Oil & gas wells in Lycoming County, PA
2,080 catalogued wells in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania has 2,080 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,149 active (55%), 163 plugged & abandoned (8%) and 13 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,080
Active
1,149
Plugged
163
Documented orphans
13
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lycoming County?
55% of Lycoming County's wells are active, 10 percentage points above the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 8% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 13 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 755 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lycoming County?
By product class, 4 of the county's wells (0.2%) are oil wells, 2,055 (99%) 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 Lycoming County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Lycoming County has the 24th-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 30th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Lycoming County?
41 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lycoming 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 Lycoming County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mile High Hunt Club 1 | 37-081-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Mile High Hunt Club 2 | 37-081-00002 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| State Game Lands Tract 75 A F 132 | 37-081-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Felmont Oil Corp |
| William Powell Day F130 | 37-081-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Felmont Oil Corp |
| Joseph F Stryker F142 | 37-081-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eqt Aro LLC |
| Dept Of Forests & Waters Tr 101 N836 | 37-081-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Trans & Storage Inc |
| Arnold M Fox & Sons 1 | 37-081-20006 | Active | Gas | Ugi Dev Co |
| Mary Louise Hess 1 | 37-081-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ware John H Iii |
| Woodley 1 | 37-081-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pa Energy Resources Inc |
| Grover Burkhardt Peri21 | 37-081-20009 | Other status | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Horace E Yeagle 1317pe | 37-081-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pa Energy Resources Inc |
| Donald L Fulmer 443151 | 37-081-20017 | Orphaned | Gas | Ugi Dev Co |
| Chester G Shaner 1 | 37-081-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ugi Dev Co |
| Charles M Emig 1 | 37-081-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Emig Bruce A |
| Robert M Brucklacher 1 | 37-081-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ware John H Iii |
| Robert P Sulik 1 | 37-081-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ware John H Iii |
| Fred Myers 1 | 37-081-20026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ware John H Iii |
| Pa State Forest Tract 552 1 | 37-081-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pennzoil Prod Co |
| Pa State Forest Tract 289 1 | 37-081-20029 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Anadarko E&p Onshore LLC |
| Tiadaghton State Forest Tract 549 1 | 37-081-20030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mat Oil & Gas Exploration Inc |
| Tract 728 1 | 37-081-20031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Resources LLC |
| Pa Tract 728 2 | 37-081-20032 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Equitable Prod Eastern States Exploration Inc |
| Pa Tract 727 1 | 37-081-20033 | Other status | Gas | Equitable Prod Eastern States Exploration Inc |
| Cop Tract 730 1 | 37-081-20034 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Power Gas Corp |
| Cop Tract 730 3 | 37-081-20035 | Other status | Gas | Power Gas Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,080 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 Lycoming County, PA?
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania has 2,080 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,149 active, 163 plugged and 13 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lycoming County?
13 wells in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 30th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Lycoming County are plugged?
163 of Lycoming County's 2,080 catalogued wells (8%) 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); Lycoming County ranks 24th with 2,080.
How many companies operate wells in Lycoming County?
41 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lycoming 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 Lycoming County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/lycoming (data as of October 10, 2026).