Oil & gas wells in Oceana County, MI
1,483 catalogued wells in Oceana County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Oceana County, Michigan has 1,483 catalogued oil & gas wells: 28 active (2%), 218 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,483
Active
28
Plugged
218
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Oceana County?
2% of Oceana County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 12 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Oceana County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 1,225 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Oceana 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 Oceana County well is 8,071 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 Oceana County compare with other Michigan counties?
Oceana County has the 21st-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.
Who operates wells in Oceana County?
261 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Oceana 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 Oceana County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Paulsen 1 | 21-127-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil And Refining Co Now Exxon |
| Mears, Carrie 1 | 21-127-00068 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duvall Edward |
| Mears, Carrie 2 | 21-127-00167 | Other status | Other type | Duvall Edward |
| Beem 1 | 21-127-00182 | Other status | Other type | Shuler W W And Brooks E S And Jetter C W |
| Snow 1 | 21-127-00220 | Other status | Other type | Penn Oil And Gas Co |
| Veenstra 1 | 21-127-00322 | Other status | Other type | Decum Development Co |
| Fiel 1 | 21-127-00393 | Other status | Other type | Duvall Edward |
| Zavel 1 | 21-127-00396 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Burmeister 1 | 21-127-00501 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Kinster 1 | 21-127-00502 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Shaw 1 | 21-127-00503 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Darlington 1 | 21-127-00555 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sankey Oil And Gas Co |
| Boone 1 | 21-127-00572 | Other status | Other type | Muskegon Oil Corp |
| Vanderwaal 1 | 21-127-00631 | Other status | Other type | Oceana Oil Corp |
| Iroquois 1 | 21-127-00648 | Other status | Other type | Iroquois Oil Co |
| Sippy 1 | 21-127-00687 | Other status | Other type | Johnson Oil Refining Co |
| Ranch, Stewart 1 | 21-127-00728 | Other status | Other type | Teater C W |
| Schultz 1 | 21-127-00791 | Other status | Other type | Duvall Edward |
| Sippy 2 | 21-127-00793 | Other status | Other type | Johnson Oil Refining Co |
| Skidmore 1 | 21-127-00885 | Other status | Other type | Red Rock Oil And Gas Co |
| Iroquois Oil Company 2 | 21-127-00894 | Other status | Other type | North American Trust Co |
| Sippy 1 | 21-127-00948 | Other status | Other type | Johnson Oil Refining Co |
| Sipple, C. J. Co. 1 | 21-127-01072 | Other status | Other type | Fruitvale Land And Lot Owners |
| Curtis 1 | 21-127-01148 | Other status | Other type | Duvall Edward |
| Freedman & Strauss 1 | 21-127-01172 | Other status | Other type | Fruitvale Land And Lot Owners |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,483 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 Oceana County, MI?
Oceana County, Michigan has 1,483 catalogued oil & gas wells: 28 active, 218 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Oceana County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Oceana County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Oceana County are plugged?
218 of Oceana County's 1,483 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Oceana County ranks 21st with 1,483.
How many companies operate wells in Oceana County?
261 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Oceana 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 Oceana County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/oceana (data as of October 10, 2026).