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Oil & gas wells in Beaver County, PA

729 catalogued wells in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Beaver County, Pennsylvania has 729 catalogued oil & gas wells: 324 active (44%), 109 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 86 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

729

Active

324

Plugged

109

Documented orphans

86

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Beaver County?

44% of Beaver County's wells are active, close to the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 86 wells (12%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 210 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Beaver County?

By product class, 205 of the county's wells (28%) are oil wells, 448 (61%) gas wells and 11 (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 Beaver County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?

Beaver County has the 28th-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 25th in Pennsylvania.

Who operates wells in Beaver County?

78 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Beaver 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.

Oil & gas wells in Beaver County, PA
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Elizabeth C Bigrig 137-007-20072ActiveOilDc Land Management LLC
Stefkiwsky 237-007-20232ActiveOilBialy Gas Production LLC
Ambridge School District 237-007-20252ActiveOilMeridian Exploration Corp
Krivickas Unit 2h37-007-20380Other statusGasRange Resources Appalachia LLC
Fred & Annie Scheel 237-007-20218ActiveOther typeBialy Gas Production LLC
Frank R Waxenfelter C337-007-20025ActiveInjectionPin Oak Energy Partners LLC
Maga Bea 8h37-007-20313Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC
Jenkins Bea 8h37-007-20319ActiveGasPin Oak Energy Partners LLC
Dunn Heirs 60016337-007-00011ActiveGasFarrington & Hepler Gas & Oil Inc
Dale R Potts 137-007-20087Plugged & abandonedOther typeWharton C C Jr
Musgrave 437-007-20260ActiveOilFarrington & Hepler Gas & Oil Inc
Pivaronas Plan Of Lots 337-007-20273Other statusOilVarner Lindsey E
Jenkins Bea 8h M37-007-20348Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC
Ferrebee Bea 3h M37-007-20349Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC
Dbc 1 Og Well37-007-20283Plugged & abandonedOilChesapeake Appalachia LLC
James Tharp Bea 8h37-007-20367Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC
Mcdanel Bea 10h37-007-20372Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC
Kerry Bea 3v37-007-20386Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC
Frank Cekovich Cgpa737-007-20030ActiveInjectionPin Oak Energy Partners LLC
Koletich 337-007-20226ActiveOilBialy Gas Production LLC
Koletich 537-007-20228ActiveOilBialy Gas Production LLC
Koletich 637-007-20231ActiveOilBialy Gas Production LLC
Musgrave 237-007-20258ActiveOilFarrington & Hepler Gas & Oil Inc
Petrik Bea 3v37-007-20389Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC
Roberts Bea 8h37-007-20395Other statusGasChesapeake Appalachia LLC

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 729 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 Beaver County, PA?

Beaver County, Pennsylvania has 729 catalogued oil & gas wells: 324 active, 109 plugged and 86 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Beaver County?

86 wells in Beaver County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 25th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.

What share of wells in Beaver County are plugged?

109 of Beaver County's 729 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Beaver County ranks 28th with 729.

How many companies operate wells in Beaver County?

78 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Beaver 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 Beaver County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/beaver (data as of October 10, 2026).