Oil & gas wells in Deuel County, NE
369 catalogued wells in Deuel County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Deuel County, Nebraska has 369 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active (16%), 216 plugged & abandoned (59%) and 15 documented orphans. It ranks 10th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
369
Active
58
Plugged
216
Documented orphans
15
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Deuel County?
16% of Deuel County's wells are active, 6 percentage points above the Nebraska share of 10%. 59% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. 15 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.1% across Nebraska and 4% nationally. The remaining 80 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Deuel County?
By product class, 5 of the county's wells (1%) are oil wells, 116 (31%) gas wells and 63 (17%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 27% and the gas share 2%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Deuel County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Deuel County has the 10th-most catalogued wells of the 36 Nebraska counties with at least 25. The median Nebraska county on WellCensus has 150 wells. The largest, Kimball County, has 4,891. By documented orphans it ranks 1st in Nebraska.
Who operates wells in Deuel County?
Nebraska records come from the regulator's well-location index — API number, coordinates and status — without operator names or lifecycle dates (NOGCC's free export is API + location + status symbol; the full database is a paid product).
Wells in Deuel County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young 1 | 26-049-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Johnson, Morris 1 | 26-049-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reese 1 | 26-049-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Big Springs Storage Unit 22 | 26-049-05003 | Active | Injection | — |
| Yoder 1 | 26-049-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gyger 1 | 26-049-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pash 1 | 26-049-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gratopp, Carl J 1 | 26-049-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Saiser 1 | 26-049-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McCLUNG 1 | 26-049-05009 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Big Springs Storage Unit 20 | 26-049-05010 | Active | Injection | — |
| Ray 1 | 26-049-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Troelstrup "C" (Gas Well) 1 | 26-049-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Troelstrup "E" (Gas Well) 1 | 26-049-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Big Springs Storage Unit 21 | 26-049-05015 | Active | Injection | — |
| Lindsey 1 | 26-049-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Troelstrup "A" 1 | 26-049-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| State "A" 1 | 26-049-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Big Springs Storage Unit 19 | 26-049-05019 | Active | Injection | — |
| Lagrange 1 | 26-049-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schwartz 1 | 26-049-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Troelstrup "B" 1 | 26-049-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Wertz, William 1 | 26-049-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carlson 1 | 26-049-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Big Springs Storage Unit 18 | 26-049-05026 | Active | Injection | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 369 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 Deuel County, NE?
Deuel County, Nebraska has 369 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active, 216 plugged and 15 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Deuel County?
15 wells in Deuel County, Nebraska are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 1st-highest count among Nebraska counties.
What share of wells in Deuel County are plugged?
216 of Deuel County's 369 catalogued wells (59%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 77% across Nebraska.
Which Nebraska county has the most oil and gas wells?
Kimball County has the most catalogued wells of any Nebraska county on WellCensus (4,891); Deuel County ranks 10th with 369.
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About this data
Source: Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 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 Deuel County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/deuel (data as of October 10, 2026).