Oil & gas wells in Union Parish, LA
8,400 catalogued wells in Union Parish, Louisiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Union Parish, Louisiana has 8,400 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,798 active (33%), 2,402 plugged & abandoned (29%) and 1,282 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 69 Louisiana parishes WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 225,728 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
8,400
Active
2,798
Plugged
2,402
Documented orphans
1,282
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Union Parish?
33% of Union Parish's wells are active, 21 percentage points above the Louisiana share of 13%. 29% are plugged & abandoned, against 63% statewide and 47% nationally. 1,072 wells (13%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1,282 wells (15%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 6% across Louisiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 846 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Union Parish?
By product class, 295 of the parish's wells (4%) are oil wells, 6,292 (75%) gas wells and 9 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 29% and the gas share 19%. The deepest total depth published for a Union Parish well is 19,698 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 Union Parish compare with other Louisiana parishes?
Union Parish has the 7th-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 2nd in Louisiana.
Who operates wells in Union Parish?
464 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Union 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 Union Parish
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exxon B 010 | 17-111-24949 | Orphaned | Gas | Luffey-Stinson Gas Corporation |
| Exxon C 001 | 17-111-24353 | Other status | Gas | Luffey-Stinson Gas Corporation |
| Exxon 23-A 007 | 17-111-20628 | Other status | Gas | Drum Energy, L.L.C. |
| E Antley G 001 | 17-111-20559 | Active | Gas | Gas Resources, Limited |
| Haile F-123 | 17-111-20838 | Shut-in | Gas | Enervest Production Partners, Ltd. |
| Union Producing Co N-162 | 17-111-20841 | Active | Gas | Enervest Production Partners, Ltd. |
| Olinkraft 003 | 17-111-20608 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ceka Gas, Div Of Gtc |
| Exxon D 009 | 17-111-24938 | Other status | Gas | Luffey-Stinson Gas Corporation |
| Minnie M Pilgreen 002 | 17-111-21129 | Orphaned | Other type | Minnie M. Pilgreen |
| Exxon H 003 | 17-111-25376 | Orphaned | Gas | Luffey-Stinson Gas Corporation |
| J T Bird 001 | 17-111-00447 | Other status | Gas | W. D. Roberson |
| J C Edwards Estate 002 | 17-111-24243 | Other status | Gas | Luffey-Stinson Gas Corporation |
| J C Edwards Estate 006 | 17-111-24656 | Other status | Gas | Luffey-Stinson Gas Corporation |
| A W Smith 001 | 17-111-02163 | Other status | Gas | W. D. Roberson |
| Ramsey Estate 001 | 17-111-24271 | Other status | Gas | La. Gas Production, L.C. |
| Terry Akin 001 | 17-111-24267 | Other status | Gas | La. Gas Production, L.C. |
| Manville 793 006 | 17-111-23894 | Orphaned | Gas | La. Gas Production, L.C. |
| Manville 32 003 | 17-111-24480 | Orphaned | Gas | Luffey-Stinson Gas Corporation |
| Exxon 11 009 | 17-111-22102 | Other status | Gas | La. Gas Production, L.C. |
| Mary E Lee 001 | 17-111-00431 | Orphaned | Gas | W. D. Roberson |
| L Hester 002 | 17-111-00903 | Orphaned | Oil | Jim W. Grier |
| Norman Et Al 001 | 17-111-20123 | Orphaned | Gas | W. D. Roberson |
| G W Love 001 | 17-111-00505 | Other status | Gas | Vernon V. Reppond |
| Annona 001 | 17-111-01239 | Other status | Gas | Annona Productions, Inc. |
| Union-Haile Bros 049 | 17-111-01320 | Other status | Gas | W. D. Roberson |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 8,400 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 Union Parish, LA?
Union Parish, Louisiana has 8,400 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,798 active, 2,402 plugged and 1,282 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Union Parish?
1,282 wells in Union Parish, Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among Louisiana parishes.
What share of wells in Union Parish are plugged?
2,402 of Union Parish's 8,400 catalogued wells (29%) 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); Union Parish ranks 7th with 8,400.
How many companies operate wells in Union Parish?
464 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Union 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 Union Parish, Louisiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/louisiana/union (data as of October 10, 2026).