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Oil & gas wells in Crockett County, TX

138 catalogued wells in Crockett County, Texas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Crockett County, Texas has 138 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 26 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 65 Texas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 964,593 catalogued wells. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county (see below).

Catalogued wells

138

Active

0

Plugged

0

Documented orphans

26

Coverage note: The Railroad Commission's statewide location layer that supplies most Texas records carries no county field, so this county count covers only wells whose source record names the county — chiefly the federal orphaned-well inventory — and is far below the true number of wells in the county. The statewide total is on the Texas page: 964,593 wells in Texas.

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Crockett County?

0% of Crockett County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 26 wells (19%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 112 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Crockett County?

By product class, 114 of the county's wells (83%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 17 (12%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 48% and the gas share 13%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.

How does Crockett County compare with other Texas counties?

Crockett County has the 8th-most catalogued wells of the 65 Texas counties with at least 25. The median Texas county on WellCensus has 50 wells. The largest, Pecos County, has 489. By documented orphans it ranks 22nd in Texas.

Who operates wells in Crockett County?

Texas records come from the Railroad Commission's statewide surface-well layer, which publishes each wellbore's API number, coordinates and map symbol (status) but no well name, operator, county, dates or depth; those fields await the RRC's full-attribute bulk file.

Oil & gas wells in Crockett County, TX
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Well API 42-105-0205942-105-02059Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-3455542-105-34555Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0050442-105-00504Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0051242-105-00512Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0050242-105-00502Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0050542-105-00505Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0050942-105-00509Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0051442-105-00514Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0051642-105-00516Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0091042-105-00910Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0091142-105-00911Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0091242-105-00912Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0091542-105-00915Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0091842-105-00918Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0091942-105-00919Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0092042-105-00920Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0092142-105-00921Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0147142-105-01471Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0148342-105-01483Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-105-0148542-105-01485Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-105-0148942-105-01489Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-105-0149242-105-01492Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0205842-105-02058Other statusOil—
Well API 42-105-0206042-105-02060Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-105-0206142-105-02061Other statusOil—

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 138 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 Crockett County, TX?

Crockett County, Texas has 138 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 26 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.

How many orphaned wells are in Crockett County?

26 wells in Crockett County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Texas counties.

What share of wells in Crockett County are plugged?

0 of Crockett County's 138 catalogued wells (0%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 42% across Texas.

Which Texas county has the most oil and gas wells?

Pecos County has the most catalogued wells of any Texas county on WellCensus (489); Crockett County ranks 8th with 138.

Nearby in the Texas rankings

About this data

Source: Texas Railroad Commission statewide surface-well layer (August 2019 snapshot), 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 Crockett County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/crockett (data as of October 10, 2026).