Oil & gas wells in Kay County, OK
10,237 catalogued wells in Kay County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kay County, Oklahoma has 10,237 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,870 active (18%), 5,368 plugged & abandoned (52%) and 796 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
10,237
Active
1,870
Plugged
5,368
Documented orphans
796
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kay County?
18% of Kay County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 52% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 796 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,199 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kay County?
By product class, 3,702 of the county's wells (36%) are oil wells, 1,374 (13%) gas wells and 37 (0.4%) 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 Kay County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Kay County has the 11th-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 8th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Kay County?
649 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kay County. 98% 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 Kay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson #1 | 35-071-00371 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Vernon Miss Chat(School Land) #6-1 | 35-071-00783 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oryx Energy Company |
| Oklahoma State #1-36 | 35-071-01701 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Petroleum Inc |
| Buell C #3 | 35-071-04904 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Buell C #4 | 35-071-04906 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Trost G E #1 | 35-071-04926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Bixby G R #2 | 35-071-04933 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Judd F C #1 | 35-071-04940 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Knoles Jessie #8 | 35-071-04991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Primeaux Mary C #1 | 35-071-04996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| May Blackhair Horse #1 | 35-071-04999 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Brett Geo H #4 | 35-071-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Brett Geo H #3 | 35-071-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Cry Willie #5 | 35-071-05010 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Hill C S O #6 | 35-071-05022 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Combrink #1 | 35-071-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Thomson J R #1 | 35-071-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rigdon #1 | 35-071-20063 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan Dave Oil Company |
| Norman #1 | 35-071-20107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Price Exploration Company |
| Stuemky #1 | 35-071-20146 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| School Land Tract #5 | 35-071-20147 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Mcaninch #a-1 | 35-071-21713 | Active | Other type | Samhill LLC |
| Seaboch #2 | 35-071-21716 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Leven/64 Prog #3-33 | 35-071-21746 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chase Exploration Corporation |
| Sheik #1 | 35-071-21802 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 10,237 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 Kay County, OK?
Kay County, Oklahoma has 10,237 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,870 active, 5,368 plugged and 796 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kay County?
796 wells in Kay County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Kay County are plugged?
5,368 of Kay County's 10,237 catalogued wells (52%) 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); Kay County ranks 11th with 10,237.
How many companies operate wells in Kay County?
649 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kay 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 Kay County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/kay (data as of October 10, 2026).