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. ~144.9K wells with completion records, formations, and operator history. No credentials required.

What is KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells?

Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) oil and gas well-records repository — Kentucky's canonical state O&G inventory at agency data services. Single data services (layer 1) publishing ~144,902 wells across all 120 Kentucky counties, plus completion records, total-depth and deepest-pay formations, pool names, plugging status, spud and completion dates, and operator history (current + most-recent). §0 verified: confirmed — single HTTP call returns the entire ~144.9K dataset. KY is 99% vertical drilling (143K V vs 1.5K H vs 52 D). Top counties: Henderson 6,879; Cumberland 6,607; Daviess 6,336; Pike 6,267. Top result symbols: D&A 45,668; OIL 39,176; GAS 28,828; LOC 20,020; SRV 6,126; CBM 20. Top basins (3-digit numeric code): 160 Eastern KY/Appalachian 49,665; 315 Western KY/Illinois Basin 43,216; 300 Central KY 42,169. ; record_number is the primary stable id (1 → ~150K); API_Number is OPTIONAL (~30% NULL on legacy wells). String fields stored space-padded fixed-width — handler trims. Last verified live 2026-05-07.

Available Tools

searchWells
KY oil and gas wells (~144.9K). Filter county, operator, boreType (V/H/D), resultSymbol (D&A/OIL/GAS/LOC/SRV/CBM), basinCode (160/315/300/250), formation, pool, pluggedOnly. 50K rows per call; 1M page cap.
searchWellsByOperator
Every well an operator has worked in KY — convenience wrapper. Operator stored space-padded; handler trims.
searchWellsByCounty
Every well in a KY county. County names stored mixed-case — handler matches case-insensitively.
getWellByApi
Single well lookup by API_Number (14-digit) OR record_number (KGS primary id). API_Number is ~30% NULL — record_number is more reliable.
getServiceInfo
Schema, record count (live), max-page cap, enum values for every filter, and §0 probe notes.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable KY Geological Survey with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchWells with county: 'Pike' and boreType: 'H' to find horizontal Marcellus drilling, or searchWellsByOperator to pull every well a company has worked.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells to GitHub Copilot:

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Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}