Oil & gas wells in Mason County, WV
548 catalogued wells in Mason County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mason County, West Virginia has 548 catalogued oil & gas wells: 222 active (41%), 146 plugged & abandoned (27%) and 40 documented orphans. It ranks 37th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
548
Active
222
Plugged
146
Documented orphans
40
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mason County?
41% of Mason County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 27% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 40 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 140 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mason County?
By product class, 49 of the county's wells (9%) are oil wells, 200 (36%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 93% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Mason County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Mason County has the 37th-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 38th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Mason County?
55 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mason 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 Mason County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. 7 | 47-053-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. 3 | 47-053-00014 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. 5 | 47-053-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Petty, C. W. & B., Nettie 1 | 47-053-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Gress, W. H. 1 | 47-053-00023 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Raybould, Ed & Lizzie 1 | 47-053-00025 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Dodson, Oris 1 | 47-053-00031 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ohlinger, C. M. 2 | 47-053-00035 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Fry, H. R. 1 | 47-053-00037 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sayre, Sarah M. 1 | 47-053-00054 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sayre, H. J. 2 | 47-053-00056 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hudson, W. W. 1 | 47-053-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hanley, John & Ramona 1 | 47-053-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc. |
| Thornton, G. T. 1 | 47-053-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc. |
| Williamson, James 1 | 47-053-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc. |
| Hart, Linley 1 | 47-053-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Roush, E. C. 1 | 47-053-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. New Haven 1 | 47-053-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. 8 | 47-053-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Berea Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Hoffman, G. 1 | 47-053-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petro-Go, Inc. |
| Jackson Coal & Mining Co. 2 | 47-053-00011 | Other status | Other type | Berea Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. 1 | 47-053-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. 2 | 47-053-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Newton, W. H. & D. E. 4 | 47-053-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Raybould, Lizzie G. 2 | 47-053-00018 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 548 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 Mason County, WV?
Mason County, West Virginia has 548 catalogued oil & gas wells: 222 active, 146 plugged and 40 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mason County?
40 wells in Mason County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 38th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Mason County are plugged?
146 of Mason County's 548 catalogued wells (27%) 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); Mason County ranks 37th with 548.
How many companies operate wells in Mason County?
55 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mason 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 Mason County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/mason (data as of October 10, 2026).