Every Oklahoma county ranked by drilling activity — total wells, recent permits, recent spuds, DUCs, producing wells, top operator, and top formation. The hottest oil-and-gas counties in Oklahoma.
Refreshed monthly from OCC well-header records. Data current as of 2026-08-02.
| County | Total Wells | Permits 24mo | Spuds 90d | DUCs | Producing | Top Operator | Top Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage | 36,080 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 4,414 | Nadel And Gussman | Chautauqua Platform |
| Creek | 34,917 | 41 | 3 | 3,616 | 8,024 | Exxon Mobil | Chautauqua Platform |
| Okmulgee | 25,747 | 4 | 0 | 1,803 | 4,577 | Chevron | Chautauqua Platform |
| Stephens | 24,406 | 65 | 5 | 4,798 | 9,516 | Citation Oil & Gas | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Carter | 22,584 | 76 | 9 | 5,636 | 8,155 | Citation Oil & Gas | Woodford |
| Nowata | 21,428 | 0 | 0 | 2,828 | 4,277 | State Fund Plugging | Excello-Mulky |
| Washington | 18,592 | 1 | 0 | 2,129 | 5,253 | Gateway Resources | Excello-Mulky |
| Seminole | 18,230 | 35 | 3 | 3,022 | 4,155 | Circle 9 Resources | Chautauqua Platform |
| Tulsa | 14,205 | 11 | 1 | 1,492 | 2,287 | State Fund Plugging | Excello-Mulky |
| Garvin | 14,188 | 51 | 6 | 3,084 | 5,153 | Daylight Petroleum | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Rogers | 12,035 | 0 | 0 | 1,467 | 2,291 | State Fund Plugging | Chautauqua Platform |
| Lincoln | 11,303 | 40 | 4 | 1,820 | 2,635 | Freedom Operating Company LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Kay | 11,285 | 17 | 0 | 1,815 | 2,597 | Snr Operating LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Pontotoc | 11,263 | 27 | 8 | 2,675 | 3,198 | Citation Oil & Gas | Arkoma Basin |
| Hughes | 10,590 | 24 | 0 | 1,999 | 3,542 | Trinity Operating Usg | Woodford-Caney |
| Okfuskee | 10,461 | 1 | 0 | 1,406 | 2,158 | Circle 9 Resources | Chautauqua Platform |
| Kingfisher | 10,082 | 91 | 4 | 1,581 | 5,745 | Bcemach Iii LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Pottawatomie | 9,761 | 33 | 1 | 1,775 | 2,386 | New Dominion | Chautauqua Platform |
| Texas | 9,679 | 6 | 0 | 3,274 | 4,057 | Merit Energy Company | Anadarko Basin |
| Beaver | 9,663 | 24 | 0 | 2,343 | 4,396 | Latigo Oil & Gas | Anadarko Basin |
| Pawnee | 9,615 | 2 | 0 | 1,140 | 2,055 | Benson Mineral Group | Chautauqua Platform |
| Noble | 9,497 | 15 | 1 | 2,205 | 2,701 | Chesapeake Energy | Chautauqua Platform |
| Payne | 9,475 | 13 | 3 | 1,853 | 2,296 | Great Horned Owls, LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Grady | 9,468 | 149 | 16 | 2,203 | 4,890 | Continental Resources | Woodford |
| Garfield | 9,370 | 5 | 0 | 1,453 | 3,357 | M M Energy | Anadarko Basin |
| Major | 8,316 | 41 | 4 | 1,924 | 4,664 | Diversified Production LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Logan | 8,174 | 9 | 0 | 1,865 | 2,545 | Great Horned Owls, LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Muskogee | 7,703 | 0 | 0 | 592 | 1,056 | Rays Oil Company | Chautauqua Platform |
| Oklahoma | 7,687 | 9 | 0 | 1,568 | 1,780 | Conocophillips Company | Chautauqua Platform |
| Canadian | 7,511 | 130 | 13 | 1,494 | 4,883 | Devon Energy Production Company | Woodford |
| Caddo | 7,469 | 29 | 7 | 1,723 | 3,324 | Citation Oil & Gas | Anadarko Basin |
| Wagoner | 7,231 | 0 | 0 | 1,007 | 939 | W C T Operating | Chautauqua Platform |
| Pittsburg | 6,946 | 27 | 1 | 1,584 | 4,345 | Abundance Energy Services LLC | Woodford-Caney |
| Woods | 6,263 | 9 | 0 | 1,658 | 3,340 | Chesapeake Energy | Anadarko Basin |
| Roger Mills | 5,535 | 161 | 18 | 1,322 | 3,572 | Presidio Petroleum | Red Fork |
| Grant | 5,347 | 9 | 0 | 1,770 | 1,718 | Sandridge Exploration & Production | Anadarko Basin |
| Blaine | 5,257 | 73 | 9 | 1,222 | 2,840 | Devon Energy Production Company | Woodford |
| Cotton | 5,192 | 0 | 0 | 489 | 948 | Bridwell Oil Company | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Woodward | 5,076 | 4 | 0 | 1,403 | 2,359 | Diversified Production LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Ellis | 5,029 | 38 | 1 | 1,078 | 2,846 | Unbridled Resources LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Dewey | 4,935 | 38 | 4 | 1,041 | 2,422 | Mewbourne Oil Company | Anadarko Basin |
