Oil & gas wells in Luzerne County, PA
27 catalogued wells in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 9 plugged & abandoned (33%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 37th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
27
Active
0
Plugged
9
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Luzerne County?
0% of Luzerne County's wells are active, 45 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (15%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 14 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Luzerne County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 18 (67%) 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 Luzerne County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Luzerne County has the 37th-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 34th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Luzerne County?
11 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olgert S Pauxtis 1 | 37-079-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Transcontinental Prod Co |
| Philip A Jurchak Tpc 14 | 37-079-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Transcontinental Prod Co |
| Parvin Good 2707 | 37-079-20003 | Orphaned | Other type | United Prod Co Inc |
| Goodwin 2 | 37-079-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmers Gas & Oil Inc |
| Joseph Lopez 3 | 37-079-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmers Gas & Oil Inc |
| Herman B Coon L4886 | 37-079-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Blue Coal Corp 1 | 37-079-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pg Energy Inc |
| Penn Gas Dev Co Per191 | 37-079-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pa Energy Resources Inc |
| Panzitta 1 | 37-079-20009 | Other status | Gas | David & Joseph Panzitta |
| Panzitta 1 | 37-079-20010 | Orphaned | Gas | David & Joseph Panzitta |
| Lansberry Perry 1v | 37-079-20011 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Buda 1h | 37-079-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Farrell 1h Unit 001 | 37-079-20013 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Salansky 1h | 37-079-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Theta 1 | 37-079-20015 | Other status | Gas | Rice Drilling B LLC |
| Kent South 1h | 37-079-20016 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Kent North 1h | 37-079-20017 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Kent South 2h | 37-079-20018 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Kent North 1v | 37-079-20019 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| Kent North 2h | 37-079-20020 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| 4p Realty 1h | 37-079-20021 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| 4p Realty 2h | 37-079-20022 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| 4p Realty 3h | 37-079-20023 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| 4p Realty 4h | 37-079-20024 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
| 4p Realty 1v | 37-079-20025 | Other status | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 27 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 Luzerne County, PA?
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 9 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Luzerne County?
4 wells in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 34th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Luzerne County are plugged?
9 of Luzerne County's 27 catalogued wells (33%) 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); Luzerne County ranks 37th with 27.
How many companies operate wells in Luzerne County?
11 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/luzerne (data as of October 10, 2026).