Oil & gas wells in Ohio County, WV
386 catalogued wells in Ohio County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ohio County, West Virginia has 386 catalogued oil & gas wells: 233 active (60%), 40 plugged & abandoned (10%) and 12 documented orphans. It ranks 39th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
386
Active
233
Plugged
40
Documented orphans
12
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ohio County?
60% of Ohio County's wells are active, 10 percentage points above the West Virginia share of 51%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 12 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 100 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Ohio County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (0.5%) are oil wells, 319 (83%) gas wells and 1 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Ohio County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Ohio County has the 39th-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 43rd in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Ohio County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Ohio 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 Ohio County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hullihen, Bates, Savage 1 | 47-069-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Fisher, R. C., Etal 1 | 47-069-00020 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Masters, S. J. 1 | 47-069-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tunnel Ridge, LLC |
| Rodgers, J.M. 1 | 47-069-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tunnel Ridge, LLC |
| Pierce, Margaret C. 1 | 47-069-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Pierce, Margaret C. 2 | 47-069-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Graeb, Louis - Heirs 1 | 47-069-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Phillips, Edward 1 | 47-069-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Phillips, Edward 2 | 47-069-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Miller & Clovis 1 | 47-069-00008 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Morrow, S. R. 1 | 47-069-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wheeling Downs 1 | 47-069-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| West Penn Power Co. 1 | 47-069-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jones, E. L. 1 | 47-069-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jones, R. Earl 1 | 47-069-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Craig, Lewis B. Craig 1 | 47-069-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ross And Wharton Gas Company, Inc. |
| Craig, Lewis B. 2 | 47-069-00016 | Orphaned | Gas | Craig, Deborah Ann |
| Cox, W. B. & K. M. 1 | 47-069-00017 | Active | Gas | Sampson, Dorothy Mae |
| Westfall, Ralph 1 | 47-069-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tunnel Ridge, LLC |
| Craig, Lewis B. 3 | 47-069-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Langmyer, Joseph 1 | 47-069-00021 | Other status | Other type | Greylock Conventional, LLC |
| McCONN, MERLE 1 | 47-069-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Warwood Grade School 1 | 47-069-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Haught, Glenn L. & Sons |
| Howard, Merle G., Et Ux 2 | 47-069-00024 | Other status | Other type | Ramco Energy Corporation |
| Landmyer, George 1 | 47-069-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 386 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 Ohio County, WV?
Ohio County, West Virginia has 386 catalogued oil & gas wells: 233 active, 40 plugged and 12 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ohio County?
12 wells in Ohio County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 43rd-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Ohio County are plugged?
40 of Ohio County's 386 catalogued wells (10%) 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); Ohio County ranks 39th with 386.
How many companies operate wells in Ohio County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Ohio 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 Ohio County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/ohio (data as of October 10, 2026).