Oil & gas wells in Upshur County, WV
3,868 catalogued wells in Upshur County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Upshur County, West Virginia has 3,868 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,206 active (57%), 624 plugged & abandoned (16%) and 442 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,868
Active
2,206
Plugged
624
Documented orphans
442
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Upshur County?
57% of Upshur County's wells are active, 6 percentage points above the West Virginia share of 51%. 16% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 442 wells (11%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 595 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Upshur County?
By product class, 29 of the county's wells (0.7%) are oil wells, 2,601 (67%) gas wells and 7 (0.2%) 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 Upshur County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Upshur County has the 9th-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 14th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Upshur County?
146 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Upshur 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 Upshur County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster, J.M. 1 | 47-097-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Malcomb, Julia J. 1 | 47-097-00011 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mccue, Ray 1 | 47-097-00018 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Reger, L.E. & Russell, A. 1 | 47-097-00041 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Freeman, B.C. 1 | 47-097-00042 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| McCOY, J. L. 1 | 47-097-00057 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Talbott, Lloyd 1 | 47-097-00061 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Crites, Lela 1 | 47-097-00162 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Colerider, R.R. 4 | 47-097-00189 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| McCARTNEY, OSIE B. 1 | 47-097-00230 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Dennison, Anna Lee 2 | 47-097-00402 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Dennison, Anna Lee 3 | 47-097-00405 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Casto, H. A., Etal 1 | 47-097-00439 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Rohrbough, Catherine 1 | 47-097-00449 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lafferty, Charles T. 1 | 47-097-00464 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Phillips, Roy 1 | 47-097-00466 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sleeth, Linn & Beatrice Mearns 1 | 47-097-00557 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| HOWES, M. McCARTY 2 | 47-097-00614 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Whitescarver-Rundio 1 | 47-097-00665 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hornbeck, Roy, Etal Wvgo2567 | 47-097-00695 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Steerman, Laura 1 | 47-097-00729 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Lee, Keith 1 | 47-097-00732 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Bassell, Maude C., Etal 1 | 47-097-00736 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boram, S.C. 1 | 47-097-00744 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Phillips, Tracy 1 | 47-097-00746 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,868 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 Upshur County, WV?
Upshur County, West Virginia has 3,868 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,206 active, 624 plugged and 442 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Upshur County?
442 wells in Upshur County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Upshur County are plugged?
624 of Upshur County's 3,868 catalogued wells (16%) 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); Upshur County ranks 9th with 3,868.
How many companies operate wells in Upshur County?
146 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Upshur 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 Upshur County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/upshur (data as of October 10, 2026).