Oil & gas wells in Cotton County, OK
4,960 catalogued wells in Cotton County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cotton County, Oklahoma has 4,960 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,146 active (23%), 3,228 plugged & abandoned (65%) and 171 documented orphans. It ranks 33rd of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,960
Active
1,146
Plugged
3,228
Documented orphans
171
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cotton County?
23% of Cotton County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 65% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 29 wells (0.6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 171 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 386 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cotton County?
By product class, 2,141 of the county's wells (43%) are oil wells, 203 (4%) gas wells and 12 (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 Cotton County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Cotton County has the 33rd-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 23rd in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Cotton County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cotton County. 96% 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 Cotton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wccu (Tollett "A"#5) #5-2 | 35-033-01313 | Other status | Oil | Wellstar Petroleum LLC |
| Copher C H #3 | 35-033-01546 | Active | Oil | La Fee Oil LLC |
| Copher #1 | 35-033-01555 | Active | Oil | La Fee Oil LLC |
| Taylor #8 | 35-033-01755 | Other status | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Reece #1 | 35-033-01986 | Active | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| James Reece #16 | 35-033-01991 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Reece #2 | 35-033-02000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richardson Lloyd |
| Guerry, D.C. #19 | 35-033-02027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Manna Corporation |
| D.C. Guerry #20 | 35-033-02028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Kolar Estate #8 | 35-033-03075 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wellstar Petroleum LLC |
| Petty #1 | 35-033-03209 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Fink J 80a #2 | 35-033-03600 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Chambers Otie "B" #1 | 35-033-03727 | Active | Oil | Inman Oil LLC |
| Campbell #3 | 35-033-03828 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| C T Turner #1 | 35-033-20283 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | M & A Oil Company Ltd |
| Ballard #b-1 | 35-033-20375 | Other status | Oil | Ivey Oil |
| Taylor #1 | 35-033-20497 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | T H M Oil Co |
| Hayes #33-1 | 35-033-20514 | Active | Other type | Climax Oil Co LLC |
| Witt #3 | 35-033-20558 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Monfort Inc |
| Daniels #1 | 35-033-20656 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | G & D Oil |
| Ford #5 | 35-033-20657 | Active | Other type | 4e Energy LLC |
| Running Bear #1 | 35-033-20677 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Flanagan Andrew J |
| Priddy #2 | 35-033-20733 | Active | Oil | S & S Production Company |
| Walters Forty #3 | 35-033-20887 | Active | Oil | G & D Oil |
| James Lee #1 | 35-033-20965 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lewis J K |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,960 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 Cotton County, OK?
Cotton County, Oklahoma has 4,960 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,146 active, 3,228 plugged and 171 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cotton County?
171 wells in Cotton County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Cotton County are plugged?
3,228 of Cotton County's 4,960 catalogued wells (65%) 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); Cotton County ranks 33rd with 4,960.
How many companies operate wells in Cotton County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cotton 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 Cotton County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/cotton (data as of October 10, 2026).