Oil & gas wells in Butte County, CA
259 catalogued wells in Butte County, California, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Butte County, California has 259 catalogued oil & gas wells: 24 active (9%), 227 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 26th of the 39 California counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 242,471 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
259
Active
24
Plugged
227
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Butte County?
9% of Butte County's wells are active, 13 percentage points below the California share of 22%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Butte County; California as a whole has 2,940. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Butte County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (0.8%) are oil wells, 64 (25%) gas wells and 2 (0.8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 68% and the gas share 3%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Butte County compare with other California counties?
Butte County has the 26th-most catalogued wells of the 39 California counties with at least 25. The median California county on WellCensus has 675 wells. The largest, Kern County, has 156,849.
Who operates wells in Butte County?
88 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Butte County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Butte County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parrott Inv. Co. 9A-3 | 04-007-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Triple A Industries Inc. |
| Wild Goose Gas Unit 1 9 | 04-007-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Entex Oil Company |
| Wild Goose Gas Unit 1 10 | 04-007-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Entex Oil Company |
| Wild Goose Gas Unit 1 6 | 04-007-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Entex Oil Company |
| Capital Co. 1 | 04-007-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco Western Energy Co. |
| Estes 1 | 04-007-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Capital Co. E-1 | 04-007-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Donohoe Fee 1 | 04-007-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | KC Resources Inc. |
| Donohoe Fee 2 | 04-007-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | KC Resources Inc. |
| T. W. Rodgers 1 | 04-007-00010 | Shut-in | Gas | Harvest Petroleum, Inc. |
| Wahl Comm. 1 | 04-007-00011 | Shut-in | Gas | Harvest Petroleum, Inc. |
| Towne 1 | 04-007-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mobil Oil Exploration & Production North America, Inc. |
| Wild Goose Gas Unit 1 1 | 04-007-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Entex Oil Company |
| Neaves-Parrott Inv. 2 | 04-007-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | DAI Petroleum Co. |
| Neaves-Parrott Inv. 7 | 04-007-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | DAI Petroleum Co. |
| Parrott Inv. Co. 1 | 04-007-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Triple A Industries Inc. |
| Parrott Investment Co. 1 | 04-007-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Urich Oil -Parrott 2 | 04-007-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | DAI Petroleum Co. |
| Parrott Investment Co. 2 | 04-007-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Parrott Investment Co. 3 | 04-007-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Parrott Investment Co. 4 | 04-007-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Parrott Investment Co. 6 | 04-007-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Howard C. Sannar et al 1 | 04-007-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Howard C. Sannar et al 2 | 04-007-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Giant-Parrott 8 | 04-007-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil & Gas Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 259 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Butte County, CA?
Butte County, California has 259 catalogued oil & gas wells: 24 active, 227 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Butte County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Butte County, California.
What share of wells in Butte County are plugged?
227 of Butte County's 259 catalogued wells (88%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 60% across California.
Which California county has the most oil and gas wells?
Kern County has the most catalogued wells of any California county on WellCensus (156,849); Butte County ranks 26th with 259.
How many companies operate wells in Butte County?
88 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Butte County, California.
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About this data
Source: CalGEM WellSTAR well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Butte County, California”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/california/butte (data as of October 10, 2026).