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Oil & gas wells in Shackelford County, TX

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

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Shackelford County, Texas has 180 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 56 documented orphans. It ranks 5th 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

180

Active

0

Plugged

0

Documented orphans

56

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 Shackelford County?

0% of Shackelford County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 56 wells (31%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 124 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Shackelford County?

By product class, 156 of the county's wells (87%) are oil wells, 1 (0.6%) gas wells and 14 (8%) 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 Shackelford County compare with other Texas counties?

Shackelford County has the 5th-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 7th in Texas.

Who operates wells in Shackelford 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 Shackelford County

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Oil & gas wells in Shackelford County, TX
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Walker B. S. Est. -M- 442-417-81367OrphanedOther type—
Walker B. S. Est. -M- 242-417-81365OrphanedOther type—
Clemmer J. B. 142-417-82906OrphanedOther type—
Tarrant Cloud 142-417-80704OrphanedOther type—
Clemmer J. B. 242-417-82907OrphanedOther type—
Walker B. S. Est. -M- 342-417-81366OrphanedOther type—
Owens B. L. 142-417-80429OrphanedOther type—
Walker B. S. Est. -M- 142-417-81364OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-417-3956442-417-39564Other statusOil—
Well API 42-417-0062442-417-00624OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-417-3035042-417-30350OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-417-3049442-417-30494OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-417-3104542-417-31045OrphanedInjection—
Well API 42-417-3106342-417-31063OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-417-3332142-417-33321OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-417-3385142-417-33851OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-417-0135942-417-01359Other statusOil—
Well API 42-417-0146442-417-01464Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-417-0524242-417-05242Other statusOil—
Well API 42-417-2017142-417-20171Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-417-3031342-417-30313Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-417-3097142-417-30971Other statusOil—
Well API 42-417-3209142-417-32091Other statusOil—
Well API 42-417-3335042-417-33350Other statusOil—
Well API 42-417-3335842-417-33358Other statusOil—

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 180 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 Shackelford County, TX?

Shackelford County, Texas has 180 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 56 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.

How many orphaned wells are in Shackelford County?

56 wells in Shackelford County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 7th-highest count among Texas counties.

What share of wells in Shackelford County are plugged?

0 of Shackelford County's 180 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); Shackelford County ranks 5th with 180.

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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 Shackelford County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/shackelford (data as of October 10, 2026).