Oil & gas wells in Pontotoc County, OK
9,932 catalogued wells in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pontotoc County, Oklahoma has 9,932 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4,325 active (44%), 4,749 plugged & abandoned (48%) and 316 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
9,932
Active
4,325
Plugged
4,749
Documented orphans
316
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pontotoc County?
44% of Pontotoc County's wells are active, 15 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 48% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 24 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 316 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 518 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pontotoc County?
By product class, 4,662 of the county's wells (47%) are oil wells, 441 (4%) gas wells and 39 (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 Pontotoc County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Pontotoc County has the 13th-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 18th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Pontotoc County?
488 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busby #1-A | 35-123-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Paine Bert P L Acct |
| G L Bane #1 | 35-123-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Alexander #1 | 35-123-00057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weatherly Nell M Estate |
| Searcy #1 | 35-123-00270 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pine William H |
| Fitts West Un Tr (Dharden #9) #23-9 | 35-123-03187 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Fitts West Unit #29-14 | 35-123-03195 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Metropolitan (East Fitts Unit 9-38) #38 | 35-123-05234 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxonmobil Oil Corporation |
| Mcfarland #1 | 35-123-05242 | Active | Oil | Matthews Oil & Gas |
| Griffith #1 | 35-123-05243 | Active | Oil | Benfer Theodore M |
| Singletary #1 | 35-123-05268 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| E Fitts Unit (#8 Smith G) #29-8 | 35-123-07331 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Cox #1 | 35-123-20437 | Active | Oil | M E Klein & Associates LLC |
| Wood #1 | 35-123-21564 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lincoln Rock Corporation |
| Robertson #14 | 35-123-21566 | Active | Oil | Arrow Oil & Gas LLC |
| Beck #2 | 35-123-21585 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| J A Richardson #1 | 35-123-22198 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Export Petroleum Corporation |
| Daner-Obrien #1 | 35-123-22218 | Other status | Other type | Daner Oil |
| Wilson #b-2 | 35-123-22227 | Active | Oil | Matthews Oil & Gas |
| Buel #2 | 35-123-22255 | Active | Oil | Circle Star M Energy Inc |
| Perry #5 | 35-123-00775 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oxy USA Inc |
| Mfu #10-14 | 35-123-00053 | Other status | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| East Fitts Unit #15-17 | 35-123-02168 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Northeast Fitts Unit #17-12 | 35-123-02259 | Active | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Fitts West Unit (Harden#3) #15-3 | 35-123-03084 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| Fitts West Unit (2414) #22-9 | 35-123-03108 | Active | Other type | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 9,932 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 Pontotoc County, OK?
Pontotoc County, Oklahoma has 9,932 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4,325 active, 4,749 plugged and 316 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pontotoc County?
316 wells in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Pontotoc County are plugged?
4,749 of Pontotoc County's 9,932 catalogued wells (48%) 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); Pontotoc County ranks 13th with 9,932.
How many companies operate wells in Pontotoc County?
488 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/pontotoc (data as of October 10, 2026).