Oil & gas wells in Carter County, OK
19,351 catalogued wells in Carter County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Carter County, Oklahoma has 19,351 catalogued oil & gas wells: 9,020 active (47%), 7,820 plugged & abandoned (40%) and 272 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
19,351
Active
9,020
Plugged
7,820
Documented orphans
272
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Carter County?
47% of Carter County's wells are active, 18 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 40% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 337 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 272 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,902 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Carter County?
By product class, 11,790 of the county's wells (61%) are oil wells, 615 (3%) gas wells and 77 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 16%. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Carter County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Carter County has the 5th-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 19th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Carter County?
586 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Carter 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.
Wells in Carter County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimes Unit 1 | 35-019-04761 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Higgins #1 | 35-019-03809 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Sdsu 29-2/Tucker 2 #2 | 35-019-05475 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron USA Inc |
| Healdton Ii (Johnson 2) #1-2 | 35-019-00503 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Luster (A.B. Luster #1 ) #1 | 35-019-02243 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Franklin Ut (B Franklin 3) #08-03 | 35-019-02763 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Tatums Field (J.Pollack 1) #16-1 | 35-019-03066 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Tatums Field Ut(J.Pollack#3) #16-3 | 35-019-03069 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Countyline Unit (Dixon 9-B) #10-9b | 35-019-03217 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Countline Ut (Edge Hardin 10) #22-10 | 35-019-03239 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Countyline Unit(Dixon#4) #67-4 | 35-019-03618 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Bumpass Unit(Martin J.L.#1) #70 | 35-019-03690 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Cox Penn Sand Unit (C Johnson 5) #50 | 35-019-04144 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Dunbar #2 | 35-019-04172 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Wildcat Jim Unit (Moore 8) #88 | 35-019-04240 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Evmbu(Hefner #5) #220 | 35-019-04691 | Other status | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Jennings Deese Unit (Jennings 1) #65 | 35-019-04886 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Sycamore Unit (Johnson #8) #32-8 | 35-019-05363 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Sycamore U.(Dexter #3) #49-3 | 35-019-05435 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Fox Deese-Springer (B Feagin 2) #22-2 | 35-019-05535 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Fox Deese-Springer Unit (N B Feagin 1) #59-1w | 35-019-05628 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Fox Deese S.U.(M J Witherow#4) #69-4 | 35-019-05647 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Sycamore Unit (Nancy Noah #2) #67-2 | 35-019-05676 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Fox Deese-Springer Unit (Lindesmith B5) #55b-5 | 35-019-05698 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Healdton I Unit (Richards 81) #12-81 | 35-019-06196 | Shut-in | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Carter County, OK?
Carter County, Oklahoma has 19,351 catalogued oil & gas wells: 9,020 active, 7,820 plugged and 272 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Carter County?
272 wells in Carter County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 19th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Carter County are plugged?
7,820 of Carter County's 19,351 catalogued wells (40%) 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); Carter County ranks 5th with 19,351.
How many companies operate wells in Carter County?
586 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Carter 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 Carter County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/carter (data as of October 10, 2026).