Oil & gas wells in Clay County, WV
2,926 catalogued wells in Clay County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clay County, West Virginia has 2,926 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,282 active (44%), 856 plugged & abandoned (29%) and 347 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,926
Active
1,282
Plugged
856
Documented orphans
347
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clay County?
44% of Clay County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 29% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 90 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 347 wells (12%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 351 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clay County?
By product class, 228 of the county's wells (8%) are oil wells, 1,174 (40%) gas wells and 232 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 92% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Clay County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Clay County has the 16th-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 16th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Clay County?
131 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clay 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 Clay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown/Goshorn/Swan 4047 | 47-015-00019 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Davenport & Elliott 1 | 47-015-00026 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Connell Heirs 1 | 47-015-00027 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Brown, Goshorn, Swan 4226 | 47-015-00039 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Summers, P. M. 4225 | 47-015-00040 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Parker, R. P. 9 | 47-015-00042 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Kyle, R. S. 15 | 47-015-00044 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wether, Mary S. 9 | 47-015-00048 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hill & Long 9-Sr-741 | 47-015-00074 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Horshman, A. B. 1 | 47-015-00078 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Thompson Coal & Land Co. 2 | 47-015-00082 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| H. Reed Heirs 1 | 47-015-00100 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Reed, James - Heirs 1-Sr-7 | 47-015-00103 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Thompson Land & Coal Co. 2-Sr-8 | 47-015-00104 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brown/Goshorn/Swan 4668 | 47-015-00106 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Weatherell, Mary - Estate 7765 | 47-015-00107 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Otto, Charles T. 5 | 47-015-00110 | Orphaned | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Fields, Alfred 2 | 47-015-00130 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brown, J. S. 1 | 47-015-00142 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Thompson Land & Coal Co. 10 | 47-015-00158 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ray, C. A. 2 | 47-015-00172 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brown, J. W. 1 | 47-015-00188 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| McINTOSH & GRIMM 1 | 47-015-00210 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Adena Corp. 4 | 47-015-00242 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Reed, J. 1 | 47-015-00264 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,926 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 Clay County, WV?
Clay County, West Virginia has 2,926 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,282 active, 856 plugged and 347 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clay County?
347 wells in Clay County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 16th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Clay County are plugged?
856 of Clay County's 2,926 catalogued wells (29%) 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); Clay County ranks 16th with 2,926.
How many companies operate wells in Clay County?
131 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clay 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 Clay County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/clay (data as of October 10, 2026).