Oil & gas wells in Murray County, OK
1,099 catalogued wells in Murray County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Murray County, Oklahoma has 1,099 catalogued oil & gas wells: 177 active (16%), 865 plugged & abandoned (79%) and 12 documented orphans. It ranks 61st of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,099
Active
177
Plugged
865
Documented orphans
12
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Murray County?
16% of Murray County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 79% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 12 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 45 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Murray County?
By product class, 240 of the county's wells (22%) are oil wells, 17 (2%) gas wells and 4 (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 Murray County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Murray County has the 61st-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 55th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Murray County?
198 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Murray 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 Murray County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howell #14-B | 35-099-20615 | Other status | Other type | Noble Energy Production Inc |
| Crippen-Masters #2-33 | 35-099-20666 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Southstar Exploration LLC |
| Nw Sulphur Oil Creek Unit #18 | 35-099-20673 | Other status | Other type | Fairview Production Co LLC |
| Reed #1 | 35-099-00090 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcpherson & Jenkins |
| Well API 35-099-76000 | 35-099-76000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | State Fund Plugging |
| Well API 35-099-76001 | 35-099-76001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | State Fund Plugging |
| Burnside #1 | 35-099-20054 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Geo Resources |
| Sparks #1 | 35-099-00048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Cooper #1 | 35-099-00060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Helmerich & Payne Inc |
| Jesse Chipman #1 | 35-099-00061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Guffy #1 | 35-099-00069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Franks #1 | 35-099-00096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Cape #1 | 35-099-00114 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Short #1 | 35-099-00115 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr-Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LLC |
| Bowser #1 | 35-099-00129 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Hendricks #1 | 35-099-00154 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Harris #1-A | 35-099-00164 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Ada Butterly Short #1 | 35-099-00194 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Birch (John Hassen Est 1) #1 | 35-099-00588 | Active | Oil | 007 Operating LLC |
| N.E.Davis Unit(J.Jameson#4)tr #1-4 | 35-099-00623 | Active | Oil | Fbf Energy LLC |
| Petigrew #3 | 35-099-00631 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Ne Davis Unit (Ledbetter 4) #10-4 | 35-099-00664 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Highmark Energy Operating LLC |
| Short W W #1-A | 35-099-00843 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Jameson Jean #2 | 35-099-00849 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Wolf Nat #1 | 35-099-00855 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,099 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 Murray County, OK?
Murray County, Oklahoma has 1,099 catalogued oil & gas wells: 177 active, 865 plugged and 12 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Murray County?
12 wells in Murray County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 55th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Murray County are plugged?
865 of Murray County's 1,099 catalogued wells (79%) 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); Murray County ranks 61st with 1,099.
How many companies operate wells in Murray County?
198 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Murray 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 Murray County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/murray (data as of October 10, 2026).