Oil & gas wells in Coal County, OK
1,832 catalogued wells in Coal County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Coal County, Oklahoma has 1,832 catalogued oil & gas wells: 974 active (53%), 782 plugged & abandoned (43%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 57th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,832
Active
974
Plugged
782
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Coal County?
53% of Coal County's wells are active, 25 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 43% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 9 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 66 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Coal County?
By product class, 189 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 929 (51%) gas wells and 4 (0.2%) 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 Coal County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Coal County has the 57th-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 62nd in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Coal County?
250 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Coal County. 99% 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 Coal County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Parks #1 | 35-029-60045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vogel Snyder |
| Duncan #27-1h | 35-029-20816 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company |
| Schmitt #1-1h | 35-029-21107 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company |
| Guth #1 | 35-029-00066 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Harris #1a | 35-029-00108 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Bill Jackson #1 | 35-029-00128 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Pate #1 | 35-029-00137 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Claytor #1 | 35-029-00161 | Active | Oil | Matthews Oil & Gas |
| Rizik (Buck #1) #1 | 35-029-00169 | Active | Oil | Shadowpeak Operating LLC |
| Mc Celland #1 | 35-029-00172 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Mike Mayer Jr. #1 | 35-029-00187 | Active | Gas | Mmgl Arkoma Ii, LLC |
| Mowdy Unit #1 | 35-029-00191 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum Waste Recovery Inc |
| W Cunningham #2 | 35-029-00199 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Lowman #1 | 35-029-00204 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W-N Energy Corp |
| Sarkeys "A" #1 | 35-029-00253 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | St Mary Operating Company |
| Replogle #1 | 35-029-00262 | Active | Gas | Matthews Oil & Gas |
| Proffat #1 | 35-029-00313 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Downard #4 | 35-029-20035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ideal Cement Company |
| Robert Gregory #1 | 35-029-20040 | Active | Oil | Shadowpeak Operating LLC |
| Round Lake #1 | 35-029-20129 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Global Gas Corporation |
| Cannon #1-2s | 35-029-20205 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inland Oil Corporation |
| Chiles Dome #5 | 35-029-20227 | Active | Other type | Enable Gas Transmission LLC |
| Reynolds #b 1-3 | 35-029-20420 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cuma Oil Company, Inc |
| Eddings #2-20 | 35-029-20505 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hrc Production Co |
| Sprague #1-17 | 35-029-20721 | Active | Gas | Trinity Operating Usg LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,832 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 Coal County, OK?
Coal County, Oklahoma has 1,832 catalogued oil & gas wells: 974 active, 782 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Coal County?
9 wells in Coal County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 62nd-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Coal County are plugged?
782 of Coal County's 1,832 catalogued wells (43%) 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); Coal County ranks 57th with 1,832.
How many companies operate wells in Coal County?
250 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Coal 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 Coal County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/coal (data as of October 10, 2026).