Oil & gas wells in Tulsa County, OK
13,458 catalogued wells in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Tulsa County, Oklahoma has 13,458 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,562 active (12%), 8,304 plugged & abandoned (62%) and 990 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
13,458
Active
1,562
Plugged
8,304
Documented orphans
990
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Tulsa County?
12% of Tulsa County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 62% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 990 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,599 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Tulsa County?
By product class, 5,330 of the county's wells (40%) are oil wells, 1,167 (9%) gas wells and 26 (0.2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 16%. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Tulsa County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Tulsa County has the 8th-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 6th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Tulsa County?
505 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Wm #3 | 35-143-00488 | Other status | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Turinsky #1-A | 35-143-00544 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Cottom #121-I | 35-143-00577 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Brixie #31g | 35-143-00587 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Jones-Ex Sanga #1 | 35-143-00659 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Turkey Mountain #2-B | 35-143-00768 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stewart Operating |
| E. Panther #11-25 | 35-143-00783 | Active | Other type | Grand Resources Inc |
| J W Graves (Bgsu 3-28) #28 | 35-143-00835 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Ida Glenn Unit Tr 1 (Egu Tr 1-21w) #21w | 35-143-00868 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Durant Edna #3 | 35-143-00877 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Western Petroleum Company Inc |
| Hilltop Red For #s-16 | 35-143-00894 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Hilltop Red Fork U-1 #s-21 | 35-143-00898 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | On-Line Oil Inc |
| Grayson #-A-10 | 35-143-01062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Harjo-Ralston #1 | 35-143-01072 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barnett James E |
| Ellsworth W F #2 | 35-143-01090 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Gilcrease #1 | 35-143-01145 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Tank Lewis #3 | 35-143-01150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Samuels #5 | 35-143-01161 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Loath Thomas #4 | 35-143-01170 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Lynn Helen #1 | 35-143-01173 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Hengst Wm #1 | 35-143-01227 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rowsey W E #3 | 35-143-01261 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Thieman #1 | 35-143-01293 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Berryhill #2 | 35-143-01331 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| House #6 | 35-143-01334 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Meadors Jr J W Trust |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 13,458 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 Tulsa County, OK?
Tulsa County, Oklahoma has 13,458 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,562 active, 8,304 plugged and 990 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Tulsa County?
990 wells in Tulsa County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Tulsa County are plugged?
8,304 of Tulsa County's 13,458 catalogued wells (62%) 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); Tulsa County ranks 8th with 13,458.
How many companies operate wells in Tulsa County?
505 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/tulsa (data as of October 10, 2026).