Oil & gas wells in Pottawatomie County, OK
8,742 catalogued wells in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma has 8,742 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,917 active (22%), 6,425 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 192 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
8,742
Active
1,917
Plugged
6,425
Documented orphans
192
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pottawatomie County?
22% of Pottawatomie County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 192 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 202 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pottawatomie County?
By product class, 3,126 of the county's wells (36%) are oil wells, 165 (2%) gas wells and 77 (0.9%) 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 Pottawatomie County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Pottawatomie County has the 17th-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 22nd in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Pottawatomie County?
858 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovelace #1 | 35-125-00469 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Palmer #2 | 35-125-02061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| S.L.E.S.U.(Buley 1) #1 | 35-125-02069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duncan Oil & Gas Inc |
| S.L.E.S.U. #7 | 35-125-02070 | Active | Oil | Billy Jack Sharber Operating LLC |
| Mcbride #2 | 35-125-02073 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phoenix Oil & Gas Inc |
| Hilton Maud #1 | 35-125-02956 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Nadeau #2 | 35-125-05819 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Federal /A/ #1 | 35-125-21004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Future Resources Ltd |
| Demere-Thomas #3 | 35-125-22222 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pound Robert M |
| Rachel #1-15 | 35-125-22252 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Bullett Bob #1 | 35-125-22292 | Active | Oil | Richard W Thompson Inc |
| Martha #1-1 | 35-125-23019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Indian Oil Company |
| Edwards #1-25 | 35-125-23057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Yale Oil Association Inc |
| Deatherage #b-2 | 35-125-23939 | Active | Oil | Express Oil & Gas LLC |
| Stotts #1-10 | 35-125-22970 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Resources Inc |
| Well API 35-125-76008 | 35-125-76008 | Other status | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-125-22011 | 35-125-22011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-125-70052 | 35-125-70052 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | State Fund Plugging |
| Well API 35-125-70055 | 35-125-70055 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | State Fund Plugging |
| Well API 35-125-76002 | 35-125-76002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Well API 35-125-76005 | 35-125-76005 | Other status | Other type | State Fund Plugging |
| Newell #1 | 35-125-00514 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bluebonnet Oil Corporation |
| Hemingtones Etal #1 | 35-125-00543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Keiner #1 | 35-125-00562 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Luckett #1 | 35-125-00564 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 8,742 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 Pottawatomie County, OK?
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma has 8,742 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,917 active, 6,425 plugged and 192 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pottawatomie County?
192 wells in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Pottawatomie County are plugged?
6,425 of Pottawatomie County's 8,742 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Pottawatomie County ranks 17th with 8,742.
How many companies operate wells in Pottawatomie County?
858 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/pottawatomie (data as of October 10, 2026).