Wells
West Virginia oil and gas wells
114,090 wellbores from the West Virginia state record. Pick a county to list its wells.
Wells
114,090
Counties
53
With a surface location
91,242
With production
58,986
monthly, Jan 2018 to Aug 2026
West Virginia files monthly. 2018 to 2024 and 2026 cover HORIZONTAL wells only — that is what the state published for those years. 2025 covers every well that filed.
| County | Wells |
|---|---|
| Barbour | 3,331 |
| Boone | 2,353 |
| Braxton | 2,594 |
| Brooke | 169 |
| Cabell | 995 |
| Calhoun | 4,736 |
| Clay | 2,909 |
| Doddridge | 6,776 |
| Fayette | 1,013 |
| Gilmer | 5,776 |
| Grant | 35 |
| Greenbrier | 44 |
| Hampshire | 45 |
| Hancock | 145 |
| Hardy | 31 |
| Harrison | 5,877 |
| Jackson | 3,023 |
| Kanawha | 6,378 |
| Lewis | 5,694 |
| Lincoln | 3,566 |
| Logan | 2,411 |
| Marion | 2,415 |
| Marshall | 1,876 |
| Mason | 547 |
| McDowell | 2,825 |
| Mercer | 420 |
| Mineral | 111 |
| Mingo | 2,256 |
| Monongalia | 1,751 |
| Monroe | 12 |
| Morgan | 9 |
| Nicholas | 947 |
| Ohio | 210 |
| Pendleton | 26 |
| Pleasants | 2,572 |
| Pocahontas | 54 |
| Preston | 611 |
| Putnam | 1,538 |
| Raleigh | 1,526 |
| Randolph | 1,251 |
| Ritchie | 10,323 |
| Roane | 4,792 |
| Summers | 18 |
| Taylor | 1,327 |
| Tucker | 108 |
| Tyler | 2,380 |
| Upshur | 3,861 |
| Wayne | 2,265 |
| Webster | 124 |
| Wetzel | 3,145 |
| Wirt | 1,379 |
| Wood | 2,385 |
| Wyoming | 3,125 |
Source: WV_wells_WellLocation_08-22-2016_.parquet. Free state agency data — nothing here is bought. Every state