Oil & gas wells in Perkins County, NE
130 catalogued wells in Perkins County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Perkins County, Nebraska has 130 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 83 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
130
Active
0
Plugged
83
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Perkins County?
0% of Perkins County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Perkins County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 47 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Perkins County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (0.8%) are oil wells, 26 (20%) gas wells and 1 (0.8%) 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 Perkins County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Perkins County has the 20th-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.
Who operates wells in Perkins 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 Perkins County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olsen 1 | 26-135-05000 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Madrid (2121 St) 1 | 26-135-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Malmkar 1 | 26-135-05003 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Malmkar 2 | 26-135-05004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Madrid (2123 St) 3 | 26-135-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Woodward 1 | 26-135-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hutsell 1 | 26-135-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hutsell 1 | 26-135-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Madrid (2124 St) 4 | 26-135-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sejkora 1 | 26-135-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Madrid (2122 St) 2 | 26-135-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State 1 | 26-135-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carter Exploration 8a | 26-135-05014 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Fee 1 | 26-135-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Madrid (2125 St) 5 | 26-135-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Svoboda 1 | 26-135-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Madrid (2126 St) 6 | 26-135-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nichols Company Inc 1 | 26-135-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nichols Company Inc 1 | 26-135-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pyne 1 | 26-135-05021 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Law 1 | 26-135-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Detweiler 1 | 26-135-05023 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Richter 1 | 26-135-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Breder 1 | 26-135-05025 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Devoe 1 | 26-135-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 130 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 Perkins County, NE?
Perkins County, Nebraska has 130 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 83 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Perkins County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Perkins County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Perkins County are plugged?
83 of Perkins County's 130 catalogued wells (64%) 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); Perkins County ranks 20th with 130.
Nearby in the Nebraska rankings
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 Perkins County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/perkins (data as of October 10, 2026).