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Oil & gas wells in Grady County, OK

7,455 catalogued wells in Grady County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Grady County, Oklahoma has 7,455 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4,096 active (55%), 2,765 plugged & abandoned (37%) and 136 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

7,455

Active

4,096

Plugged

2,765

Documented orphans

136

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Grady County?

55% of Grady County's wells are active, 26 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 37% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 31 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 136 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 427 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Grady County?

By product class, 2,621 of the county's wells (35%) are oil wells, 2,384 (32%) gas wells and 5 (0.1%) 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 Grady County compare with other Oklahoma counties?

Grady County has the 23rd-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 26th in Oklahoma.

Who operates wells in Grady County?

588 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Grady 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.

Oil & gas wells in Grady County, OK
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Schutten #135-051-20834ActiveGasBlake Production Company Inc
Hill #1-2435-051-22004Plugged & abandonedOilKerr-Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
Livingston 0112 #2h35-051-24689ActiveOilEog Resources Inc
Ott #2-24h35-051-00054ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Steelman #5-19-7xhw35-051-00426ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Hotel California #1-35-23XH35-051-00635Other statusOilContinental Resources Inc
Hotel California #2-35-23XH35-051-00644Other statusOilContinental Resources Inc
Lowe #2-635-051-22866ActiveGasContinental Resources Inc
Riley #1-28h35-051-23724ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Cosby #2-13h35-051-23757ActiveGasContinental Resources Inc
Tannenbaum #1-23h35-051-23941ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Peppered Ranch #1-36-25xh35-051-23967ActiveGasContinental Resources Inc
Schoof #4-20-17-8xhs35-051-24393ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Steelman #2-18-7xhs35-051-24429ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Hart #1-25-24xhs35-051-24460ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Hansell #5-3-34xhw35-051-24524ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Phelps #2-31-30-19xhs35-051-24578ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Goff #5-15-10xhw35-051-24800ActiveGasContinental Resources Inc
Linton #3-32-5xhw35-051-24826ActiveGasContinental Resources Inc
Shaw #3-1-12xhw35-051-25003ActiveOilContinental Resources Inc
Riley #2-33-4xhw35-051-25157ActiveGasContinental Resources Inc
Higgens #135-051-00140Plugged & abandonedOther typeHawkins & Hawkins
T.B. Ball #1-1635-051-21881Plugged & abandonedOther typeBasic Energy Services LP
Well API 35-051-7600435-051-76004Other statusOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Muchmore #135-051-22538Plugged & abandonedOther typeKepco Operating Inc

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 7,455 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 Grady County, OK?

Grady County, Oklahoma has 7,455 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4,096 active, 2,765 plugged and 136 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Grady County?

136 wells in Grady County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 26th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.

What share of wells in Grady County are plugged?

2,765 of Grady County's 7,455 catalogued wells (37%) 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); Grady County ranks 23rd with 7,455.

How many companies operate wells in Grady County?

588 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Grady 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 Grady County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/grady (data as of October 10, 2026).