Oil & gas wells in Kent County, MI
995 catalogued wells in Kent County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kent County, Michigan has 995 catalogued oil & gas wells: 146 active (15%), 101 plugged & abandoned (10%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 36th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
995
Active
146
Plugged
101
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kent County?
15% of Kent County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 736 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kent 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 Kent County well is 8,650 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 Kent County compare with other Michigan counties?
Kent County has the 36th-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 17th in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Kent County?
263 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kent 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 Kent County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Poortvliet 1 | 21-081-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Anna Mason 1 | 21-081-00004 | Other status | Other type | Lenoran Petroleum Co |
| Sam Newhouse 1 | 21-081-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fisher Mccall Oil And Gas Inc |
| Coeling, J. P. 1 | 21-081-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grey Petroleum Inc |
| Blanchard 1 | 21-081-00063 | Other status | Other type | Schulte Paul |
| Marshall Supply Well 2 | 21-081-00068 | Active | Other type | Crestwood Services LLC |
| Berlin State Bank 1-W | 21-081-00104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Smith Petroleum Co |
| Cities Service Fee 1 | 21-081-00117 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Fee 2 | 21-081-00118 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Fee 3-Bd | 21-081-00130 | Other status | Other type | Cities Service Oil And Gas Corp |
| Cities Service Oil Co Lpg 6 | 21-081-00131 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Earley, G. 1 | 21-081-00154 | Other status | Other type | Mid Continent Development Co Inc |
| Alto Propane Storage Fee 2 Swd | 21-081-00156 | Active | Other type | Crestwood Services LLC |
| Gould 1 | 21-081-00271 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kenyon Co |
| Brine Supply Well 1 | 21-081-00458 | Active | Other type | Crestwood Services LLC |
| Cordes 1 | 21-081-00526 | Other status | Other type | Reed J Brooke |
| Perrington 1 | 21-081-00570 | Other status | Other type | Gallagher R W |
| Godfrey, Freeman S. 1 | 21-081-00720 | Other status | Other type | Grand Rapids Artesian Well Co |
| Schondelmayer 1 | 21-081-00773 | Other status | Other type | Lang W E And Shriver M W |
| Bullis 1 | 21-081-00785 | Other status | Other type | Dillion And Mcfredrick |
| Aldrich 1 | 21-081-02253 | Other status | Other type | Bryan And Martin |
| Burgess, George 3 | 21-081-02305 | Other status | Other type | Ide Oil And Gas Corp |
| Kallinger 1 | 21-081-02439 | Other status | Other type | Lowell Development Co |
| Lewis 1 | 21-081-02672 | Other status | Other type | National Minerals Corp |
| Smith, A. H. 1 | 21-081-02784 | Other status | Other type | Barton James H |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 995 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 Kent County, MI?
Kent County, Michigan has 995 catalogued oil & gas wells: 146 active, 101 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kent County?
2 wells in Kent County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 17th-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Kent County are plugged?
101 of Kent County's 995 catalogued wells (10%) 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); Kent County ranks 36th with 995.
How many companies operate wells in Kent County?
263 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kent 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 Kent County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/kent (data as of October 10, 2026).