Oil & gas wells in Grant County, WV
36 catalogued wells in Grant County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Grant County, West Virginia has 36 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 28 plugged & abandoned (78%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 48th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
36
Active
0
Plugged
28
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Grant County?
0% of Grant County's wells are active, 51 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 78% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 7 wells (19%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Grant County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 23 (64%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Grant County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Grant County has the 48th-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 45th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Grant County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Grant 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 Grant County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrell, Victor 1 | 47-021-01730 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Reese, J. B., Etal 1 | 47-023-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Greenland Lodge, Inc. 1 | 47-023-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Chaney Schell Corp 20619-T | 47-023-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Natural Resources, LLC |
| Faifax Crushed Stone Co. 20179-T | 47-023-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Natural Resources, LLC |
| USA Natl Forest 1831 | 47-023-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Rohrbaugh Brothers Ptshp. 1-1925 | 47-023-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Eqt Production Company, LLC |
| East Dolly Sods #2 1932 | 47-023-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Shreve, Dorothy E. 2042 | 47-023-00008 | Orphaned | Gas | Expand Operating LLC |
| Heavner, Oather & Hazel 2082 | 47-023-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Hipp, Carl J. 1-2131 | 47-023-00010 | Orphaned | Gas | Expand Operating LLC |
| Union Land Mgmt. Co. 1-2178 | 47-023-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Teter, Ica S. 21445 | 47-023-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Weimer, John Bruce, Etal 21477 | 47-023-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Haslacker, Vernon L. 2144 | 47-023-00014 | Orphaned | Gas | Expand Operating LLC |
| U. S. Forest Service 2120 | 47-023-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Heavner, Oather & Hazel 2082 | 47-023-00016 | Other status | Other type | Eqt Production Company, LLC |
| Rohrbaugh Brothers 2-2527 | 47-023-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Evans, Ruth 2533 | 47-023-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Allegheny Mining Corp. 2528 | 47-023-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Virginia Electric Pow Co. 2565 | 47-023-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Berg, Kermit & Bessie 21705 | 47-023-00021 | Orphaned | Gas | Expand Operating LLC |
| Schell, Delmer & Eileen 21712-Pi | 47-023-00022 | Orphaned | Gas | Expand Operating LLC |
| Halterman, Virginia B. 821717 | 47-023-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
| Moomau, Dr. Frederick Wvgo2569 | 47-023-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 36 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 Grant County, WV?
Grant County, West Virginia has 36 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 28 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Grant County?
7 wells in Grant County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 45th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Grant County are plugged?
28 of Grant County's 36 catalogued wells (78%) 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); Grant County ranks 48th with 36.
How many companies operate wells in Grant County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Grant County, West Virginia.
Nearby in the West Virginia rankings
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 Grant County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/grant (data as of October 10, 2026).