Oil & gas wells in Arenac County, MI
1,096 catalogued wells in Arenac County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Arenac County, Michigan has 1,096 catalogued oil & gas wells: 225 active (21%), 187 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,096
Active
225
Plugged
187
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Arenac County?
21% of Arenac County's wells are active, 4 percentage points above the Michigan share of 17%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 23 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 658 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Arenac County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 0% and the gas share 0%. The deepest total depth published for a Arenac County well is 15,514 ft, against 27,242 ft for Michigan as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Arenac County compare with other Michigan counties?
Arenac County has the 32nd-most catalogued wells of the 81 Michigan counties with at least 25. The median Michigan county on WellCensus has 820 wells. The largest, Otsego County, has 5,579. By documented orphans it ranks 13th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Arenac County?
234 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Arenac County. 100% of the county'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 Arenac County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Klenk Bd1 | 21-011-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Basin Oil Co |
| John Wosniak 9 | 21-011-00050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lease Management Inc |
| Gilbert, P.J. Estate 1 | 21-011-00454 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Voorhees V M and Sovereign W J |
| Proulx 1 | 21-011-01817 | Other status | Other type | Smith Maynard L |
| Lockard & Dudley 1 | 21-011-01868 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lupher Drilling Co |
| Sheffer 1 | 21-011-02041 | Other status | Other type | Oil States Corp And Mcintosh J W |
| State Bank Of Standish 1 | 21-011-02113 | Other status | Other type | Oak Oil Co |
| Buffalo Land Company 1 | 21-011-02229 | Other status | Other type | Tamblyn R B And Martindale |
| Milne 1 | 21-011-02313 | Other status | Other type | Sovereign W J |
| Heath 1 | 21-011-02367 | Other status | Other type | Mcclanahan Oil Co |
| Stohaszynski 1 | 21-011-02412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Czaczkowski Anthony |
| Griffin, Frank J. (Abandoned) 1 | 21-011-03105 | Other status | Other type | Arenac Oil And Gas Co |
| Kahayda, J. 1 | 21-011-03107 | Other status | Other type | Red Man Oil Co |
| Clukey, Sarah 1 | 21-011-03158 | Other status | Other type | Douglass Fred M |
| Mutch, J. O. 1 | 21-011-03404 | Other status | Other type | Caldwell T F |
| Buffalo Land Co 1 | 21-011-03465 | Active | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| Mutch, J. 1 | 21-011-03527 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gordon Oil Co |
| Seignious, Charles W. Jr. 1 | 21-011-03543 | Other status | Other type | Mee Alice |
| Mee, W. C. 1 | 21-011-03556 | Other status | Other type | Sterling Drilling Co |
| Kaiander Markus 1 | 21-011-03558 | Active | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| Fisk 1 | 21-011-03619 | Other status | Other type | Leonard Vester Oil Co Inc |
| Packer J. M. 1 | 21-011-03687 | Other status | Other type | American Drilling Co |
| State Of Michigan 1 | 21-011-03688 | Other status | Other type | Petroleum Corp Of Michigan |
| Crandall S S 1 | 21-011-03689 | Active | Other type | Miller Energy Company Ii LLC |
| Peavy, Burton G. 1 | 21-011-03698 | Other status | Other type | Caldwell T F |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,096 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 Arenac County, MI?
Arenac County, Michigan has 1,096 catalogued oil & gas wells: 225 active, 187 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Arenac County?
3 wells in Arenac County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Arenac County are plugged?
187 of Arenac County's 1,096 catalogued wells (17%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 16% across Michigan.
Which Michigan county has the most oil and gas wells?
Otsego County has the most catalogued wells of any Michigan county on WellCensus (5,579); Arenac County ranks 32nd with 1,096.
How many companies operate wells in Arenac County?
234 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Arenac County, Michigan.
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About this data
Source: Michigan EGLE 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 Arenac County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/arenac (data as of October 10, 2026).