How many oil and gas wells are in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 22,021 catalogued oil & gas wells on WellCensus: 2,186 active, 16,987 plugged & abandoned and 479 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells does Nebraska have?

479 wells in Nebraska are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record.

Oil & gas wells in Nebraska

22,021 catalogued wellbores in Nebraska, from the state regulator's well-location index plus the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated July 2026 . Derived from public data sources.

Coverage note: Nebraskais ingested from the regulator’s well-location index: every catalogued wellbore’s API number, coordinates and status class is here, but operator names and lifecycle dates await the state’s full-attribute bulk file (enrichment queued). Details in the methodology.

Catalogued wells

22,021

Active

2,186

Plugged

16,987

Documented orphans

479

Counties in Nebraska

Counties with 25 or more catalogued wells.