Oil & gas wells in Broome County, NY
58 catalogued wells in Broome County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Broome County, New York has 58 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 20 plugged & abandoned (34%) and 10 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
58
Active
0
Plugged
20
Documented orphans
10
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Broome County?
0% of Broome County's wells are active, 25 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 34% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (17%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 28 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Broome County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 4 (7%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Broome County well is 11,000 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Broome County compare with other New York counties?
Broome County has the 24th-most catalogued wells of the 29 New York counties with at least 25. The median New York county on WellCensus has 212 wells. The largest, Allegany County, has 16,110. By documented orphans it ranks 23rd in New York.
Who operates wells in Broome County?
16 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Broome County. 93% 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 Broome County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice | 31-007-00716 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Chase Troy Chem Co 1 | 31-007-00730 | Orphaned | Other type | National Drilling & Dev. |
| Brown 1 | 31-007-00731 | Orphaned | Other type | East Penn Oil & Gas |
| Pease Harry 1 | 31-007-00845 | Orphaned | Other type | Central NY Gas Corp |
| Parkhurst State Hospital | 31-007-01060 | Orphaned | Gas | — |
| Roger 1 | 31-007-01061 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Hotchkiss 1 | 31-007-01803 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lamphier Herbert W. |
| Kenyon | 31-007-02365 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Quarella 1 | 31-007-04854 | Orphaned | Gas | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Richards 1 | 31-007-05087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Joyce Western Corp. |
| Smith Charles E 1 | 31-007-06636 | Orphaned | Other type | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Gerst 1 | 31-007-08342 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Lewis 1 | 31-007-11707 | Orphaned | Gas | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Harder 1 | 31-007-21457 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kidder Exploration Inc. |
| Kark 01 | 31-007-21463 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quaker State Corp. |
| V. of Endicott 1 | 31-007-21473 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kidder Exploration Inc. |
| Cirba 01 | 31-007-21499 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quaker State Corp. |
| O'Neil 1 | 31-007-21554 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Quaker State Corp. |
| Beagell 01 | 31-007-21568 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belden & Blake Corporation |
| Goozovat 1 | 31-007-21713 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belden & Blake Corporation |
| Wicks 1 | 31-007-22807 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Belden & Blake Corporation |
| Wicks 2 | 31-007-22855 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Logs Unlimited 1 | 31-007-22856 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Moore 1 | 31-007-22905 | Other status | Other type | Belden & Blake Corporation |
| Knapp 1 | 31-007-22906 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belden & Blake Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 58 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 Broome County, NY?
Broome County, New York has 58 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 20 plugged and 10 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Broome County?
10 wells in Broome County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Broome County are plugged?
20 of Broome County's 58 catalogued wells (34%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across New York.
Which New York county has the most oil and gas wells?
Allegany County has the most catalogued wells of any New York county on WellCensus (16,110); Broome County ranks 24th with 58.
How many companies operate wells in Broome County?
16 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Broome County, New York.
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About this data
Source: New York DEC Division of Mineral Resources 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 Broome County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/broome (data as of October 10, 2026).