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Oil & gas wells in Indiana County, PA

14,641 catalogued wells in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Indiana County, Pennsylvania has 14,641 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10,564 active (72%), 1,095 plugged & abandoned (7%) and 977 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 7% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

14,641

Active

10,564

Plugged

1,095

Documented orphans

977

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

72% of Indiana County's wells are active, 27 percentage points above the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 7% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 977 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,005 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Indiana County?

By product class, 49 of the county's wells (0.3%) are oil wells, 14,216 (97%) gas wells and 33 (0.2%) 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 Indiana County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?

Indiana County has the 4th-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 8th in Pennsylvania.

Who operates wells in Indiana County?

530 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Indiana 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 Indiana County, PA
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Lowry Johnston 437-063-33471ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
Homer City Power Plant 8422h37-063-36292Other statusGasXto Energy Inc
Paul Lowman 237-063-34943ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
W J Kerr 137-063-00214ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
F Williamson 60a 137-063-00290ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
R Marsh 137-063-37367Other statusGasKriebel Minerals Inc
Harry White 337-063-23309ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
J Walter Griffith 137-063-23319ActiveGasSnyder Bros Inc
Rochester & Pgh Coal Co 137-063-23325OrphanedGasDiversified Prod LLC
Agnes Stenman 237-063-23386ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
Paul A Stewart C37437-063-23401ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
Joseph B Kubecka 137-063-23409ActiveGasMtn V Oil & Gas Inc
R & P Coal Co Harry White (294-A) 637-063-23490ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
J D Dickie 510337-063-23553ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
John S Simpson Et Al 137-063-23629ActiveGasPenn View Exploration Inc
Robert M Hermann Et Ux 137-063-23636ActiveGasSnyder Bros Inc
Fenella Hatch Estate 137-063-23638Plugged & abandonedGasXto Energy Inc
John W & John F Hastings H4701337-063-23671ActiveGasChance Gas & Oil LLC
H H Shirley 201137-063-23703ActiveGasMtn V Oil & Gas Inc
Sarah Watterson 337-063-23738ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
First Natl Bank Of Indiana Wn157537-063-23746ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
Jay T Kissinger Et Al 237-063-23798ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
Robert & Shirley Shields (Fmly Dj Br 137-063-23802ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC
D Shearer 737-063-37078Other statusGasUs Energy Exploration Corp
S W Getty 825937-063-35747ActiveGasDiversified Prod LLC

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 14,641 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 Indiana County, PA?

Indiana County, Pennsylvania has 14,641 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10,564 active, 1,095 plugged and 977 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Indiana County?

977 wells in Indiana County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.

What share of wells in Indiana County are plugged?

1,095 of Indiana County's 14,641 catalogued wells (7%) 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); Indiana County ranks 4th with 14,641.

How many companies operate wells in Indiana County?

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