Oil & gas wells in Stephens County, OK
21,303 catalogued wells in Stephens County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Stephens County, Oklahoma has 21,303 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8,784 active (41%), 9,605 plugged & abandoned (45%) and 499 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
21,303
Active
8,784
Plugged
9,605
Documented orphans
499
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Stephens County?
41% of Stephens County's wells are active, 13 percentage points above the Oklahoma share of 28%. 45% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 398 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 499 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,017 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Stephens County?
By product class, 10,811 of the county's wells (51%) are oil wells, 1,472 (7%) gas wells and 64 (0.3%) 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 Stephens County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Stephens County has the 3rd-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 11th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Stephens County?
788 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Stephens 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 Stephens County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Speer #1 | 35-137-00056 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Duncan #1 | 35-137-00059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lynan Energy Inc |
| Ritter #b-1 | 35-137-00127 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Frensley C #114 #1 | 35-137-00161 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Whitco Operating Company |
| Community Rovilla #1 | 35-137-00195 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rubendall #1 | 35-137-00196 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Will Edwards #1 | 35-137-00320 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid-Continent Production Corp |
| Prairiedale Unit #11 | 35-137-00331 | Shut-in | Other type | Phoenix Petrocorp Inc |
| Gentry #1 | 35-137-00341 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mercury Drilling Company |
| Harley #1 | 35-137-00345 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Mitchell #1 | 35-137-00354 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Butts A #1 | 35-137-00393 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| L M Chase #1 | 35-137-00430 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Massey #1 | 35-137-00453 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones L E Production Company |
| Sitton #1 | 35-137-00465 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Chas Von Weise #1 | 35-137-00500 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Oxford #1 | 35-137-00519 | Active | Oil | Lewis Oil Operations LLC |
| Nadu (Jessee Evans #1) #16-1 | 35-137-00527 | Shut-in | Oil | Citation Oil & Gas Corp |
| W Edwards #1 | 35-137-00531 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Doyle Field Unit (Morris 1) #39wo1 | 35-137-00612 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conocophillips Co |
| Pritchard #1 | 35-137-00615 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Ketchum #7 | 35-137-00616 | Other status | Oil | Jakeco Operating LLC |
| Furst #9 | 35-137-00618 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jones Oil Company LLC (The) |
| R L March #1 | 35-137-00954 | Orphaned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Harley #1 | 35-137-00633 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jack Oil Company L.L.C. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 21,303 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 Stephens County, OK?
Stephens County, Oklahoma has 21,303 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8,784 active, 9,605 plugged and 499 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Stephens County?
499 wells in Stephens County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 11th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Stephens County are plugged?
9,605 of Stephens County's 21,303 catalogued wells (45%) 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); Stephens County ranks 3rd with 21,303.
How many companies operate wells in Stephens County?
788 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Stephens 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 Stephens County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/stephens (data as of October 10, 2026).