Oil & gas wells in Oswego County, NY
212 catalogued wells in Oswego County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Oswego County, New York has 212 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active (1%), 36 plugged & abandoned (17%) and 159 documented orphans. It ranks 15th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
212
Active
3
Plugged
36
Documented orphans
159
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Oswego County?
1% of Oswego County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 17% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 159 wells (75%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 12 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Oswego County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 145 (68%) 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 Oswego County well is 2,697 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Oswego County compare with other New York counties?
Oswego County has the 15th-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 6th in New York.
Who operates wells in Oswego County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Oswego County. 87% 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 Oswego County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Or Phineas 1 | 31-075-00712 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Rice Central Sq 1 | 31-075-00713 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Wilcox 1 | 31-075-00714 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Carley 1 | 31-075-00715 | Orphaned | Gas | Eastern Oil Co. of Buffalo |
| Mill St 2 | 31-075-00717 | Other status | Gas | — |
| Mill St 1 | 31-075-00718 | Other status | Gas | — |
| Mexico Well/Earl 1 | 31-075-00720 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Hoff 1 | 31-075-00721 | Orphaned | Gas | Eastern Oil Co. of Buffalo |
| Sanford R K 1 | 31-075-00722 | Orphaned | Gas | Lewis & Case |
| Palmer 1 | 31-075-00723 | Orphaned | Gas | Lewis & Case |
| Well API 31-075-00724 | 31-075-00724 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Van Buren | 31-075-00725 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Van Buren Edward 1 | 31-075-00726 | Other status | Gas | Lewis & Case |
| Vogelsang 1 | 31-075-00727 | Orphaned | Gas | Lewis & Case |
| Oswego City Well 0 | 31-075-00728 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Parker F 0 | 31-075-00912 | Orphaned | Other type | Shannon L.B. |
| Grey Leo 0 | 31-075-00913 | Orphaned | Other type | Underwood |
| Sallie Giaccio 0 | 31-075-00914 | Orphaned | Other type | Hungiville Development Corp. |
| Beckwith Martin 1 | 31-075-01008 | Orphaned | Other type | Lovell Tower et al |
| Candee 39 | 31-075-02400 | Other status | Other type | Meridian Gas Co. |
| Vogelsang 2 | 31-075-02423 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Dines 0 | 31-075-02424 | Orphaned | Gas | — |
| Brown M F 0 | 31-075-02425 | Orphaned | Gas | — |
| Baldwin 1 | 31-075-02426 | Orphaned | Gas | Lupher |
| Baldwin 2 | 31-075-02427 | Orphaned | Gas | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 212 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 Oswego County, NY?
Oswego County, New York has 212 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active, 36 plugged and 159 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Oswego County?
159 wells in Oswego County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Oswego County are plugged?
36 of Oswego County's 212 catalogued wells (17%) 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); Oswego County ranks 15th with 212.
How many companies operate wells in Oswego County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Oswego 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 Oswego County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/oswego (data as of October 10, 2026).