 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,394
Active
132
Plugged
1,014
Documented orphans
92
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rapides Parish?
9% of Rapides Parish's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Louisiana share of 13%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 63% statewide and 47% nationally. 38 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 92 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 6% across Louisiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 118 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rapides Parish?
By product class, 357 of the parish's wells (26%) are oil wells, 17 (1%) gas wells and 114 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 29% and the gas share 19%. The deepest total depth published for a Rapides Parish well is 22,500 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 Rapides Parish compare with other Louisiana parishes?
Rapides Parish has the 38th-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 32nd in Louisiana.
Who operates wells in Rapides Parish?
223 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Lbr Co 003 | 17-079-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| Bentley Trust 2 Et Al A-1 | 17-079-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | La. Land & Expl. Co. |
| Bentley 001 | 17-079-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| J A Bentley Lbr Co 001 | 17-079-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Bentley 005 | 17-079-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Bentley Lumber Co 010 | 17-079-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| J A Bentley Jr 2 Et Al A-3 | 17-079-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | La. Land & Expl. Co. |
| J A Bentley Tr 2 Et Al A-4 | 17-079-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | La. Land & Expl. Co. |
| Bentley Trust 2 A-5 | 17-079-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Bentley Trust #2 A-2 | 17-079-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | La. Land & Expl. Co. |
| Bentley Lbr Co 001 | 17-079-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| Bently Lumber Co 008 | 17-079-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| Bentley Lbr Co 001 | 17-079-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Bentley Lbr Co 001 | 17-079-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Placid Oil Company |
| Bentley Lbr Co /A/ 001 | 17-079-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Bently Lumber Co 007 | 17-079-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| Bentley Lbr Co 002 | 17-079-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| J Bentley Tr-2 Etal C-1 | 17-079-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Bentley Lumber Co 009 | 17-079-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| Bentley 002 | 17-079-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Bentley Lumber Co 005 | 17-079-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Crow |
| Bentley Lumber Company 001 | 17-079-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Weeter Mark 002 | 17-079-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Wettermark 003 | 17-079-00024 | Other status | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Wettermark 001 | 17-079-00025 | Other status | Other type | Inactive Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,394 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 Rapides Parish, LA?
Rapides Parish, Louisiana has 1,394 catalogued oil & gas wells: 132 active, 1,014 plugged and 92 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rapides Parish?
92 wells in Rapides Parish, Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 32nd-highest count among Louisiana parishes.
What share of wells in Rapides Parish are plugged?
1,014 of Rapides Parish's 1,394 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Rapides Parish ranks 38th with 1,394.
How many companies operate wells in Rapides Parish?
223 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish, Louisiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/louisiana/rapides (data as of October 10, 2026).