Oil & gas wells in Webster County, WV
124 catalogued wells in Webster County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Webster County, West Virginia has 124 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active (6%), 65 plugged & abandoned (52%) and 19 documented orphans. It ranks 42nd of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
124
Active
7
Plugged
65
Documented orphans
19
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Webster County?
6% of Webster County's wells are active, 45 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 52% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 19 wells (15%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 33 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Webster County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 10 (8%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 92% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Webster County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Webster County has the 42nd-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 41st in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Webster County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Webster 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 Webster County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, C. B. 1 | 47-101-00007 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Dodrill, Clara 1 | 47-101-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Howard, C. D. - Heirs 1 | 47-101-00013 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Arbogast, H. E. 1 | 47-101-00014 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Thomas, A. C. & Olive 1 | 47-101-00017 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Lucky-Carpenter 1 | 47-101-00021 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mcelwain, T. C. 1 | 47-101-00022 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Miller, George W. 1 | 47-101-00029 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Woods, Bonnie J. 1 | 47-101-00031 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boothe, E.T. & Velda 1 | 47-101-00032 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Arthur & Holcomb 1 | 47-101-00035 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Thomas, Agatha 1 | 47-101-00036 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Berthy, J. N. Jr. 1 | 47-101-00040 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Howard, H. F. 1 | 47-101-00041 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Hoover, Emma B. 1 | 47-101-00052 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Coastal Lumber Co. 1 | 47-101-00077 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Coastal Lumber Co. 1 | 47-101-00078 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hoover, Wendell/Davis, J. 1 | 47-101-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wv & Pittsburgh Railroad 9227 | 47-101-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hope Gas, Inc. |
| Brockerhoff, Henry A. 6761 | 47-101-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brockerhoff, Henry A. 6969 | 47-101-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Gregory, I.N. 1 | 47-101-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hacker Valley Lumber Co. 1 | 47-101-00006 | Orphaned | Other type | Blaho Oil And Gas Company |
| Wright, Alvin 1 | 47-101-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Herold, George A. 1 | 47-101-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 124 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 Webster County, WV?
Webster County, West Virginia has 124 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active, 65 plugged and 19 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Webster County?
19 wells in Webster County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 41st-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Webster County are plugged?
65 of Webster County's 124 catalogued wells (52%) 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); Webster County ranks 42nd with 124.
How many companies operate wells in Webster County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Webster 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 Webster County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/webster (data as of October 10, 2026).