Oil & gas wells in Chenango County, NY
169 catalogued wells in Chenango County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Chenango County, New York has 169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 33 active (20%), 32 plugged & abandoned (19%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
169
Active
33
Plugged
32
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Chenango County?
20% of Chenango County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 19% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 6 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 95 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Chenango County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 48 (28%) gas wells and 4 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Chenango County well is 15,795 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 Chenango County compare with other New York counties?
Chenango County has the 18th-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 25th in New York.
Who operates wells in Chenango County?
14 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Chenango 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 Chenango County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Well 1 | 31-017-01063 | Orphaned | Other type | McQueen A.W. |
| Lobdell 1 | 31-017-01160 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bradley Producing Corp. |
| Decker 1 | 31-017-04475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Decker 2 | 31-017-04517 | Orphaned | Gas | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Decker 3 | 31-017-04543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Decker 4 | 31-017-04577 | Orphaned | Gas | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Bottle 1 | 31-017-04670 | Orphaned | Gas | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Flanigan 1 | 31-017-04696 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Bottle 2 | 31-017-04723 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Bell 1 | 31-017-04762 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Clark N 1 | 31-017-04776 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Collyer 1 | 31-017-04823 | Orphaned | Other type | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Decker 5 | 31-017-05344 | Orphaned | Gas | Genegantslet Gas & Oil Co. Inc |
| Wahlberg Robert C 1 | 31-017-10607 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Co. |
| Small 1 | 31-017-10608 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Co. |
| Hulbert 1 | 31-017-10609 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Co. |
| Tarbell 1 | 31-017-11543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James V. Joyce/DBA Joyce Pipeline Company |
| Smith, J. 1 | 31-017-22928 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nornew Inc. |
| Oxford 1 | 31-017-23005 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Grasen Energy Inc |
| Beaver Meadow 1 | 31-017-23006 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Grasen Energy Inc |
| Oxford 2 | 31-017-23057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | EOG Resources Inc |
| Von Hassel 1 | 31-017-23061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | EOG Resources Inc |
| Rossi 1-440 | 31-017-23119 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Norse Energy Corp USA |
| Buffa 1-439 | 31-017-23120 | Other status | Other type | Nornew Inc. |
| Thompson 1HA | 31-017-23137 | Other status | Other type | Norse Energy Corp USA |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 169 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 Chenango County, NY?
Chenango County, New York has 169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 33 active, 32 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Chenango County?
6 wells in Chenango County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 25th-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Chenango County are plugged?
32 of Chenango County's 169 catalogued wells (19%) 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); Chenango County ranks 18th with 169.
How many companies operate wells in Chenango County?
14 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Chenango 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 Chenango County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/chenango (data as of October 10, 2026).