Oil & gas wells in Lincoln County, OK
10,201 catalogued wells in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lincoln County, Oklahoma has 10,201 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,705 active (17%), 6,915 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 341 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
10,201
Active
1,705
Plugged
6,915
Documented orphans
341
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lincoln County?
17% of Lincoln County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 12 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 341 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,228 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lincoln County?
By product class, 4,170 of the county's wells (41%) are oil wells, 1,065 (10%) gas wells and 38 (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 Lincoln County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Lincoln County has the 12th-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 16th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Lincoln County?
998 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orner #1 | 35-081-00491 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Sporleder #2 | 35-081-04309 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rooney #1 | 35-081-21464 | Active | Oil | Terzan Energy Ii LLC |
| Jp State School #16-1 | 35-081-22259 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-081-75302 | 35-081-75302 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | State Fund Plugging |
| Well API 35-081-76046 | 35-081-76046 | Orphaned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-081-76047 | 35-081-76047 | Active | Other type | State Fund Plugging |
| Sukowaty #1 | 35-081-00466 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Johnson #1 | 35-081-00963 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Casillas Petroleum Corp |
| Whitney East #1 | 35-081-00967 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tat Inc |
| Kolar #3 | 35-081-01014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilcox Oil Company |
| N Elliott #1 | 35-081-01194 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Huckary #1 | 35-081-01197 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Harrison #1 | 35-081-01419 | Active | Oil | Terzan Energy Ii LLC |
| Hopkins (Hopkins 1) #5 | 35-081-01470 | Active | Other type | King Sam A - Out Of Business Circa 1985 |
| Paschall #5 | 35-081-01732 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Greer "A" #1 | 35-081-01787 | Other status | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Riley Wakely #7 | 35-081-02203 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Spielberger #2 | 35-081-02521 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| T D North #2 | 35-081-02583 | Active | Oil | Dexxon Inc |
| Day #1 | 35-081-02589 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mason Robert A Production Co |
| Deans Henry "A" #6 | 35-081-02635 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Foth #01 | 35-081-02705 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| English #2 | 35-081-02859 | Other status | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Kinnamon (Coward 1) #1 | 35-081-02891 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 10,201 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 Lincoln County, OK?
Lincoln County, Oklahoma has 10,201 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,705 active, 6,915 plugged and 341 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lincoln County?
341 wells in Lincoln County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 16th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Lincoln County are plugged?
6,915 of Lincoln County's 10,201 catalogued wells (68%) 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); Lincoln County ranks 12th with 10,201.
How many companies operate wells in Lincoln County?
998 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/lincoln (data as of October 10, 2026).