Oil & gas wells in Schuyler County, NY
390 catalogued wells in Schuyler County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Schuyler County, New York has 390 catalogued oil & gas wells: 141 active (36%), 158 plugged & abandoned (41%) and 40 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
390
Active
141
Plugged
158
Documented orphans
40
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Schuyler County?
36% of Schuyler County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the New York share of 25%. 41% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 40 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 50 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Schuyler County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 57 (15%) gas wells and 112 (29%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Schuyler County well is 13,509 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 Schuyler County compare with other New York counties?
Schuyler County has the 12th-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 14th in New York.
Who operates wells in Schuyler County?
52 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Schuyler County. 98% 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 Schuyler County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shallow Shale Gas Wells | 31-097-00070 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Keystone Gas Co. |
| Litteer 2 [h078] | 31-097-00269 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Deming 3 [h085] | 31-097-00300 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Litteer [h081] | 31-097-00372 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Deming 2 [h082] | 31-097-00373 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Losey 2 [h080] | 31-097-00378 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Litteer 4 [h084] | 31-097-00448 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Sproul [h079] | 31-097-00449 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Pulver [h083] | 31-097-00450 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Gardoner 1 | 31-097-00480 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Hager 1 | 31-097-00488 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shearer 1 | 31-097-00518 | Orphaned | Other type | Southwestern Development Co. |
| Federal Land Bank 1 | 31-097-00519 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Washburn 1 | 31-097-00520 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Berry 1 | 31-097-00521 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Shearer 1 | 31-097-00522 | Orphaned | Other type | Carpenter J. |
| Waugh 1 | 31-097-00523 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Whalen 1 | 31-097-00524 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Houseworth 1 | 31-097-00525 | Orphaned | Other type | Carpenter J. |
| Wentz 1 | 31-097-00526 | Orphaned | Gas | Watkins Salt Co. |
| Phillips 1 | 31-097-00527 | Orphaned | Other type | Glen Natural Gas |
| International 10 | 31-097-00528 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Nouryon Salt LLC |
| McNetton 1 | 31-097-00529 | Orphaned | Other type | Hector Valois Oil & Gas |
| Watkins Fair Grounds 1 | 31-097-00531 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Kellogg 1 | 31-097-00532 | Orphaned | Other type | Burdett Oil & Gas |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 390 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 Schuyler County, NY?
Schuyler County, New York has 390 catalogued oil & gas wells: 141 active, 158 plugged and 40 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Schuyler County?
40 wells in Schuyler County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Schuyler County are plugged?
158 of Schuyler County's 390 catalogued wells (41%) 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); Schuyler County ranks 12th with 390.
How many companies operate wells in Schuyler County?
52 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/schuyler (data as of October 10, 2026).