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Oil & gas wells in Beaver County, OK

7,539 catalogued wells in Beaver County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Beaver County, Oklahoma has 7,539 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,945 active (39%), 4,257 plugged & abandoned (56%) and 148 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

7,539

Active

2,945

Plugged

4,257

Documented orphans

148

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Beaver County?

39% of Beaver County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 56% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 148 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 188 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Beaver County?

By product class, 1,679 of the county's wells (22%) are oil wells, 3,550 (47%) gas wells and 31 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 16%. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.

How does Beaver County compare with other Oklahoma counties?

Beaver County has the 22nd-most catalogued wells of the 74 Oklahoma counties with at least 25. The median Oklahoma county on WellCensus has 4,129 wells. The largest, Creek County, has 33,057. By documented orphans it ranks 25th in Oklahoma.

Who operates wells in Beaver County?

660 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Beaver 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.

Oil & gas wells in Beaver County, OK
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Fronk #135-007-00367Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Beaver #335-007-21248Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Gerry #135-007-21791Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Shaffer #135-007-36025ActiveGasRed Hills Resources Inc
Jessie #1-2535-007-21992ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Roper #135-007-22440ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Merrick #1-435-007-22759ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Whisenant #1-2235-007-22972ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Venable #5-3435-007-23088ActiveOilMerit Energy Company
Bennett #4-635-007-24678ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Bru #3-135-007-24741Plugged & abandonedOther typeMerit Energy Company
Long #135-007-35052ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Overton Unit #135-007-35108ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Maple #135-007-35410ActiveGasMerit Energy Company
Watson #18#135-007-23963Plugged & abandonedGasEog Resources Inc
Celestine #22-135-007-24130Plugged & abandonedGasEog Resources Inc
Mae Barby #1-3135-007-23858Plugged & abandonedGasSamson Resources Company
L J Barby #a-135-007-00027ActiveGasTwain Energy LLC
May Dixon #235-007-00060ActiveGasTwain Energy LLC
Fickel B #135-007-00114ActiveGasImpact Energy Operating LLC
J A Harvey Unit #135-007-00123Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Bell Unit-C #135-007-00157Plugged & abandonedOilInternorth Inc
George #135-007-00184Plugged & abandonedGasUnion Oil Co Of California
Ralph Barby B #135-007-00245Plugged & abandonedOilOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Bass W E #135-007-00260ActiveGasFoundation Energy Management LLC

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 7,539 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 Beaver County, OK?

Beaver County, Oklahoma has 7,539 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,945 active, 4,257 plugged and 148 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Beaver County?

148 wells in Beaver County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 25th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.

What share of wells in Beaver County are plugged?

4,257 of Beaver County's 7,539 catalogued wells (56%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 54% across Oklahoma.

Which Oklahoma county has the most oil and gas wells?

Creek County has the most catalogued wells of any Oklahoma county on WellCensus (33,057); Beaver County ranks 22nd with 7,539.

How many companies operate wells in Beaver County?

660 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Beaver County, Oklahoma.

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About this data

Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission (RBDMS) 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 Beaver County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/beaver (data as of October 10, 2026).