Oil & gas wells in Armstrong County, PA
11,955 catalogued wells in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania has 11,955 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8,130 active (68%), 1,072 plugged & abandoned (9%) and 645 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
11,955
Active
8,130
Plugged
1,072
Documented orphans
645
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Armstrong County?
68% of Armstrong County's wells are active, 23 percentage points above the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 645 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,108 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Armstrong County?
By product class, 187 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 11,305 (95%) gas wells and 60 (0.5%) 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 Armstrong County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Armstrong County has the 5th-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 13th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Armstrong County?
597 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A M Wadding 27a | 37-005-20401 | Active | Gas | Snyder Bros Inc |
| Floyd Zahniser 3 | 37-005-20639 | Active | Oil | Thomas Knoll |
| David M Stitt 4446 | 37-005-20751 | Orphaned | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| Arch&alverda Richardson (Fmly Aureli 1 | 37-005-21078 | Active | Gas | Dannic Energy Corp |
| L. & E. Mohney 1 | 37-005-21095 | Active | Gas | Snyder Bros Inc |
| (J H Fetterhoff Tract) B & S Coal Co 1 | 37-005-21374 | Active | Gas | Vec Energy LLC |
| J Vernon Kimmel 77 | 37-005-20520 | Active | Gas | Apollo Resources LLC |
| John Ralston 3 | 37-005-21473 | Other status | Gas | Pemco Gas Inc |
| T Schafer 1-4.939 | 37-005-30095 | Active | Gas | Blx Inc |
| Sagc 3m-172 | 37-005-31018 | Active | Gas | Snyder Bros Inc |
| Hooks-Phillips Unit 1m | 37-005-30823 | Active | Gas | Snyder Bros Inc |
| R Kirkner 2 | 37-005-29646 | Active | Gas | Pa Mineral Svcs LLC |
| M D Elgin 3 | 37-005-29654 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| P N Reefer 2 | 37-005-29655 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| Bowser F 001 | 37-005-29658 | Other status | Gas | Kriebel Minerals Inc |
| P Weaver 72a 3 | 37-005-01089 | Active | Gas | Redmill Drilling |
| Dewey 17 | 37-005-30841 | Other status | Gas | Dannic Energy Corp |
| B&p 25.5-10 4 | 37-005-29668 | Active | Gas | Vec Energy LLC |
| Goldstrohm 5-123 | 37-005-29667 | Other status | Gas | Snyder Bros Inc |
| D Held 1 | 37-005-30747 | Other status | Gas | Us Energy Exploration Corp |
| Rady 2 | 37-005-30748 | Active | Gas | Us Energy Exploration Corp |
| Wolfe (Armclar) 15-278 | 37-005-26749 | Active | Gas | Snyder Bros Inc |
| Harry Mccollum 1 | 37-005-02411 | Active | Gas | Mds Energy Dev LLC |
| Rankin/Toy 1 | 37-005-26764 | Active | Gas | Pa Mineral Svcs LLC |
| John Mccurdy 3 | 37-005-26769 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 11,955 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 Armstrong County, PA?
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania has 11,955 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8,130 active, 1,072 plugged and 645 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Armstrong County?
645 wells in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Armstrong County are plugged?
1,072 of Armstrong County's 11,955 catalogued wells (9%) 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); Armstrong County ranks 5th with 11,955.
How many companies operate wells in Armstrong County?
597 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/armstrong (data as of October 10, 2026).