Oil & gas wells in Tehama County, CA
618 catalogued wells in Tehama County, California, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Tehama County, California has 618 catalogued oil & gas wells: 78 active (13%), 422 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 39 California counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 242,471 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
618
Active
78
Plugged
422
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Tehama County?
13% of Tehama County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the California share of 22%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 43 wells (7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 4 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across California and 4% nationally. The remaining 71 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Tehama County?
By product class, 36 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 327 (53%) gas wells and 1 (0.2%) 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 Tehama County compare with other California counties?
Tehama County has the 21st-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 24th in California.
Who operates wells in Tehama County?
131 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Tehama 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 Tehama County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goff 1D | 04-103-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Red Bluff Assoc. |
| Johnson 1 | 04-103-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Franwin Oil And Gas Co. |
| Johnson 3 | 04-103-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Franwin Oil And Gas Co. |
| Nellie P. Walker Unit 1 | 04-103-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | UMC Petroleum Corp. |
| E-T Malton Unit 6 1 | 04-103-00005 | Active | Gas | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Tucker-Gay 1 | 04-103-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sun Oil Company |
| Universal 91-32 1 | 04-103-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Time Petroleum Inc. |
| Corning Community 1-E | 04-103-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Allstate Steel Fabricators, Inc |
| Flood 1 | 04-103-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apex Drilling Co. |
| Texaco-Corning Community 6A 1 | 04-103-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Venoco, LLC |
| Buttes-Corning 2 | 04-103-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Corning Community 1 | 04-103-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Allstate Steel Fabricators, Inc |
| Corning Community 1A | 04-103-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Allstate Steel Fabricators, Inc |
| Corning Community 1-B | 04-103-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Allstate Steel Fabricators, Inc |
| Corning Community 1-D | 04-103-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Corning Community 1-F | 04-103-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Allstate Steel Fabricators, Inc |
| Corning Community 1-G | 04-103-00017 | Other status | Oil | Buttes Resources Company |
| Corning Community 2-B | 04-103-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Corning Community 2-C | 04-103-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Corning Community 2-A | 04-103-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Venoco, LLC |
| Corning Community 3-B | 04-103-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Corning Community 3-1 | 04-103-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Venoco, LLC |
| Buttes-Corning 1 | 04-103-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slick Oil Co., Ltd. |
| Russell 1 | 04-103-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mobil Oil Exploration & Production North America, Inc. |
| Russell 2 | 04-103-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mobil Oil Exploration & Production North America, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 618 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 Tehama County, CA?
Tehama County, California has 618 catalogued oil & gas wells: 78 active, 422 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Tehama County?
4 wells in Tehama County, California are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 24th-highest count among California counties.
What share of wells in Tehama County are plugged?
422 of Tehama County's 618 catalogued wells (68%) 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); Tehama County ranks 21st with 618.
How many companies operate wells in Tehama County?
131 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Tehama 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 Tehama County, California”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/california/tehama (data as of October 10, 2026).