Listed Oklahoma county groups ranked by total recorded wells, with permit, spud and first-production counts.
Daily refresh scheduled from OCC well-header records. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16.
Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. County groups require at least ten recorded wells; at most 500 groups are displayed, ranked by total wells. Permit and spud counts use the preceding 24 months and 90 days at source refresh. DUC counts mean a spud date with no reported first production, with no recency window or verified completion status. The producing column counts records with a first-production date, not wells verified to be producing today. This is a capped directory of stored records, not a complete statewide count.
Compiled from Oklahoma Corporation Commission records through a commercial well-data aggregator. Scheduled refreshes do not guarantee that new regulator filings are available. Use the source records to check a specific well.
Quick answer: Roger Mills County leads the listed Oklahoma counties with 187 recent drilling permits at source refresh, where Presidio Petroleum has the most wells on record; Carter County holds the most DUC wells (5,639). The table lists the 77 Oklahoma counties in order of total wells on record and reports each county's recent permits, recent spuds, spudded wells with no reported first production, and wells with a reported first-production date, compiled from Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) records. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
Roger Mills County leads on recent permits with 187, alongside 28 recent spuds, per OCC records. Rankings shift as permits are filed and wells are drilled. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
Carter County has 5,639 drilled-but-uncompleted wells, the most of any Oklahoma county on this list. These are wells with a spud date but no reported first production in OCC records; the records carry no completion status. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
Osage County has 36,080 wells on record, 4,414 with a first-production date, per OCC data. Total well count reflects decades of drilling, while recent permit counts describe the source reporting window. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
1,847 recent permits across the 77 counties on this list. The table breaks each county out by permits, spuds, DUCs, wells with a reported first-production date, top operator, and top formation. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
Permit and spud records describe reported activity stages in the stated source window. They do not establish ongoing drilling, ownership or future production for a particular tract. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
Value depends on your net mineral acres or royalty decimal, the specific wells, the operator, and current oil and gas prices. This page is informational only, not a valuation. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
| County | Total Wells | Permits 24mo | Spuds 90d | DUCs | Has first production | Top Operator | Top Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage | 36,080 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 4,414 | Nadel And Gussman | Chautauqua Platform |
| Creek | 35,001 | 49 | 3 | 3,613 | 8,047 | Exxon Mobil | Chautauqua Platform |
| Okmulgee | 25,769 | 11 | 0 | 1,802 | 4,586 | Chevron | Chautauqua Platform |
| Stephens | 24,420 | 86 | 10 | 4,780 | 9,541 | Citation Oil & Gas | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Carter | 22,592 | 121 | 12 | 5,639 | 8,165 | Citation Oil & Gas | Woodford |
| Nowata | 21,664 | 3 | 0 | 2,828 | 4,279 | State Fund Plugging | Excello-Mulky |
| Washington | 18,598 | 5 | 0 | 2,132 | 5,254 | Gateway Resources | Excello-Mulky |
| Seminole | 18,232 | 43 | 4 | 3,025 | 4,161 | Circle 9 Resources | Chautauqua Platform |
| Tulsa | 14,238 | 18 | 1 | 1,493 | 2,290 | State Fund Plugging | Excello-Mulky |
| Garvin | 14,193 | 63 | 2 | 3,083 | 5,161 | Daylight Petroleum | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Rogers | 12,058 | 1 | 0 | 1,467 | 2,291 | State Fund Plugging | Chautauqua Platform |
| Lincoln | 11,304 | 41 | 1 | 1,818 | 2,639 | Freedom Operating Company LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Kay | 11,287 | 16 | 0 | 1,813 | 2,599 | Snr Operating LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Pontotoc | 11,266 | 42 | 5 | 2,675 | 3,203 | Citation Oil & Gas | Arkoma Basin |
| Hughes | 10,604 | 24 | 0 | 1,999 | 3,542 | Trinity Operating Usg | Woodford-Caney |
| Okfuskee | 10,462 | 5 | 0 | 1,406 | 2,158 | Circle 9 Resources | Chautauqua Platform |
| Kingfisher | 10,087 | 90 | 5 | 1,582 | 5,746 | Bcemach Iii LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Pottawatomie | 9,765 | 37 | 2 | 1,774 | 2,389 | New Dominion | Chautauqua Platform |
| Texas | 9,679 | 10 | 0 | 3,275 | 4,056 | Eiger Operating Company, LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Beaver | 9,666 | 47 | 0 | 2,340 | 4,399 | Latigo Oil & Gas | Anadarko Basin |
| Pawnee | 9,631 | 9 | 0 | 1,140 | 2,055 | Benson Mineral Group | Chautauqua Platform |
| Noble | 9,501 | 18 | 0 | 2,201 | 2,705 | Chesapeake Energy | Chautauqua Platform |
