Oil & gas wells in Ellis County, OK
4,155 catalogued wells in Ellis County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ellis County, Oklahoma has 4,155 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,978 active (48%), 1,946 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 49 documented orphans. It ranks 37th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,155
Active
1,978
Plugged
1,946
Documented orphans
49
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ellis County?
48% of Ellis County's wells are active, 19 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 49 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 180 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Ellis County?
By product class, 1,437 of the county's wells (35%) are oil wells, 1,499 (36%) gas wells and 4 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 16%. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Ellis County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Ellis County has the 37th-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 38th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Ellis County?
472 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Ellis 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 Ellis County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State #1-36 | 35-045-35285 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shell Oil Company |
| Van Doren Gas Unit #1 | 35-045-35289 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Ehrlich #1-11 | 35-045-20949 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | American Cometra Inc |
| Helen 0416 #1ch | 35-045-00002 | Active | Oil | Rockies Resources Holdings LLC |
| Batt Unit #1 | 35-045-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Barton #1 | 35-045-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Lucille Peetoon #1 | 35-045-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shell Oil Company |
| State Of Okla Unt H #1 | 35-045-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| West Vici (Swd) #1 | 35-045-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Damson Oil Corporation |
| Wahl #1 | 35-045-00052 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Mollie Oates #1 | 35-045-00069 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| James Berryman #1 | 35-045-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Unbridled Resources LLC |
| George Norman Unit #1 | 35-045-20034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| A C Nicholson #1 | 35-045-20040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tenneco Oil Company |
| Berryman #7 | 35-045-20047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Latta Unit #1 | 35-045-20051 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Parvins #1-22 | 35-045-20056 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| Coffman-B Unit #1 | 35-045-20102 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Getty Oil Company |
| Sutter-Unit #1 | 35-045-20141 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blaik Oil Company |
| Walton #1 | 35-045-20202 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ramsey Engineering Inc |
| Thomas #1 | 35-045-20210 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huntington Energy LLC |
| Mobil #1 | 35-045-20213 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Deal #1-2 | 35-045-20214 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texstar Exploration Inc |
| Perrin #1-1 | 35-045-20231 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Larason #1 | 35-045-20232 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tessera Energy LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,155 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 Ellis County, OK?
Ellis County, Oklahoma has 4,155 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,978 active, 1,946 plugged and 49 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ellis County?
49 wells in Ellis County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 38th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Ellis County are plugged?
1,946 of Ellis County's 4,155 catalogued wells (47%) 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); Ellis County ranks 37th with 4,155.
How many companies operate wells in Ellis County?
472 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Ellis 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 Ellis County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/ellis (data as of October 10, 2026).