Oil & gas wells in Dewey County, OK
3,946 catalogued wells in Dewey County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Dewey County, Oklahoma has 3,946 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,480 active (38%), 2,277 plugged & abandoned (58%) and 38 documented orphans. It ranks 41st of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,946
Active
1,480
Plugged
2,277
Documented orphans
38
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Dewey County?
38% of Dewey County's wells are active, 9 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 58% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 38 wells (1.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 151 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Dewey County?
By product class, 1,429 of the county's wells (36%) are oil wells, 1,336 (34%) gas wells and 6 (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 Dewey County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Dewey County has the 41st-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 40th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Dewey County?
590 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Dewey 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 Dewey County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.F.Evans #1-18 | 35-043-20617 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Samson Resources Company |
| Joy #1 | 35-043-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Calvert Drilling Company |
| B H Brundage #1 | 35-043-00055 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Barnes Unit #1 | 35-043-00073 | Active | Gas | B & G Production Inc |
| RTB Kauk 3-10 BO #2H | 35-043-00094 | Other status | Oil | Mewbourne Oil Company |
| W T Matthews #1 | 35-043-20026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Inc |
| Hulett #1-4 | 35-043-20068 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Jones Unit #1-2 | 35-043-20087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Allen #1-9 | 35-043-20156 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Smith #1 | 35-043-20179 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Samedan Oil Corporation |
| State #1-10 | 35-043-20196 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Operating Co |
| Fauchier #1 | 35-043-20206 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brooks Hall Oil Corp |
| Hucmac Wtrflood U(Robinson#1) #1901 | 35-043-20303 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Investment Equipment LLC |
| Sander #1 | 35-043-20392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| State /B/ #1-16 | 35-043-20404 | Active | Oil | North Lake Resources LLC |
| State #16-D | 35-043-20417 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Badman #1-24 | 35-043-20420 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Vandiver #1 | 35-043-20443 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Permian West Corporation |
| Cross Unit /B/ #2 | 35-043-20444 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bp America Production Company |
| Chas E Armstrong #1 | 35-043-20530 | Active | Oil | Moore William Dba Overdraft Oil & Gas |
| Venable Estate #1 | 35-043-20553 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trigg Drilling Company Inc |
| Kunc #1 | 35-043-20566 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Txo Production Corporation |
| L L Farris #1 | 35-043-20587 | Active | Oil | Fbf Energy LLC |
| Schafer #2 | 35-043-20647 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Allen Estate #1 | 35-043-20652 | Active | Gas | Avalanche Oil & Gas LLC |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Dewey County, OK?
Dewey County, Oklahoma has 3,946 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,480 active, 2,277 plugged and 38 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Dewey County?
38 wells in Dewey County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 40th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Dewey County are plugged?
2,277 of Dewey County's 3,946 catalogued wells (58%) 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); Dewey County ranks 41st with 3,946.
How many companies operate wells in Dewey County?
590 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Dewey 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 Dewey County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/dewey (data as of October 10, 2026).