Oil & gas wells in Butler County, PA
6,065 catalogued wells in Butler County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Butler County, Pennsylvania has 6,065 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,778 active (29%), 691 plugged & abandoned (11%) and 2,803 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,065
Active
1,778
Plugged
691
Documented orphans
2,803
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Butler County?
29% of Butler County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 11% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 2,803 wells (46%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 793 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Butler County?
By product class, 2,806 of the county's wells (46%) are oil wells, 2,229 (37%) gas wells and 16 (0.3%) 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 Butler County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Butler County has the 14th-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 4th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Butler County?
497 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Butler 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 Butler County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert J Young Jr Et Ux 1 | 37-019-21841 | Other status | Gas | Xto Energy Inc |
| Carson Unit 5h | 37-019-21854 | Other status | Gas | Re Gas Dev LLC |
| Carson Unit 7h | 37-019-21856 | Other status | Gas | Re Gas Dev LLC |
| Harvey 2 | 37-019-21551 | Other status | Gas | William Mcintire Coal Oil & Gas |
| Albert G Kasenter Jr Et Ux 1 | 37-019-21779 | Other status | Gas | Xto Energy Inc |
| Clawson 1 Pc | 37-019-21786 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Penneco Oil Co Inc |
| Altice 5 | 37-019-01944 | Active | Oil | S R Star O&g LLC |
| Ritzert 2 | 37-019-01756 | Active | Oil | Harold J Ritzert |
| Ronald L Boltz 1 | 37-019-21625 | Active | Gas | Mds Energy Dev LLC |
| T Macurdy 1 | 37-019-21603 | Other status | Gas | Interstate Gas Mkt Inc |
| Neyman 1 | 37-019-01754 | Active | Gas | Harold J Ritzert |
| Elliot 1 | 37-019-01767 | Active | Gas | Harold J Ritzert |
| M Waldron 2 | 37-019-21620 | Other status | Gas | Interstate Gas Mkt Inc |
| Gill Unit 1h | 37-019-21933 | Other status | Gas | Xto Energy Inc |
| Goldscheitter Unit 2h | 37-019-21950 | Other status | Gas | Range Resources Appalachia LLC |
| Happy Hunters Sportsmens Club 1 | 37-019-21685 | Active | Gas | Penn View Exploration Inc |
| Shuler 1 | 37-019-21693 | Active | Gas | Ams Energy LLC |
| L Snyder 1 | 37-019-21697 | Other status | Gas | William Mcintire Coal Oil & Gas |
| Conerty 4 | 37-019-21744 | Other status | Gas | Kis Oil & Gas Inc |
| Buffalo Golf Course 1 | 37-019-21506 | Other status | Gas | Interstate Gas Mkt Inc |
| Kiser 1 | 37-019-21461 | Other status | Gas | Amer Natural Resources LLC |
| D Macurdy 3 | 37-019-21510 | Other status | Gas | Interstate Gas Mkt Inc |
| Morrow 1mh | 37-019-22061 | Active | Gas | Lola Energy Petroco LLC |
| Shuler 1 | 37-019-21520 | Other status | Gas | William Mcintire Coal Oil & Gas |
| Reuben M Holt Jr Et Ux 1 | 37-019-21643 | Other status | Gas | Xto Energy Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,065 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 Butler County, PA?
Butler County, Pennsylvania has 6,065 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,778 active, 691 plugged and 2,803 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Butler County?
2,803 wells in Butler County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Butler County are plugged?
691 of Butler County's 6,065 catalogued wells (11%) 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); Butler County ranks 14th with 6,065.
How many companies operate wells in Butler County?
497 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Butler 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 Butler County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/butler (data as of October 10, 2026).