Oil & gas wells in Centre County, PA
1,615 catalogued wells in Centre County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Centre County, Pennsylvania has 1,615 catalogued oil & gas wells: 638 active (40%), 226 plugged & abandoned (14%) and 59 documented orphans. It ranks 25th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,615
Active
638
Plugged
226
Documented orphans
59
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Centre County?
40% of Centre County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 14% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 59 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 692 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Centre County?
By product class, 11 of the county's wells (0.7%) are oil wells, 1,584 (98%) gas wells and 0 (0%) 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 Centre County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Centre County has the 25th-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 27th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Centre County?
45 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Centre 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 Centre County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Franklin Long Pa902 | 37-027-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Socony Mobil Oil Co Inc |
| Lehigh Valley Coal Co N943 | 37-027-20002 | Orphaned | Other type | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Lehigh Valley Coal Co N943 | 37-027-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Trans & Storage Inc |
| Allen G Butler 1 | 37-027-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Linn Earl H |
| Robert R & Sally E Blair Tr 103 1 | 37-027-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petro Co |
| Texasgulf Inc 1 | 37-027-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Range Resources Appalachia LLC |
| Texasgulf Inc 2 | 37-027-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Ugi Co |
| C & K Coal Co 1 | 37-027-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ultra Resources Inc |
| C & K Coal Co 1 | 37-027-20009 | Other status | Gas | Phillips Petro Co |
| C & K Coal Co 1 | 37-027-20010 | Other status | Gas | Phillips Petro Co |
| C & K Coal Co 1 | 37-027-20011 | Other status | Gas | Phillips Petro Co |
| Reuben Griffith Gas Unit 1 | 37-027-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bp Prod North Amer Inc |
| C & K Coal Co 2 1 | 37-027-20013 | Other status | Gas | Phillips Petro Co |
| Reuben Griffith Gas Unit 1a | 37-027-20014 | Active | Gas | Apollo Resources LLC |
| Donald C Shawley Et Ux 1 | 37-027-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bp Prod North Amer Inc |
| Common Of Pa Tr 247 1 | 37-027-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cottonwood Prod Co Inc |
| Common Of Pa Tr 231 1 | 37-027-20017 | Active | Gas | Capital Oil & Gas Inc |
| Melcher Hunting Club 1 | 37-027-20019 | Other status | Gas | Timberline Oil Inc |
| William W Litke 1 | 37-027-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Felmont Oil Corp |
| Common Of Pa Tr 231 2 | 37-027-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Capital Oil & Gas Inc |
| Pa State Game Lands 1 | 37-027-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Richfield Co |
| Common Of Pa Tr 231 3 | 37-027-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Equitable Prod Eastern States Exploration Inc |
| Comm Of Pa Tr 253 1 | 37-027-20024 | Active | Gas | Whc Oper LLC |
| Common Of Pa Tr 242 1 | 37-027-20027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Eqt Prod Co |
| Common Of Pa Tr 243 1 | 37-027-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Capital Oil & Gas Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,615 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 Centre County, PA?
Centre County, Pennsylvania has 1,615 catalogued oil & gas wells: 638 active, 226 plugged and 59 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Centre County?
59 wells in Centre County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 27th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Centre County are plugged?
226 of Centre County's 1,615 catalogued wells (14%) 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); Centre County ranks 25th with 1,615.
How many companies operate wells in Centre County?
45 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Centre 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 Centre County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/centre (data as of October 10, 2026).