Oil & gas wells in Barbour County, WV
3,341 catalogued wells in Barbour County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Barbour County, West Virginia has 3,341 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,673 active (50%), 361 plugged & abandoned (11%) and 524 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,341
Active
1,673
Plugged
361
Documented orphans
524
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Barbour County?
50% of Barbour County's wells are active, close to the West Virginia share of 51%. 11% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 524 wells (16%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 783 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Barbour County?
By product class, 25 of the county's wells (0.7%) are oil wells, 2,305 (69%) gas wells and 2 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 91% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Barbour County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Barbour County has the 12th-most catalogued wells of the 50 West Virginia counties with at least 25. The median West Virginia county on WellCensus has 2,037 wells. The largest, Ritchie County, has 10,708. By documented orphans it ranks 10th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Barbour County?
149 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Barbour County. 100% 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 Barbour County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison, Blanche Harrison 1 | 47-001-00088 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Reger, W. R. 590 | 47-001-00106 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Digman, William 1 | 47-001-00371 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Cleavenger, Ada M. 1 | 47-001-00436 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Winans, Wm. H. - Heirs 1 | 47-001-00504 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Lantz, E. E., Etal 1 | 47-001-00555 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Waugh, Nathan D. 1 | 47-001-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Indian Fork Coal& Coke Co 7800 | 47-001-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Century Mining, LLC |
| Riley, Annette 7840 | 47-001-00003 | Active | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Sigley, David 8612 | 47-001-00004 | Active | Gas | Allegheny Metallurgical LLC |
| Ward, Ethel P. 8638 | 47-001-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Allegheny Metallurgical LLC |
| Benson, Ira D. 2-8794 | 47-001-00006 | Orphaned | Gas | Allegheny Metallurgical LLC |
| Queen, P. D. 8801 | 47-001-00007 | Active | Gas | Allegheny Metallurgical LLC |
| Stewart, James N. 8850 | 47-001-00008 | Active | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Morrison, W. L., Etux 8873 | 47-001-00009 | Active | Gas | Allegheny Metallurgical LLC |
| Harvey, Rebecca 1-210 | 47-001-00010 | Orphaned | Other type | Haught, Inc. |
| Rymer, Ara B. 8889 | 47-001-00011 | Active | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Callihan, James E. 8896 | 47-001-00012 | Active | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Nutter, Natlona 8901 | 47-001-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Boutin, Rossala Jane 5054 (8897) | 47-001-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Crim, C. C. 8900 | 47-001-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Dickinson, J. R. 8899 | 47-001-00016 | Active | Gas | Allegheny Metallurgical LLC |
| Benson, Chloris S-Sr-1079 | 47-001-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hanley & Bird |
| Hardin, N. C. 8948 | 47-001-00018 | Active | Gas | Wv Mineral Group LLC |
| Walker, Emma D. 8951 | 47-001-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,341 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 Barbour County, WV?
Barbour County, West Virginia has 3,341 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,673 active, 361 plugged and 524 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Barbour County?
524 wells in Barbour County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Barbour County are plugged?
361 of Barbour County's 3,341 catalogued wells (11%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 22% across West Virginia.
Which West Virginia county has the most oil and gas wells?
Ritchie County has the most catalogued wells of any West Virginia county on WellCensus (10,708); Barbour County ranks 12th with 3,341.
How many companies operate wells in Barbour County?
149 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Barbour County, West Virginia.
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About this data
Source: West Virginia DEP Office of Oil & Gas 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 Barbour County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/barbour (data as of October 10, 2026).