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Oil & gas wells in Mcclain County, OK

3,674 catalogued wells in Mcclain County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Mcclain County, Oklahoma has 3,674 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,363 active (37%), 2,057 plugged & abandoned (56%) and 34 documented orphans. It ranks 44th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

3,674

Active

1,363

Plugged

2,057

Documented orphans

34

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

37% of Mcclain County's wells are active, 9 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 56% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 34 wells (0.9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 217 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Mcclain County?

By product class, 1,924 of the county's wells (52%) are oil wells, 236 (6%) gas wells and 18 (0.5%) 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 Mcclain County compare with other Oklahoma counties?

Mcclain County has the 44th-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 42nd in Oklahoma.

Who operates wells in Mcclain County?

599 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mcclain 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 Mcclain County, OK
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Kirby #1-2135-087-20720Plugged & abandonedOther typeHiawatha Oil Co Inc
Webster #28-135-087-21604ActiveOilGlacier Petroleum Co Okla Inc
New Era Royalties #5-1335-087-21605ActiveOilMogo Operating, LLC
Goldsby #135-087-30053Plugged & abandonedOther typeSamedan Oil Corporation
Fisher #135-087-50100Plugged & abandonedInjectionA H & L Operating Company Inc
Wilson #0817 1h35-087-22124ActiveOilEog Resources Inc
Dragonfly 0334 #3h35-087-22221Other statusOther typeEog Resources Inc
Leflore 1015 #2h35-087-22223ActiveOilEog Resources Inc
Sturgell 172008 #7h35-087-22417ActiveOilEog Resources Inc
Well API 35-087-7600035-087-76000Plugged & abandonedOther typeState Fund Plugging
Well API 35-087-7600235-087-76002Plugged & abandonedOther typeState Fund Plugging
Garland #335-087-00477Other statusOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
O Emerson #135-087-20030Other statusOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Carl Owens #135-087-20042Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Nettie #135-087-20058Plugged & abandonedOilChesapeake Operating LLC
Goodrich-H #135-087-20088ActiveOilMeadowbrook Oil Corporation Of Ok Inc
Hatter Unit #135-087-20134ActiveOilDaylight Petroleum LLC
Chronister #135-087-20203Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Adkins #1-2635-087-20227Plugged & abandonedOther typeOtc/Occ Not Assigned
Keeler #1-335-087-20249ActiveOilPenner Energy Inc
Whitfield #135-087-20304Plugged & abandonedOilYoungblood Don
Crawford #1-2135-087-20309Plugged & abandonedOther typeSamson Resources Company
Odell #335-087-20334ActiveOilDickerson Dennis
Odell #435-087-20338ActiveOilDickerson Dennis
Hester #135-087-20355Plugged & abandonedOther typeCotton Petroleum Corporation

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,674 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 Mcclain County, OK?

Mcclain County, Oklahoma has 3,674 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,363 active, 2,057 plugged and 34 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Mcclain County?

34 wells in Mcclain County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 42nd-highest count among Oklahoma counties.

What share of wells in Mcclain County are plugged?

2,057 of Mcclain County's 3,674 catalogued wells (56%) 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); Mcclain County ranks 44th with 3,674.

How many companies operate wells in Mcclain County?

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