Oil & gas wells in Glenn County, CA
1,255 catalogued wells in Glenn County, California, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Glenn County, California has 1,255 catalogued oil & gas wells: 170 active (14%), 919 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 39 California counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 242,471 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,255
Active
170
Plugged
919
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Glenn County?
14% of Glenn County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the California share of 22%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 127 wells (10%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across California and 4% nationally. The remaining 38 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Glenn County?
By product class, 4 of the county's wells (0.3%) are oil wells, 759 (60%) gas wells and 4 (0.3%) 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 Glenn County compare with other California counties?
Glenn County has the 14th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 30th in California.
Who operates wells in Glenn County?
194 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Glenn 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 Glenn County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lease by Paul F. McKenzie, Opr. 42 | 04-021-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Paul F. McKenzie, Opr. |
| Doheny-NG-Mobil Unit 1 1 | 04-021-00002 | Active | Gas | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Doheny-NG-Mobil Unit 1 2 | 04-021-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mobil Oil Corporation |
| Doheny-NG-Mobil Unit 1 3 | 04-021-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Doheny-NG-Mobil Unit 1 4 | 04-021-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Benamati 1 | 04-021-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Section 46 Unit 2 | 04-021-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | TGC Resources, LLC |
| Section 39 Unit 1 | 04-021-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobil Oil Corporation |
| Section 39 Unit 4 | 04-021-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | The Termo Company |
| Section 46 Unit 4 | 04-021-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Vestner Unit 2 | 04-021-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Lease by McKenzie & Assoc. 41 | 04-021-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | McKenzie & Assoc. |
| Afton Community 1 3 | 04-021-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco Western Energy Co. |
| Afton Community 1 2 | 04-021-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco Western Energy Co. |
| ROCO-Afton Community 66-34 | 04-021-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco Western Energy Co. |
| Afton Community 1 1 | 04-021-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Afton Community 2 1 | 04-021-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Afton Community 2-3 | 04-021-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Venoco, LLC |
| Angel Slough Operating Unit 1 | 04-021-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| John R. Hulen ut ux 2 | 04-021-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Graves 2-1 | 04-021-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| Sunray-McCullh-Cost. Exp.Von B 1 | 04-021-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | UMC Petroleum Corp. |
| McCulloch-Lothrop 1 | 04-021-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | UMC Petroleum Corp. |
| McCulloch-Putnan 1 | 04-021-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | UMC Petroleum Corp. |
| McCulloch-Reimers 1 | 04-021-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | UMC Petroleum Corp. |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Glenn County, CA?
Glenn County, California has 1,255 catalogued oil & gas wells: 170 active, 919 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Glenn County?
1 wells in Glenn County, California are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 30th-highest count among California counties.
What share of wells in Glenn County are plugged?
919 of Glenn County's 1,255 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Glenn County ranks 14th with 1,255.
How many companies operate wells in Glenn County?
194 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Glenn 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 Glenn County, California”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/california/glenn (data as of October 10, 2026).