Oil & gas wells in Comanche County, OK
3,956 catalogued wells in Comanche County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Comanche County, Oklahoma has 3,956 catalogued oil & gas wells: 724 active (18%), 2,117 plugged & abandoned (54%) and 355 documented orphans. It ranks 40th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,956
Active
724
Plugged
2,117
Documented orphans
355
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Comanche County?
18% of Comanche County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 54% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 7 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 355 wells (9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 753 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Comanche County?
By product class, 1,366 of the county's wells (35%) are oil wells, 264 (7%) gas wells and 11 (0.3%) 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 Comanche County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Comanche County has the 40th-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 15th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Comanche County?
333 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Comanche County. 98% 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 Comanche County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State School Land #1 | 35-031-00522 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Meyer #1 | 35-031-01207 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Franklin #20 | 35-031-01344 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cox John A |
| Perdelwetz #1 | 35-031-02554 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Lowe #21 | 35-031-02722 | Other status | Oil | Smith Vicki L Palmer |
| Lake #1 | 35-031-20536 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Murray #1-2 | 35-031-20716 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirby Exploration Company |
| Couch & Bunch #1 | 35-031-20761 | Other status | Gas | D And V Oil And Gas |
| Hunter #3 | 35-031-20784 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jcco Inc |
| Mcintosh #1-27 | 35-031-20976 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Bar-Nel #1 | 35-031-20979 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| School Land-Watson #2 | 35-031-30036 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Walker #2 | 35-031-76036 | Active | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-00239 | 35-031-00239 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-00285 | 35-031-00285 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-00292 | 35-031-00292 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-00320 | 35-031-00320 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-00468 | 35-031-00468 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-02183 | 35-031-02183 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-70005 | 35-031-70005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | State Fund Plugging |
| Well API 35-031-70058 | 35-031-70058 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-70061 | 35-031-70061 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-031-70065 | 35-031-70065 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | State Fund Plugging |
| Well API 35-031-75041 | 35-031-75041 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Pfeiffer #1 | 35-031-00069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,956 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 Comanche County, OK?
Comanche County, Oklahoma has 3,956 catalogued oil & gas wells: 724 active, 2,117 plugged and 355 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Comanche County?
355 wells in Comanche County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 15th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Comanche County are plugged?
2,117 of Comanche County's 3,956 catalogued wells (54%) 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); Comanche County ranks 40th with 3,956.
How many companies operate wells in Comanche County?
333 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Comanche 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 Comanche County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/comanche (data as of October 10, 2026).