Oil & gas wells in La Salle County, TX
27 catalogued wells in La Salle County, Texas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
La Salle County, Texas has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 22 documented orphans. It ranks 62nd 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
27
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
22
What is the status of oil and gas wells in La Salle County?
0% of La Salle County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 22 wells (81%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 5 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in La Salle County?
By product class, 25 of the county's wells (93%) are oil wells, 1 (4%) gas wells and 1 (4%) 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 La Salle County compare with other Texas counties?
La Salle County has the 62nd-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 26th in Texas.
Who operates wells in La Salle 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 La Salle County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 42-283-80038 | 42-283-80038 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-31556 | 42-283-31556 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-00625 | 42-283-00625 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-31610 | 42-283-31610 | Orphaned | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-283-31750 | 42-283-31750 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-00458 | 42-283-00458 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80039 | 42-283-80039 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80080 | 42-283-80080 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-30803 | 42-283-30803 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80082 | 42-283-80082 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-00456 | 42-283-00456 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-30957 | 42-283-30957 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-30997 | 42-283-30997 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-31117 | 42-283-31117 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-31302 | 42-283-31302 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80043 | 42-283-80043 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80076 | 42-283-80076 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80087 | 42-283-80087 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80088 | 42-283-80088 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80098 | 42-283-80098 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80190 | 42-283-80190 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80191 | 42-283-80191 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-31080 | 42-283-31080 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-31166 | 42-283-31166 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-283-80188 | 42-283-80188 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 27 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 La Salle County, TX?
La Salle County, Texas has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 22 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.
How many orphaned wells are in La Salle County?
22 wells in La Salle County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 26th-highest count among Texas counties.
What share of wells in La Salle County are plugged?
0 of La Salle County's 27 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); La Salle County ranks 62nd with 27.
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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 La Salle County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/la-salle (data as of October 10, 2026).