Oil & gas wells in Bedford County, PA
95 catalogued wells in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bedford County, Pennsylvania has 95 catalogued oil & gas wells: 37 active (39%), 44 plugged & abandoned (46%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 34th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
95
Active
37
Plugged
44
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bedford County?
39% of Bedford County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 46% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 8 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bedford County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 23 (24%) gas wells and 45 (47%) 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 Bedford County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Bedford County has the 34th-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 32nd in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Bedford County?
19 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bedford 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 Bedford County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald H Miller N512 | 37-009-20001 | Orphaned | Other type | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| D H Miller N550 | 37-009-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Aaron Morris Et Al N658 | 37-009-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Percy S Akers N747 | 37-009-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Arlie Morral N761 | 37-009-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Robert Morris N760 | 37-009-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Herbert P Akers N777 | 37-009-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Herbert P Akers Etux N793 | 37-009-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Pa State Game Comm Tract 26-B 1 | 37-009-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Adobe Resources Corp |
| Emma M. Davis L-4902 | 37-009-20010 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Herbert P Akers Etal N846 | 37-009-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Paul P Snyder N863 | 37-009-20012 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Mary C Martin 1 | 37-009-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kerr Mcgee Chem Corp |
| James O. Grigsby L-4904 | 37-009-20014 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Lulu M Wallace N862 | 37-009-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Ivan E Davis N875 | 37-009-20016 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Morral Bros (Roy Morral Etal) N878 | 37-009-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Paul J. & Barbara Truntich 2 | 37-009-20018 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Albert Shipley L4901 | 37-009-20019 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Talbert Smith N886 | 37-009-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Stanley J & Antoinette K Taylorson 1 | 37-009-20021 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Grace N. Snyder L-4807 | 37-009-20022 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Ivan E Davis Et Ux N881 | 37-009-20023 | Active | Injection | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| James W Lewis Jr N893 | 37-009-20024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Dora Vance Et Al Etux N922 | 37-009-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 95 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 Bedford County, PA?
Bedford County, Pennsylvania has 95 catalogued oil & gas wells: 37 active, 44 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bedford County?
6 wells in Bedford County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 32nd-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Bedford County are plugged?
44 of Bedford County's 95 catalogued wells (46%) 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); Bedford County ranks 34th with 95.
How many companies operate wells in Bedford County?
19 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
Nearby in the Pennsylvania rankings
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 Bedford County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/bedford (data as of October 10, 2026).