Oil & gas wells in Sutter County, CA
1,230 catalogued wells in Sutter County, California, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sutter County, California has 1,230 catalogued oil & gas wells: 200 active (16%), 716 plugged & abandoned (58%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 39 California counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 242,471 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,230
Active
200
Plugged
716
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sutter County?
16% of Sutter County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the California share of 22%. 58% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 201 wells (16%) 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 112 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sutter County?
By product class, 60 of the county's wells (5%) are oil wells, 796 (65%) gas wells and 6 (0.5%) 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 Sutter County compare with other California counties?
Sutter County has the 16th-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 31st in California.
Who operates wells in Sutter County?
139 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sutter 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 Sutter County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard-Occidental C.S.C. 1 | 04-101-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Buttes Community 2 79 | 04-101-00002 | Shut-in | Gas | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Grimes Operating Unit 3 1 | 04-101-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mobil Oil Corporation |
| Buttes-Carroll 78 | 04-101-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Santa Fe Minerals |
| Standard-Kylling Unit A 1 | 04-101-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Jack Owens Service Co. |
| Buttes 5 | 04-101-00007 | Shut-in | Gas | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Humble-Honolulu El Anzar Farms 1 | 04-101-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Sacramento Outing Club B 1 | 04-101-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Honolulu-Humble-West Butte Far 1 | 04-101-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Marty 1 | 04-101-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Atlantic Oil Company |
| North Meridian Unit 1 | 04-101-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Scott-Smith 1 | 04-101-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Scott-Straub 1 | 04-101-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Tarke 1 | 04-101-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Mamie Smith 1 | 04-101-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobil Oil Corporation |
| Maggie Wilson 1 | 04-101-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tannehill Oil Company |
| Wilbur Unit 1 | 04-101-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Standard-Browning 1 | 04-101-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Standard-Browning 2 | 04-101-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Standard-Browning 3 | 04-101-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Standard-Browning 4 | 04-101-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Standard-Carr Unit A 1 | 04-101-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Standard-Carr Unit A 2 | 04-101-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Standard-Kylling Unit A 3 | 04-101-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| Standard-Werner Unit A 1 | 04-101-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,230 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 Sutter County, CA?
Sutter County, California has 1,230 catalogued oil & gas wells: 200 active, 716 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sutter County?
1 wells in Sutter County, California are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 31st-highest count among California counties.
What share of wells in Sutter County are plugged?
716 of Sutter County's 1,230 catalogued wells (58%) 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); Sutter County ranks 16th with 1,230.
How many companies operate wells in Sutter County?
139 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sutter 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 Sutter County, California”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/california/sutter (data as of October 10, 2026).