Oil & gas wells in Allegheny County, PA
2,896 catalogued wells in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has 2,896 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,152 active (40%), 814 plugged & abandoned (28%) and 315 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,896
Active
1,152
Plugged
814
Documented orphans
315
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Allegheny County?
40% of Allegheny County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 28% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 315 wells (11%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 615 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Allegheny County?
By product class, 512 of the county's wells (18%) are oil wells, 1,992 (69%) gas wells and 55 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 37% and the gas share 51%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Allegheny County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Allegheny County has the 21st-most catalogued wells of the 37 Pennsylvania counties with at least 25. The median Pennsylvania county on WellCensus has 4,066 wells. The largest, McKean County, has 38,160. By documented orphans it ranks 16th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Allegheny County?
318 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lazich 1 | 37-003-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | P Brown Reed & Aj Lisman |
| Carnegie Natl Gas Co 114 | 37-003-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carnegie Natural Gas Co |
| Steve Valauri 1 | 37-003-00069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fisher Isaac M |
| Joseph Lytle 3883 | 37-003-00070 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Equitrans Inc |
| Donald 3 | 37-003-00072 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wally J S |
| William Baumgartel F1 | 37-003-00088 | Active | Gas | Ferguson Bros |
| Butler Consol Coal Co F2 | 37-003-00089 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ferguson Bros |
| Mahony (Frmly August Lipke) 1 | 37-003-00114 | Active | Gas | Bittinger Drilling L A Bittinger Dba |
| Fee 135 | 37-003-00121 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carnegie Natural Gas Co |
| Fee Farm 136 | 37-003-00124 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carnegie Natural Gas Co |
| E B Lytle 3882 | 37-003-00127 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Equitrans LP |
| Joseph J Mathews 2 | 37-003-00129 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Quaker State Corp |
| Jane Stewart 1 | 37-003-00136 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Am Snider |
| Fundenberg 1 | 37-003-00138 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Allegheny Cnty |
| Dickson 3 | 37-003-00141 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Am Snider |
| Dickson 4 | 37-003-00142 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Am Snider |
| Dickson 9 | 37-003-00143 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Am Snider |
| Joseph Mcmurray 5 | 37-003-00159 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| John S Miller 44 | 37-003-00161 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carnegie Natural Gas Co |
| George Horning F22 | 37-003-00163 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Equitrans Inc |
| Wallace Heirs 3 | 37-003-00166 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Am Snider |
| Nixon 1 | 37-003-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nixon Homer L |
| Fayall 5 | 37-003-00169 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Waverly Oil Works Co |
| James Oneil 1 | 37-003-00170 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Schafer J Alvin |
| S M & T H Bowman 99 | 37-003-00171 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carnegie Natural Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,896 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 Allegheny County, PA?
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has 2,896 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,152 active, 814 plugged and 315 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Allegheny County?
315 wells in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 16th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Allegheny County are plugged?
814 of Allegheny County's 2,896 catalogued wells (28%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 25% across Pennsylvania.
Which Pennsylvania county has the most oil and gas wells?
McKean County has the most catalogued wells of any Pennsylvania county on WellCensus (38,160); Allegheny County ranks 21st with 2,896.
How many companies operate wells in Allegheny County?
318 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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About this data
Source: Pennsylvania DEP 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 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/allegheny (data as of October 10, 2026).