Oil & gas wells in Nicholas County, WV
948 catalogued wells in Nicholas County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Nicholas County, West Virginia has 948 catalogued oil & gas wells: 314 active (33%), 341 plugged & abandoned (36%) and 127 documented orphans. It ranks 35th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
948
Active
314
Plugged
341
Documented orphans
127
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Nicholas County?
33% of Nicholas County's wells are active, 18 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 36% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 127 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 166 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Nicholas County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (0.1%) are oil wells, 438 (46%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 94% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Nicholas County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Nicholas County has the 35th-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 30th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Nicholas County?
86 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Nicholas 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 Nicholas County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinney & Hawkins B-35 | 47-067-00012 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lewis Land 1 | 47-067-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ingalls 1 | 47-067-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Baltimore Co 7 | 47-067-00138 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mearns, J. & A. 1 | 47-067-00163 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Curry, R. D. 1 | 47-067-00170 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Henderson, F. F. 1 | 47-067-00171 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lambert, H. 1 | 47-067-00182 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mearns, T. J. - Heirs 1 | 47-067-00187 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mollohan, Roy 1 | 47-067-00211 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Frame, Roy 1 | 47-067-00223 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sparks, C. K. 1 | 47-067-00233 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Tioga Lumber Co. 1 | 47-067-00244 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Seelinger, Terry & Franci Hill & Long 6 | 47-067-00001 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Malcomb, M.K. 7419 | 47-067-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hope Gas, Inc. |
| Lewis Land & Coal 1139 | 47-067-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Kinney & Hawkins B-32 | 47-067-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hamilton Natural Gas |
| Wva. Corporation Craig # B-33 | 47-067-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hamilton Natural Gas |
| Henry Mcqueen Heirs B-34 | 47-067-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hamilton Natural Gas |
| Smith, W. E. 2-770 | 47-067-00007 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Federal Coal Co. 7776 | 47-067-00008 | Other status | Other type | Hope Gas, Inc. |
| C & H Corporation 7777 | 47-067-00009 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Federal Coal Co. 7775 | 47-067-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hope Gas, Inc. |
| Lewis Land & Coal Co. 7794 (T-75) | 47-067-00011 | Active | Gas | Quality Natural Gas, LLC |
| Federal Coal 7795 | 47-067-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 948 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 Nicholas County, WV?
Nicholas County, West Virginia has 948 catalogued oil & gas wells: 314 active, 341 plugged and 127 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Nicholas County?
127 wells in Nicholas County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 30th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Nicholas County are plugged?
341 of Nicholas County's 948 catalogued wells (36%) 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); Nicholas County ranks 35th with 948.
How many companies operate wells in Nicholas County?
86 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Nicholas 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 Nicholas County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/nicholas (data as of October 10, 2026).