Is there new drilling activity in Kanawha County, WV?

Kanawha County has 0 well permits filed in the last year on record with the West Virginia DEP Office of Oil and Gas.

Who is drilling in Kanawha County, WV?

3 operators have drilling permits on record in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The most recent permit was filed 2023-12-05. Every operator, lease name and filing date is listed free on this page from West Virginia DEP Office of Oil and Gas records.

Who owns the minerals under a new drilling permit in Kanawha County, WV?

Mineral ownership is a county record. Where West Virginia publishes a public assessment record of mineral interests for Kanawha County, the Permit Owner File matches each new permit's legal description to the listed owners on it and delivers them weekly with mailing addresses. Where no such public record exists, we deliver the permits as a title-first list instead. Listed owners are prospecting candidates, not title.

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Kanawha County, West Virginia

Oil & gas activity from WVDEP records · permits 2026-10-26

Drilling permits

0 last year

Horizontal permits

Active operators

The mineral owners under these permits

For mineral buyers and landmen: the Permit Owner File matches each new well permit in a package of named counties to the listed mineral owners under it and delivers them weekly as a CSV with mailing addresses. Kanawha County packages are built on request, where a public assessment record of mineral interests exists. How it works →

Recent drilling permits in Kanawha County

Filed	Operator	Lease	Type	Horiz
2023-12-05	COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC	JAMES A. & FREDA MARIE MORTON	New Drill	Horiz
2023-12-05	COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC	JAMES A. & FREDA MARIE MORTON	New Drill	Horiz
2019-03-19	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY, LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2019-03-19	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY, LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2019-02-25	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY, LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2019-02-25	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	HAYS HEIRS, ET AL	New Drill	Horiz
2019-02-25	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY, LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2019-02-25	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY, LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2019-02-19	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY, LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2017-12-04	PILLAR ENERGY, LLC	CLEARON CORP.	New Drill
2016-10-13	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	HUFFMAN, ROBERT	New Drill	Horiz
2016-10-13	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	HUFFMAN, ROBERT	New Drill	Horiz
2016-10-13	CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	HUFFMAN, ROBERT	New Drill	Horiz
2016-10-07	PILLAR ENERGY, LLC	THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	New Drill

Who is drilling in Kanawha County

3 companies hold drilling permits in Kanawha County, West Virginia. These are the ones on record, by permits filed. Open a company to see every county it drills in and every permit it has filed.

Operator	Permits here	Horizontal	Last filed	Wells on record
CUNNINGHAM ENERGY LLC	11	11	2019-03-19	—
COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC	2	2	2023-12-05	—
PILLAR ENERGY, LLC	2	0	2017-12-04	—

Owner files All West Virginia operators

This report compiles and structures publicly available oil & gas records from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Office of Oil and Gas — drilling permit applications, operator, status, and location. We monitor development activity and public filings near a location you tell us about; we do NOT determine mineral ownership, confirm what you own, or provide legal, tax, or investment advice. Nothing here replaces a title opinion, a landman, or the official WVDEP record. Activity is mapped to the well surface location the operator filed with the WVDEP, not your mineral tract. Data is current only as of the source vintage shown on the page. Our total liability for any report is capped at the amount you paid for it. Found an error? Reply to any email and a human will correct it.