| Mc Clain | 4,793 | 42 | 8 | 1,269 | 1,935 | Charter Oak Production | Chautauqua Platform |
| Alfalfa | 4,686 | 3 | 1 | 1,038 | 2,486 | Sandridge Exploration & Production | Anadarko Basin |
| Comanche | 4,158 | 1 | 0 | 439 | 1,122 | Shriver Earl J | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Harper | 4,124 | 10 | 0 | 1,082 | 1,785 | Latigo Oil & Gas | Anadarko Basin |
| Kiowa | 3,956 | 3 | 0 | 411 | 568 | Stockyard Energy Partners LLC | Granite Wash |
| Beckham | 3,570 | 2 | 1 | 975 | 1,570 | Unbridled Resources LLC | Granite Wash |
| Custer | 3,427 | 120 | 10 | 857 | 1,962 | Diversified Production LLC | Red Fork |
| Cleveland | 3,314 | 5 | 0 | 722 | 778 | Combined Resources | Chautauqua Platform |
| Latimer | 3,240 | 0 | 0 | 1,028 | 1,885 | Merit Energy Company | Arkoma Basin |
| Jefferson | 3,210 | 1 | 0 | 339 | 799 | Powell Oil | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Haskell | 3,206 | 2 | 0 | 668 | 1,972 | Abundance Energy Services LLC | Arkoma Basin |
| Le Flore | 3,153 | 1 | 0 | 777 | 1,765 | Abundance Energy Services LLC | Arkoma Basin |
| Mc Intosh | 2,828 | 6 | 0 | 749 | 1,062 | Arkoma Resources | Woodford-Caney |
| Washita | 2,503 | 0 | 0 | 645 | 1,425 | Diversified Production LLC | Granite Wash |
| Marshall | 2,405 | 1 | 0 | 285 | 887 | Xto Energy | Woodford |
| Coal | 2,348 | 2 | 0 | 619 | 1,152 | Foundation Energy Management | Woodford-Caney |
| Love | 2,172 | 7 | 0 | 562 | 673 | Le Jones Operating | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Tillman | 1,814 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 229 | Red River Petroleum | Palo Duro Basin |
| Cimarron | 1,743 | 3 | 0 | 471 | 451 | Oxy | Palo Duro Basin |
| Craig | 1,444 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 164 | Rh Operating Company | Chautauqua Platform |
| Murray | 1,286 | 10 | 0 | 360 | 172 | Citation Oil & Gas | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Jackson | 1,145 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 137 | Fulcrum Exploration | Palo Duro Basin |
| Mayes | 1,094 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 139 | State Fund Plugging | Chautauqua Platform |
| Greer | 972 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 169 | Thermodyne | Granite Wash |
| Atoka | 853 | 1 | 0 | 232 | 217 | Longfellow Energy | Ouachita Folded Belt |
| Sequoyah | 607 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 232 | Stephens Production Company | Arkoma Basin |
| Bryan | 541 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 137 | Cimarex Energy Company | Ouachita Folded Belt |
| Johnston | 353 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 121 | Xto Energy | Woodford |
| Mc Curtain | 179 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Northridge Oil Company | Ouachita Folded Belt |
| Harmon | 158 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 | Perry L Larson Operating Company | Palo Duro Basin |
| Pushmataha | 148 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 51 | The Ghk Company LLC | Ouachita Folded Belt |
| Choctaw | 89 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Chesapeake Energy | Ouachita Folded Belt |
| Cherokee | 55 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Halfway Oil | Chautauqua Platform |
| Delaware | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Comanche Oil Company | Chautauqua Platform |
| Adair | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Youngblood Don | Arkoma Basin |
| Ottawa | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sands Oil Company | Chautauqua Platform |
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission well-header records aggregated by county.
Threshold: Counties with at least 10 wells on file are ranked (excludes counties with no oil-and-gas activity).
Why it matters: County-level drilling activity is the geographic foundation of mineral-rights valuation in Oklahoma. The hottest counties (Canadian, Kingfisher, Grady, Stephens) command premium pricing in the SCOOP/STACK; quieter eastern counties may still hold legacy production with steady royalty income.
Refresh cadence: Monthly. Data current as of 2026-08-02.
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State: Oklahoma
Counties ranked: 77
Total wells: 557,223
Recent permits: 1,541
Last refresh: 2026-08-02