Oil & gas wells in Ray County, MO
38 catalogued wells in Ray County, Missouri, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ray County, Missouri has 38 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 36 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 18 Missouri counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 4,892 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
38
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
36
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ray County?
0% of Ray County's wells are active, close to the Missouri share of 0%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 0% statewide and 47% nationally. 36 wells (95%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 98% across Missouri and 4% nationally. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Ray 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%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Ray County compare with other Missouri counties?
Ray County has the 16th-most catalogued wells of the 18 Missouri counties with at least 25. The median Missouri county on WellCensus has 114 wells. The largest, Jackson County, has 1,711. By documented orphans it ranks 16th in Missouri.
Who operates wells in Ray County?
Missouri records currently come only from the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026); the state's own registry of active and plugged wells is not yet ingested, so counts cover documented orphans only.
Wells in Ray County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 24-177-00001 | 24-177-00001 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00002 | 24-177-00002 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00003 | 24-177-00003 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00004 | 24-177-00004 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00005 | 24-177-00005 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00006 | 24-177-00006 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00008 | 24-177-00008 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00009 | 24-177-00009 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00010 | 24-177-00010 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00012 | 24-177-00012 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00013 | 24-177-00013 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00014 | 24-177-00014 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00015 | 24-177-00015 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00016 | 24-177-00016 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00017 | 24-177-00017 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00018 | 24-177-00018 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00019 | 24-177-00019 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00020 | 24-177-00020 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00021 | 24-177-00021 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00022 | 24-177-00022 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00023 | 24-177-00023 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00024 | 24-177-00024 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00025 | 24-177-00025 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00026 | 24-177-00026 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-177-00027 | 24-177-00027 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 38 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 Ray County, MO?
Ray County, Missouri has 38 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 36 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ray County?
36 wells in Ray County, Missouri are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 16th-highest count among Missouri counties.
What share of wells in Ray County are plugged?
0 of Ray County's 38 catalogued wells (0%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 0% across Missouri.
Which Missouri county has the most oil and gas wells?
Jackson County has the most catalogued wells of any Missouri county on WellCensus (1,711); Ray County ranks 16th with 38.
Nearby in the Missouri rankings
About this data
Source: 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 Ray County, Missouri”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/missouri/ray (data as of October 10, 2026).