Oil & gas wells in Preston County, WV
643 catalogued wells in Preston County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Preston County, West Virginia has 643 catalogued oil & gas wells: 229 active (36%), 112 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 63 documented orphans. It ranks 36th 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
643
Active
229
Plugged
112
Documented orphans
63
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Preston County?
36% of Preston County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 48% nationally. 63 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 239 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Preston County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (0.3%) are oil wells, 256 (40%) gas wells and 82 (13%) 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 Preston County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Preston County has the 36th-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 37th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Preston County?
57 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Preston 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 Preston County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcmullen, A. J. 1 | 47-077-00054 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Britton, H. W. 1 | 47-077-00081 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cobun-West-Jack 1 | 47-077-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sisler, J. F. & H. 1 | 47-077-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sisler, J. F. & Harrison 2 | 47-077-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sisler, J. F. & H. 7368 | 47-077-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Lewis, C. E. 7369 | 47-077-00005 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Eberly, O. 7370 | 47-077-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Freeland, David A. 7387 | 47-077-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Barlow, Frank F. 9209 | 47-077-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Pyles, P. S. 1 | 47-077-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Martin, J. P. 7388 | 47-077-00010 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Fitzpatrick, H.R. & J.A. 7371 | 47-077-00011 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Dever, D. E. 1 | 47-077-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Murphy, John 7389 | 47-077-00013 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Everly, O. 1 | 47-077-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ringer, C. V. 7390 | 47-077-00015 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Eberly, O. 7372 | 47-077-00016 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Cassity, Joseph T. 7391 | 47-077-00017 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Martin, J. P. 1 | 47-077-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Natural Resources, LLC |
| Burns, Wm. & Kathryn Terra Alta 7374 | 47-077-00019 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Moupin, Winifred Combs Terra Alta 7392 | 47-077-00020 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Moupin, Winifred Combs Terra Alta#7393 | 47-077-00021 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Maupin, Winfred Combs Terra Alta 7394 | 47-077-00022 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Haught, Archie M. 7365 | 47-077-00023 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 643 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 Preston County, WV?
Preston County, West Virginia has 643 catalogued oil & gas wells: 229 active, 112 plugged and 63 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Preston County?
63 wells in Preston County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 37th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Preston County are plugged?
112 of Preston County's 643 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); Preston County ranks 36th with 643.
How many companies operate wells in Preston County?
57 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Preston 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 28, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Preston County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/preston (data as of October 28, 2026).