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Oil & gas wells in Lawrence County, PA

620 catalogued wells in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania has 620 catalogued oil & gas wells: 214 active (35%), 96 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 90 documented orphans. It ranks 30th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

620

Active

214

Plugged

96

Documented orphans

90

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

35% of Lawrence County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 90 wells (15%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 220 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Lawrence County?

By product class, 353 of the county's wells (57%) are oil wells, 198 (32%) 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 Lawrence County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?

Lawrence County has the 30th-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 23rd in Pennsylvania.

Who operates wells in Lawrence County?

37 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, PA
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Kempf 237-073-20220ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Byler 5637-073-20224ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Hasely 137-073-20282ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Shenango Valley Beagle Club 137-073-20181ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Hostetler 537-073-20184ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Reed 437-073-20185ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Booher 337-073-20296Other statusOilAtlas Resources Inc
Patricia B Burdick 637-073-20121Other statusOilExco Resources Pa Inc
North Beaver Nc Development 1h37-073-20370Plugged & abandonedOther typeHilcorp Energy Co
Henry Sholler 237-073-20123Other statusOilExco Resources Pa Inc
Shenango Valley Beagle Club Unit 237-073-20241Other statusOilAtlas Resources Inc
Abranovich 137-073-20271Other statusOilAtlas Resources Inc
Byler 4637-073-20199ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Stoughton 137-073-20266Other statusOilAtlas Resources Inc
Byler 5537-073-20212ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Sereday 237-073-20214ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Emanuel & Anna Byler 937-073-20088Other statusOilExco Resources Pa Inc
Robert & Delores Mcgary 537-073-20126Other statusOilExco Resources Pa Inc
Larry & Rhoda Geiwitz 137-073-20089Other statusOilExco Resources Pa Inc
Robert & Delores Mcgary 637-073-20127Other statusOilExco Resources Pa Inc
Wilson 737-073-20310ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Pulaski Mcconahy 2h37-073-20388Other statusGasHilcorp Energy Co
Henry 137-073-00019Other statusOther typeUnknown Opr
Wilson 637-073-20293ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC
Hostetler 637-073-20189ActiveOilDiversified Prod LLC

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 620 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 Lawrence County, PA?

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania has 620 catalogued oil & gas wells: 214 active, 96 plugged and 90 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Lawrence County?

90 wells in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.

What share of wells in Lawrence County are plugged?

96 of Lawrence County's 620 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Lawrence County ranks 30th with 620.

How many companies operate wells in Lawrence County?

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