Oil & gas wells in Gray County, TX
198 catalogued wells in Gray County, Texas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gray County, Texas has 198 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 57 documented orphans. It ranks 4th 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
198
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
57
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gray County?
0% of Gray County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 57 wells (29%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 141 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gray County?
By product class, 171 of the county's wells (86%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 11 (6%) 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 Gray County compare with other Texas counties?
Gray County has the 4th-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 6th in Texas.
Who operates wells in Gray 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.
Wells in Gray County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finley-Dolomite 14 | 42-179-84250 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Morse -A- 1 | 42-179-80500 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Cubine 1 | 42-179-80701 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Davidson 8 | 42-179-81100 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Perkins -B- 2 | 42-179-80453 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Davidson 7 | 42-179-81099 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Finley-Dolomite 19 | 42-179-84255 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Case 1 | 42-179-80050 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Kincade Lucile 2 | 42-179-80870 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Goode 1 | 42-179-80442 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Finley-Dolomite 17 | 42-179-84253 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Finley-Dolomite 15 | 42-179-84251 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Mclarty-Lester -A- 1080 | 42-179-80554 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Kincade Lucile 1 | 42-179-80869 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 42-179-83079 | 42-179-83079 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-31694 | 42-179-31694 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-31567 | 42-179-31567 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-81414 | 42-179-81414 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-83084 | 42-179-83084 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-06959 | 42-179-06959 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-179-06962 | 42-179-06962 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-179-30013 | 42-179-30013 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-30023 | 42-179-30023 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-30767 | 42-179-30767 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-179-30928 | 42-179-30928 | Other status | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 198 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 Gray County, TX?
Gray County, Texas has 198 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 57 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.
How many orphaned wells are in Gray County?
57 wells in Gray County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among Texas counties.
What share of wells in Gray County are plugged?
0 of Gray County's 198 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); Gray County ranks 4th with 198.
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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 Gray County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/gray (data as of October 10, 2026).