Oil & gas wells in Johnston County, OK
288 catalogued wells in Johnston County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Johnston County, Oklahoma has 288 catalogued oil & gas wells: 103 active (36%), 168 plugged & abandoned (58%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 68th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
288
Active
103
Plugged
168
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Johnston County?
36% of Johnston County's wells are active, 7 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 58% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Johnston County; Oklahoma as a whole has 21,602. The remaining 13 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Johnston County?
By product class, 98 of the county's wells (34%) are oil wells, 27 (9%) gas wells and 0 (0%) 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 Johnston County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Johnston County has the 68th-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.
Who operates wells in Johnston County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Johnston County. 99% 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 Johnston County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler #4-8h | 35-069-20145 | Active | Oil | Xto Energy Inc |
| Sitzes #1-24hr | 35-069-20161 | Active | Oil | Xto Energy Inc |
| Joan #1-30 | 35-069-20092 | Active | Gas | Xto Energy Inc |
| Bice #16-1h | 35-069-20115 | Active | Oil | Xto Energy Inc |
| Witch Hole #51x-11 | 35-069-20074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richman Resources Inc |
| Scott #1h-14 | 35-069-20108 | Active | Gas | Xto Energy Inc |
| W L Colvert #1 | 35-069-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| O M Backaus #1 | 35-069-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Drilling & Development Eng Inc |
| Anderson #1 | 35-069-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Ed Moore #1 | 35-069-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Geo W Pickens #1 | 35-069-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Henry Truitt #1 | 35-069-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Davis #1 | 35-069-00100 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Bellsley #1 | 35-069-00116 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rutherford #7 | 35-069-00119 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Everests #2 | 35-069-00129 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rich W B #1 | 35-069-00196 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Illinois Bankers #1 | 35-069-00300 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Chapman #1 | 35-069-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Russett #1 | 35-069-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Chapman /B/ #1 | 35-069-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Chapman #2 | 35-069-20073 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Operating LLC |
| Goddard #1-20 | 35-069-20082 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tripledee Drilling Co Inc |
| Logan Beard (Logan 1-25) #1-25 | 35-069-20083 | Active | Oil | B & W Operating LLC |
| Emery #17-4h | 35-069-20204 | Active | Oil | Kolibri Energy Us, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 288 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 Johnston County, OK?
Johnston County, Oklahoma has 288 catalogued oil & gas wells: 103 active, 168 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Johnston County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Johnston County, Oklahoma.
What share of wells in Johnston County are plugged?
168 of Johnston County's 288 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); Johnston County ranks 68th with 288.
How many companies operate wells in Johnston County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Johnston 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 Johnston County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/johnston (data as of October 10, 2026).