Oil & gas wells in Webster Parish, LA
4,380 catalogued wells in Webster Parish, Louisiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Webster Parish, Louisiana has 4,380 catalogued oil & gas wells: 690 active (16%), 2,616 plugged & abandoned (60%) and 265 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 69 Louisiana parishes WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 225,728 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,380
Active
690
Plugged
2,616
Documented orphans
265
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Webster Parish?
16% of Webster Parish's wells are active, 3 percentage points above the Louisiana share of 13%. 60% are plugged & abandoned, against 63% statewide and 47% nationally. 424 wells (10%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 265 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 6% across Louisiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 385 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Webster Parish?
By product class, 1,313 of the parish's wells (30%) are oil wells, 1,162 (27%) gas wells and 114 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 29% and the gas share 19%. The deepest total depth published for a Webster Parish well is 30,000 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 Webster Parish compare with other Louisiana parishes?
Webster Parish has the 18th-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 13th in Louisiana.
Who operates wells in Webster Parish?
473 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Webster 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 Webster Parish
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha Ra Su120;jmd Land 31-30 Hc 001 | 17-015-25343 | Active | Gas | Adamas Energy LLC |
| F F Meadows Etal 001 | 17-119-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Gilmer-Winford 001 | 17-119-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Cheatham 001 | 17-119-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Montgomery A-1 | 17-119-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith Operating & Mgmt Co |
| Montgomery A-2 | 17-119-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith Operating & Mgmt Co |
| Jesse L Boucher 001 | 17-119-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| F W Obier 001 | 17-119-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| J E Harvey B-1 | 17-119-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| J E Harvey B-2 | 17-119-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| Springhill Unit 001 | 17-119-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| Springhill Unit 3 003 | 17-119-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Springhill Unit 004 | 17-119-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| W A Griffin 001 | 17-119-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith Operating & Mgmt Co |
| Boucher-Slack 001 | 17-119-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| W A Griffin 001 | 17-119-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| W A Griffin 002 | 17-119-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Springhill Unit 002 | 17-119-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Mattie Grafton 002 | 17-119-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| W R Garrett Swd 001 | 17-119-00020 | Other status | Other type | G & G Oil Company |
| E F Herrington B-1 | 17-119-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| E F Herrington 001 | 17-119-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
| Mattie Grafton 001 | 17-119-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Melvin Boucher 001 | 17-119-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Gladys Braley 001 | 17-119-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,380 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 Webster Parish, LA?
Webster Parish, Louisiana has 4,380 catalogued oil & gas wells: 690 active, 2,616 plugged and 265 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Webster Parish?
265 wells in Webster Parish, Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Louisiana parishes.
What share of wells in Webster Parish are plugged?
2,616 of Webster Parish's 4,380 catalogued wells (60%) 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); Webster Parish ranks 18th with 4,380.
How many companies operate wells in Webster Parish?
473 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Webster 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 Webster Parish, Louisiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/louisiana/webster (data as of October 10, 2026).