Oil & gas wells in Fayette County, PA
4,999 catalogued wells in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Fayette County, Pennsylvania has 4,999 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,008 active (60%), 438 plugged & abandoned (9%) and 446 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,999
Active
3,008
Plugged
438
Documented orphans
446
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Fayette County?
60% of Fayette County's wells are active, 15 percentage points above the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 446 wells (9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,107 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Fayette County?
By product class, 111 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 4,689 (94%) gas wells and 20 (0.4%) 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 Fayette County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Fayette County has the 16th-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 15th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Fayette County?
185 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Fayette 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 Fayette County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John & Effie Hospodavis G934 | 37-051-00002 | Orphaned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| Ben Lardin 1 | 37-051-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis M E |
| David Gans G427 | 37-051-00007 | Orphaned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| F C Newcomer 350 | 37-051-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Duquesne Natural Gas Co |
| John Hogsett 3917 | 37-051-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| John Spak 329 | 37-051-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Duquesne Natural Gas Co |
| Max Kampcik 304e | 37-051-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Duquesne Natural Gas Co |
| Donald E Cunningham 1 | 37-051-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walker H E |
| Josephus Riffle G814 | 37-051-00015 | Orphaned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| Josephus Riffle G608 | 37-051-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| J V Thompson G972 | 37-051-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| J V Thompson G259 | 37-051-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| A J & J W Mcmullen 245 | 37-051-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| Republic Colleries Co G935 | 37-051-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| Nora E Cover 315e | 37-051-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duquesne Natural Gas Co |
| L L Robinson 250e | 37-051-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Duquesne Natural Gas Co |
| L L Robinson 235e | 37-051-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Duquesne Natural Gas Co |
| Ludwick Oravec G669 | 37-051-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| Carrie A King G961 | 37-051-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| H C Frick Coke Co 960 | 37-051-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carnegie Natural Gas Co |
| J H Sangston F20 | 37-051-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| S H Powers 1 | 37-051-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gerthoffer & Jones |
| Stella Palko 3 | 37-051-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bloom I C |
| Lutheran Church 1 | 37-051-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gerthoffer & Jones |
| J V Thompson G214 | 37-051-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,999 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 Fayette County, PA?
Fayette County, Pennsylvania has 4,999 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,008 active, 438 plugged and 446 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Fayette County?
446 wells in Fayette County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 15th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Fayette County are plugged?
438 of Fayette County's 4,999 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); Fayette County ranks 16th with 4,999.
How many companies operate wells in Fayette County?
185 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Fayette 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 Fayette County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/fayette (data as of October 10, 2026).