| Grady | 9,485 | 180 | 25 | 2,188 | 4,926 | Continental Resources | Woodford |
| Payne | 9,480 | 19 | 2 | 1,852 | 2,300 | Great Horned Owls, LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Garfield | 9,371 | 8 | 0 | 1,453 | 3,357 | M M Energy | Anadarko Basin |
| Major | 8,316 | 40 | 1 | 1,921 | 4,667 | Diversified Production LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Logan | 8,175 | 9 | 1 | 1,866 | 2,545 | Great Horned Owls, LLC | Chautauqua Platform |
| Muskogee | 7,727 | 0 | 0 | 591 | 1,060 | Rays Oil Company | Chautauqua Platform |
| Oklahoma | 7,696 | 20 | 1 | 1,566 | 1,785 | Conocophillips Company | Chautauqua Platform |
| Canadian | 7,535 | 153 | 19 | 1,499 | 4,888 | Devon Energy Production Company | Woodford |
| Caddo | 7,478 | 37 | 4 | 1,723 | 3,328 | Citation Oil & Gas | Anadarko Basin |
| Wagoner | 7,245 | 0 | 0 | 1,005 | 941 | W C T Operating | Chautauqua Platform |
| Pittsburg | 6,946 | 24 | 0 | 1,582 | 4,347 | Abundance Energy Services LLC | Woodford-Caney |
| Woods | 6,263 | 11 | 0 | 1,658 | 3,340 | Chesapeake Energy | Anadarko Basin |
| Roger Mills | 5,562 | 187 | 28 | 1,339 | 3,577 | Presidio Petroleum | Red Fork |
| Grant | 5,347 | 11 | 0 | 1,770 | 1,718 | Sandridge Exploration & Production | Anadarko Basin |
| Blaine | 5,257 | 74 | 5 | 1,222 | 2,841 | Devon Energy Production Company | Woodford |
| Cotton | 5,192 | 0 | 0 | 489 | 949 | Bridwell Oil Company | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Woodward | 5,076 | 2 | 0 | 1,402 | 2,360 | Diversified Production LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Ellis | 5,030 | 32 | 0 | 1,068 | 2,856 | Unbridled Resources LLC | Anadarko Basin |
| Dewey | 4,939 | 42 | 3 | 1,033 | 2,431 | Mewbourne Oil Company | Anadarko Basin |
| Mc Clain | 4,799 | 46 | 7 | 1,270 | 1,937 | Charter Oak Production | Chautauqua Platform |
| Alfalfa | 4,686 | 3 | 0 | 1,038 | 2,486 | Sandridge Exploration & Production | Anadarko Basin |
| Comanche | 4,159 | 2 | 0 | 439 | 1,122 | Shriver Earl J | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Harper | 4,124 | 10 | 0 | 1,081 | 1,786 | Latigo Oil & Gas | Anadarko Basin |
| Kiowa | 3,957 | 3 | 1 | 412 | 568 | Stockyard Energy Partners LLC | Granite Wash |
| Beckham | 3,570 | 2 | 1 | 974 | 1,571 | Unbridled Resources LLC | Granite Wash |
| Custer | 3,440 | 134 | 12 | 857 | 1,971 | Diversified Production LLC | Red Fork |
| Cleveland | 3,314 | 6 | 0 | 722 | 778 | Combined Resources | Chautauqua Platform |
| Latimer | 3,241 | 0 | 0 | 1,027 | 1,886 | Merit Energy Company | Arkoma Basin |
| Jefferson | 3,211 | 0 | 0 | 339 | 806 | Powell Oil | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Haskell | 3,206 | 2 | 0 | 668 | 1,972 | Abundance Energy Services LLC | Arkoma Basin |
| Le Flore | 3,153 | 2 | 0 | 777 | 1,765 | Abundance Energy Services LLC | Arkoma Basin |
| Mc Intosh | 2,829 | 6 | 0 | 749 | 1,062 | Arkoma Resources | Woodford-Caney |
| Washita | 2,505 | 2 | 0 | 645 | 1,425 | Diversified Production LLC | Granite Wash |
| Marshall | 2,406 | 1 | 0 | 284 | 889 | Xto Energy | Woodford |
| Coal | 2,348 | 3 | 0 | 616 | 1,155 | Foundation Energy Management | Woodford-Caney |
| Love | 2,172 | 7 | 0 | 561 | 674 | Le Jones Operating | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Tillman | 1,814 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 229 | Red River Petroleum | Palo Duro Basin |
| Cimarron | 1,745 | 3 | 0 | 471 | 451 | Weinkauf Petroleum | Palo Duro Basin |
| Craig | 1,444 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 164 | Rh Operating Company | Chautauqua Platform |
| Murray | 1,288 | 10 | 0 | 360 | 172 | Citation Oil & Gas | South Oklahoma Folded Belt |
| Jackson | 1,145 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 137 | Fulcrum Exploration | Palo Duro Basin |
| Mayes | 1,101 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 139 | State Fund Plugging | Chautauqua Platform |
| Greer | 972 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 169 | Thermodyne | Granite Wash |
| Atoka | 853 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 219 | Longfellow Energy | Ouachita Folded Belt |
| Sequoyah | 607 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 232 | Stephens Production Company | Arkoma Basin |
| Bryan | 544 | 4 | 2 | 118 | 137 | Cimarex Energy Company | Ouachita Folded Belt |
| Johnston | 353 | 8 | 1 | 83 | 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 | Davis E J | Arkoma Basin |
| Ottawa | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56 Oil & Gas | Chautauqua Platform |
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission well-header records aggregated by county.
Threshold: Counties with at least 10 wells on file are ranked (counties below this threshold are omitted; absence does not establish zero activity).
Owner context: These county summaries describe reported activity. They do not establish ownership, payment entitlement or a value for an individual tract.
Refresh cadence: Daily refresh scheduled. Stored source refresh: 2026-09-16.
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State: Oklahoma
Counties ranked: 77
Total wells: 557,886
Recent permits: 1,847
Last refresh: 2026-09-16