Oil & gas wells in Brooke County, WV
340 catalogued wells in Brooke County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Brooke County, West Virginia has 340 catalogued oil & gas wells: 177 active (52%), 53 plugged & abandoned (16%) and 21 documented orphans. It ranks 40th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
340
Active
177
Plugged
53
Documented orphans
21
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Brooke County?
52% of Brooke County's wells are active, close to the West Virginia share of 51%. 16% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 21 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 89 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Brooke County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (0.3%) are oil wells, 248 (73%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Brooke County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Brooke County has the 40th-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 40th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Brooke County?
13 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Brooke 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 Brooke County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, John W. 1 | 47-009-00012 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 1 | 47-009-00015 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| McKIM, JOHN 1 | 47-009-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Northrop, George R. 104 | 47-009-00019 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Northrop, George R.R 105 | 47-009-00020 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 45 | 47-009-00027 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 27 | 47-009-00032 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 40 | 47-009-00034 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 42 | 47-009-00035 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Magee, J. W. 3 | 47-009-00044 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 121 | 47-009-00053 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 128 | 47-009-00063 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 29 | 47-009-00065 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wells, J.S. 80182 | 47-009-50182 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wilson, James 1 | 47-009-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brady, Byron 1 | 47-009-00002 | Orphaned | Other type | Dewitt Oil & Gas Co |
| Zetty, Cecil B. 1 | 47-009-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 101 | 47-009-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mahan Heirs 1 | 47-009-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 102 | 47-009-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 103 | 47-009-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 106 | 47-009-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 107 | 47-009-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 108 | 47-009-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wheeling Steel |
| Wheeling Steel Corp. 109 | 47-009-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 340 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 Brooke County, WV?
Brooke County, West Virginia has 340 catalogued oil & gas wells: 177 active, 53 plugged and 21 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Brooke County?
21 wells in Brooke County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 40th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Brooke County are plugged?
53 of Brooke County's 340 catalogued wells (16%) 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); Brooke County ranks 40th with 340.
How many companies operate wells in Brooke County?
13 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Brooke 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 Brooke County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/brooke (data as of October 10, 2026).