Oil & gas wells in Logan County, WV
2,414 catalogued wells in Logan County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Logan County, West Virginia has 2,414 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,434 active (59%), 417 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 170 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,414
Active
1,434
Plugged
417
Documented orphans
170
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Logan County?
59% of Logan County's wells are active, 9 percentage points above the West Virginia share of 51%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 170 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 393 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Logan County?
By product class, 3 of the county's wells (0.1%) are oil wells, 1,584 (66%) gas wells and 1 (0.0%) 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 Logan County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Logan County has the 22nd-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 23rd in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Logan County?
89 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Logan 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 Logan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blevins, Lydia M. 1 | 47-045-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Toney, Mary & Drake, M. 7 | 47-045-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ball, S. B. 1 | 47-045-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boone Co. Coal Corp. 9252 | 47-045-00037 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boone Co. Coal Corp. 9255 | 47-045-00041 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nichols, George, Etal 1 | 47-045-00042 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Dingess-Rum Coal Co. W-19 (12) | 47-045-00063 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boone County Coal Corp. 18-9267 | 47-045-00066 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boone County Coal Corp. 19-9268 | 47-045-00069 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Gillman And Miller 1 | 47-045-00241 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Chafin Land Co. 1 | 47-045-00351 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brown, Roy 1 | 47-045-00378 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Chafin Land Company 2 | 47-045-00385 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Jones, Roxie Perry 1 | 47-045-00392 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jones, Roxie Perry 2 | 47-045-00422 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| White/Heirs 1 | 47-045-00434 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Chafin Land Company 3 | 47-045-00436 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| White, R.A. & R. P. Jones 1 | 47-045-00461 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cashion, H. H. 1 | 47-045-00476 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mills, J. H. 1 | 47-045-00477 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Caldwell, Everett 1 | 47-045-00483 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Riley, Catherine B. 1 | 47-045-00484 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Aliff, Bob 1 | 47-045-00486 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Queens, Johnson & Sons 1 | 47-045-00491 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brown, John Flannery 2 | 47-045-00492 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,414 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 Logan County, WV?
Logan County, West Virginia has 2,414 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,434 active, 417 plugged and 170 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Logan County?
170 wells in Logan County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Logan County are plugged?
417 of Logan County's 2,414 catalogued wells (17%) 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); Logan County ranks 22nd with 2,414.
How many companies operate wells in Logan County?
89 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Logan 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 Logan County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/logan (data as of October 10, 2026).