Oil & gas wells in Cabell County, WV
1,027 catalogued wells in Cabell County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cabell County, West Virginia has 1,027 catalogued oil & gas wells: 484 active (47%), 354 plugged & abandoned (34%) and 128 documented orphans. It ranks 33rd of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,027
Active
484
Plugged
354
Documented orphans
128
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cabell County?
47% of Cabell County's wells are active, 4 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 34% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 128 wells (12%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 61 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cabell County?
By product class, 11 of the county's wells (1%) are oil wells, 521 (51%) gas wells and 1 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Cabell County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Cabell County has the 33rd-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 29th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Cabell County?
100 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cabell 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 Cabell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinght, Lafe L-99 | 47-011-00006 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Templeton, T. J. 1 | 47-011-00007 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mccomas, R. & B. S. L-95 | 47-011-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stone, Henry L-97 | 47-011-00010 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hutchinson, W. W. F-12 | 47-011-00013 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Carter, John /W.H.Johnson P-83 | 47-011-00024 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nelson Holby Heirs 2 | 47-011-00041 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nelson Holton Heirs 3 | 47-011-00045 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| C. & O. Railway Co. 1 | 47-011-00060 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Holton, Gilbert 2 | 47-011-00075 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stanley, J. S. 1 | 47-011-00081 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lomand, Ben 3 | 47-011-00082 | Orphaned | Other type | Big C Production & Processing, Inc. |
| Holton, W. H. 1 | 47-011-00101 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Marchette, Frank 3 | 47-011-00118 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Beckett, Augusta 1 | 47-011-00128 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Owens, Edward 1 | 47-011-00138 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cermeans, Golden 1 | 47-011-00142 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nida, H. S. 1 | 47-011-00146 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Powell, Virginia O. 1 | 47-011-00151 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lucas, Judith A. 1 | 47-011-00170 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Peck, Charles G. 1 | 47-011-00175 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Huntington urban renewal authority 1 | 47-011-00182 | Other status | Gas | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Woodall, H. J. & Garnett 1 | 47-011-00192 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Harbour, Essie 1 | 47-011-00194 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| M. E. Church South Lot 1 | 47-011-00217 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,027 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 Cabell County, WV?
Cabell County, West Virginia has 1,027 catalogued oil & gas wells: 484 active, 354 plugged and 128 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cabell County?
128 wells in Cabell County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 29th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Cabell County are plugged?
354 of Cabell County's 1,027 catalogued wells (34%) 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); Cabell County ranks 33rd with 1,027.
How many companies operate wells in Cabell County?
100 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cabell 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 Cabell County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/cabell (data as of October 10, 2026).