Oil & gas wells in Hancock County, WV
219 catalogued wells in Hancock County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hancock County, West Virginia has 219 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active (1%), 82 plugged & abandoned (37%) and 100 documented orphans. It ranks 41st of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
219
Active
3
Plugged
82
Documented orphans
100
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hancock County?
1% of Hancock County's wells are active, 49 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 37% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 100 wells (46%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 34 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hancock County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (0.9%) are oil wells, 21 (10%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Hancock County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Hancock County has the 41st-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 35th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Hancock County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Hancock 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 Hancock County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crago, James 10 | 47-029-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brice & Cable 1 | 47-029-00007 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brenneman, G. G. 65 | 47-029-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brenneman, G. G. 66 | 47-029-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Crago, James 11 | 47-029-00018 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hamilton, J. C. 14 | 47-029-00020 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brenneman, C. E. 74 | 47-029-00031 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hewitt, E. W. 22 | 47-029-00035 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hewitt, Walter 27 | 47-029-00042 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Park, Tom Linson 1 | 47-029-00045 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Allison, Carl R. 2 | 47-029-00051 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Smith, C. A. 2 | 47-029-00052 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Carson, Emma J. 1 | 47-029-00054 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Anderson, Harry 1 | 47-029-00056 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Smith, C. A. 3 | 47-029-00057 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Smith, C. A. 4 | 47-029-00058 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Smith, C. A. 5 | 47-029-00059 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Anderson, Stella M. 7 | 47-029-00060 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Smith, C. A. 7 | 47-029-00063 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Owings, Tom 1 | 47-029-00067 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ross, Ethel 1 | 47-029-00068 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cable, Silas 17 | 47-029-00074 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brice, J. G. 8 | 47-029-00075 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cline, Brady & Audrey 1 | 47-029-00083 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Elder, W. B. 1 | 47-029-00084 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 219 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 Hancock County, WV?
Hancock County, West Virginia has 219 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active, 82 plugged and 100 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hancock County?
100 wells in Hancock County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 35th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Hancock County are plugged?
82 of Hancock County's 219 catalogued wells (37%) 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); Hancock County ranks 41st with 219.
How many companies operate wells in Hancock County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Hancock 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 Hancock County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/hancock (data as of October 10, 2026).