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KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells

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Kentucky Geological Survey oil and gas well-records repository. Every Appalachian and Illinois Basin KY well in one HTTP call, about 144.9K wells with completion records, formations, and operator history. No credentials required.

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  • “What does KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
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About this source

Kentucky Geological Survey oil and gas well-records repository — every Appalachian and Illinois Basin KY well in one HTTP call. - searchWells (~144.9K) ⭐ filter county/operator/boreType/resultSymbol (D&A/OIL/GAS/CBM)/basinCode/formation/pool - searchWellsByOperator ⭐ + searchWellsByCounty ⭐ — convenience wrappers exploiting the 1M page cap - getWellByApi (api OR record_number lookup), getServiceInfo §0 verified: maxRecordCount=1,000,000 confirmed — all 144,902 wells returned in one query. Native CRS EPSG:6473 (KY Single Zone); outSR=4326 reprojects on the wire. KY is 99% vertical drilling (143K V vs 1.5K H). Top counties: Henderson 6.9K, Cumberland 6.6K, Daviess 6.3K, Pike 6.3K. Top result symbols: D&A 45.7K, OIL 39.2K, GAS 28.8K, LOC 20K.

Connector ID ky-kgs

Provenance

PublisherKY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells
API basehttps://kgs.uky.edu/arcgis/rest/services

Freshness & coverage

FreshnessFreshness not declared
GeographicNot declared
TemporalNot declared
AuthenticationNo credentials required

› Methods (5)

Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.

  • searchWells

    read

    KY oil and gas wells (~144.9K). Filter county/operator/boreType/resultSymbol/basinCode.

    Entitieswell

    maxRecordCount=1M — entire state returnable in one call. KY is 99% vertical.

  • searchWellsByOperator

    read

    Every well an operator has worked. Operator stored space-padded — handler trims.

    Required paramsoperator
    Entitiesoperator, well

  • searchWellsByCounty

    read

    Every well in a KY county. County names mixed-case — handler matches case-insensitively.

    Required paramscounty
    Entitieswell

  • getWellByApi

    read

    Single well lookup by API_Number (14-digit) OR record_number (KGS primary id).

    Required paramsapi or recordNumber
    Entitieswell

    API_Number ~30% NULL on legacy KY wells — record_number is more reliable.

  • getServiceInfo

    read

    Schema, record count, max-page cap, enum values, §0 probe notes.

    Entitiesmetadata