About The Oil and Gas Well Records Search

Retrieve Kentucky oil and gas well header and associated data by searching on a number of parameters including geography, operator, farm name, record number, completion data, etc. Search results are displayed below in a tabular format, and locations of returned wells are displayed on the map tab (see below for limitations with this functionality). Links are provided in the results for viewing and download the scanned images of the well documents and logs (including elogs and strip logs), view available well sample and core data, stratigraphic tops information, completion data, and individual KY Division of Oil and Gas well production data.

Note that the text entries are exact entries by default. Use an "*" character (no quotes) to make the search a wildcard search. This is different from the previous version of this search which was a wildcard search by default. For example, if searching for a farm name with the name "Smith", enter "*Smith*" (no quotes) to match the results from the previous version of this search.

Please use search parameters to limit your search results. This is particularly important if you are interested in downloading production data or stratgraphic tops. This search page should be able to handle large amounts of well header results (+500 records), but will work best and be easier to navigate when smaller numbers of records returned. Large number of records (+500) will have a download limit of 500 records per page. If you need to explore large datasets, please download the records and use a software (Excel, Google Sheets, ArcGIS, etc) for analysis. There is also statewide GIS shapefile of the same well header data available in this search that is available here for download: www.uky.edu/KGS/emsweb/data/kyogshape.html.

For large and complex data requests or for any questions about this data, please contact Carrie Pulliam at KGS: carrie.p@uky.edu or 859-323-0543.

Once the results are returned below, three tabs appear:

1. Tabular Results tab: this tab displays the results for each well in a row of data. If displayed on a mobile screen or small browser window, all the data, links to documents and images, the well report link, and map links are displayed in one column. If displayed on a regular computer screen, the data is displayed in several columns. Well documents, if available, are displayed to download in the "Documents" column, scanned logs in the "Scanned Log" column, and a link to the "Well Report" (and a map link, if coordinates exist for a well) in the Data and Map Links column. These results are paged (up to 500 rows of records can be displayed on a page) and can be sorted by using the sort options at the top of the tab.
   
   The "Well Report" link contains all the information for that particular well record. That link will always persist for that well record (cited by KGS record number). Link to this report if you would like to save information about one well or, for instance, would like to send a link about the well to another person.
   
   To get the well report link: open the Well Report in a new window (click "Open in a New Window" when the report is open). Copy the URL from your browser. The well report link is in the format: https://kgs.uky.edu/kygeode/services/oilgas/wellReport.asp?id=[record_number]
2. Mapped Results tab: this tab displays the wells mapped as points (if the wells have a location) on a simple map interface. If your search returns more than 500 results, the map only displays wells on the current page of tabular results (up to 500 records). If your search returns less than 500 results, all the wells with locations are displayed on the map interface. To map all the results on the Geologic Map Service, click the blue button at the top of the tab (please note that mapping more than 1000 wells on the geologic map service at once may be very slow or timeout).
3. Mapped Results tab: use this tab to either download all the well records from the search (data with locations and links), oil production data, gas production data, or stratigraphic tops. If your search returns more than 500 results, well headers, production data, and stratigraphic tops can only be downloaded for the current page of records (data for up to 500 records).

More Information:
• About changes to the Western KY Office Oil and Gas Records.
• FAQs about oil and gas wells and records: Learn more about the Oil and Gas Records.
• Problems with your search or viewing records? Click here before you call.
• Searching for core? Use the Core Inventory Search page or limit the results here by "Core" (Included Data).
• Searching for well samples? Limit your search to "Samples" (Included Data) on this search page.
• Do you want the complete set of well header data? Download the statewide GIS shapefile of the same well header data available in this search.
• For large and complex data requests or for any questions about this data, please contact Carrie Pulliam at KGS: carrie.p@uky.edu or 859-323-0543.