Oil & gas wells in Payne County, OK
8,506 catalogued wells in Payne County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Payne County, Oklahoma has 8,506 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,615 active (19%), 5,723 plugged & abandoned (67%) and 223 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
8,506
Active
1,615
Plugged
5,723
Documented orphans
223
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Payne County?
19% of Payne County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 16 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 223 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 929 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Payne County?
By product class, 3,375 of the county's wells (40%) are oil wells, 305 (4%) gas wells and 62 (0.7%) 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 Payne County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Payne County has the 19th-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 20th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Payne County?
902 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Payne 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 Payne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinzie #1 | 35-119-00360 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Royal Oil & Gas Corp |
| Charles Coe #1 | 35-119-00376 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| State Land #1 | 35-119-00403 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Buckles #1 | 35-119-01694 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shawver & Son Inc |
| Searcy #8 | 35-119-03714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Marcellus (Garr Unit #39) #2 | 35-119-03724 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Flowers #2 | 35-119-20643 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Houston #1 | 35-119-20649 | Active | Other type | Stacy Operating LLC |
| Driskel #1 | 35-119-20678 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Champlin Exploration Inc |
| Edwards A #4 | 35-119-20683 | Other status | Oil | Cundiff Harold |
| Lost Creek Ext #2-3 | 35-119-20692 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parwest Land Exploration Inc |
| Reece #1 | 35-119-21574 | Other status | Gas | Little River Energy Company |
| Brock #2 | 35-119-21589 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brock Sr Kirby L |
| Dilley #1 | 35-119-21622 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dewitt Oil Company Inc |
| Irwin #1 | 35-119-23015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Covington Oil Company Inc |
| Ringwald #1 | 35-119-21459 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graham Petroleum Inc |
| Joyce #1-5 Swd | 35-119-23974 | Active | Other type | Contango Resources LLC |
| Hopkins #1-12 Swd | 35-119-23986 | Active | Other type | Contango Resources LLC |
| Well API 35-119-75001 | 35-119-75001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | State Fund Plugging |
| Well API 35-119-76008 | 35-119-76008 | Other status | Other type | State Fund Plugging |
| Murphy #1 | 35-119-00102 | Active | Oil | Haken Oil LLC |
| Majors #1 | 35-119-00120 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Evans #3 | 35-119-01478 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Hanks #1 | 35-119-01508 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| N W Mehan #4-W | 35-119-01522 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Payne County, OK?
Payne County, Oklahoma has 8,506 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,615 active, 5,723 plugged and 223 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Payne County?
223 wells in Payne County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 20th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Payne County are plugged?
5,723 of Payne County's 8,506 catalogued wells (67%) 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); Payne County ranks 19th with 8,506.
How many companies operate wells in Payne County?
902 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Payne 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 Payne County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/payne (data as of October 10, 2026).