Oil & gas wells in Roane County, WV
4,929 catalogued wells in Roane County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Roane County, West Virginia has 4,929 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,950 active (40%), 1,256 plugged & abandoned (25%) and 997 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,929
Active
1,950
Plugged
1,256
Documented orphans
997
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Roane County?
40% of Roane County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 25% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 44 wells (0.9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 997 wells (20%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 682 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Roane County?
By product class, 874 of the county's wells (18%) are oil wells, 1,496 (30%) gas wells and 243 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Roane County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Roane County has the 7th-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 2nd in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Roane County?
223 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Roane 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 Roane County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt, John 4018 | 47-087-00003 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Griffith, L.L. 3990 | 47-087-00006 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Griffith, L.L. 3990 | 47-087-00007 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boggs, J.L. 1 | 47-087-00020 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sergent, G.M. 1 | 47-087-00030 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hunt, John 4063 | 47-087-00033 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Friend, Rachel 1 | 47-087-00042 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mcmillan, Alice 1 | 47-087-00046 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Tawney, D. L. 1 | 47-087-00053 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 751 | 47-087-00054 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 7649 | 47-087-00055 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Walker, Holly 1 | 47-087-00056 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Connolly, Dan 1 | 47-087-00060 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nichols, William 1 | 47-087-00064 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| John E. Hunt Heirs 1 | 47-087-00065 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Bee, F.H. Jr. 1 | 47-087-00066 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Keen, J.N. 1 | 47-087-00067 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Riddle, Golda 4 | 47-087-00070 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Tawney, D. J. 1 | 47-087-00080 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Kendall, C. A. 2 | 47-087-00086 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Harold, W. C. 1 | 47-087-00091 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Vineyard, T.E., Et Al 2 | 47-087-00102 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lattimer, Minnie B. 1 | 47-087-00113 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lukens, J.B. 1 | 47-087-00116 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Tatterson 1 | 47-087-00117 | Orphaned | Oil | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,929 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 Roane County, WV?
Roane County, West Virginia has 4,929 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,950 active, 1,256 plugged and 997 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Roane County?
997 wells in Roane County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Roane County are plugged?
1,256 of Roane County's 4,929 catalogued wells (25%) 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); Roane County ranks 7th with 4,929.
How many companies operate wells in Roane County?
223 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Roane 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 Roane County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/roane (data as of October 10, 2026).