Oil & gas wells in Wayne County, MI
572 catalogued wells in Wayne County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Wayne County, Michigan has 572 catalogued oil & gas wells: 28 active (5%), 195 plugged & abandoned (34%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 45th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
572
Active
28
Plugged
195
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Wayne County?
5% of Wayne County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 34% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Wayne County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 349 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Wayne 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 Wayne County well is 8,830 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 Wayne County compare with other Michigan counties?
Wayne County has the 45th-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 Wayne County?
95 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennwalt 29 | 21-163-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennwalt Corp |
| Pennwalt 30 | 21-163-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennwalt Corp |
| Pennwalt 31 | 21-163-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennwalt Corp |
| Pennwalt 32 | 21-163-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennwalt Corp |
| Pennwalt 15 | 21-163-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atochem North America |
| Pennwalt 6 | 21-163-00048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennwalt Corp |
| Pennwalt 4 | 21-163-00049 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennwalt Corp |
| Mainland Hennepin 61 | 21-163-00055 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B A S F Wyandotte Corp |
| Mainland Hennepin 70 | 21-163-00056 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B A S F Wyandotte Corp |
| Mainland Hennepin 74 | 21-163-00057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B A S F Wyandotte Corp |
| Disposal Well 1 | 21-163-00069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Detroit Coke Corp |
| Sun-Inkster Disposal 1 | 21-163-00075 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Exploration And Production Co |
| Sun-Inkster Disposal 2 | 21-163-00095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Exploration And Production Co |
| Sun-Inkster Disposal 3 | 21-163-00096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Exploration And Production Co |
| Ford Disposal Deep Well D-1 | 21-163-00105 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ford Motor Co |
| Sun Inkster Disposal 4 | 21-163-00124 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Exploration And Production Co |
| Ford Motor Company Wsw 1 | 21-163-00126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Scony-Mobile Bd 1 | 21-163-00133 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc |
| Phillips Petroleum Company Bd-1 | 21-163-00134 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co |
| Phillips Petroleum Company Bd-2 | 21-163-00135 | Other status | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co |
| Ford Motor Company Wsw 2 | 21-163-00137 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Ford Motor Company Wsw 3 | 21-163-00138 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Ford Motor Company Wsw 4 | 21-163-00143 | Other status | Other type | Marathon Oil Company |
| Mobil Oil Corporation Bd2 | 21-163-00145 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxonmobil Oil Corp |
| Marathon Oil Co. (Woodhaven) Bd1 | 21-163-00146 | Active | Other type | Marathon Pipe Line LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 572 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 Wayne County, MI?
Wayne County, Michigan has 572 catalogued oil & gas wells: 28 active, 195 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Wayne County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Wayne County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Wayne County are plugged?
195 of Wayne County's 572 catalogued wells (34%) 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); Wayne County ranks 45th with 572.
How many companies operate wells in Wayne County?
95 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Wayne County, Michigan.
Nearby in the Michigan rankings
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 Wayne County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/wayne (data as of October 10, 2026).