Oil & gas wells in Somerset County, PA
314 catalogued wells in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Somerset County, Pennsylvania has 314 catalogued oil & gas wells: 71 active (23%), 147 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 37 documented orphans. It ranks 33rd of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
314
Active
71
Plugged
147
Documented orphans
37
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Somerset County?
23% of Somerset County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 37 wells (12%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 59 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Somerset County?
By product class, 5 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 250 (80%) gas wells and 2 (0.6%) 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 Somerset County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Somerset County has the 33rd-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 28th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Somerset County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Somerset 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 Somerset County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard & Mary Ellen Hemminger (Fmly C E Mull) 1 | 37-111-00001 | Orphaned | Gas | Unknown Opr |
| C E Williams 4150 | 37-111-20001 | Active | Gas | Blackrock Enterprises LLC |
| Milton E Bender 4506 | 37-111-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| Dept F&w Tr 75 4166 | 37-111-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Royal Rhoads 1 F72 | 37-111-20004 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| C E Williams 2 4169 | 37-111-20005 | Active | Gas | Blackrock Enterprises LLC |
| Morris H Critchfield 1 | 37-111-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Cnx Gas Co LLC |
| Dept F&w Tract 64 N655 | 37-111-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nys Natural Gas Co |
| Milo Kimmel R S Warnick Etux 1 | 37-111-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Felmont Oil Corp |
| John Mcconaughy F-89 | 37-111-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Felmont Oil Corp |
| C E Williams 4172 | 37-111-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Robert M Hamer Sr 1 | 37-111-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Felmont Oil Corp |
| Ellis And Florence Friedline F-95 | 37-111-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Felmont Oil Corp |
| State Game Tract 111-A 604562 | 37-111-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Eqt Prod Co |
| Leland W Walker 1 4205 | 37-111-20014 | Active | Gas | Blackrock Enterprises LLC |
| Dept F & W Tr 75 4197 | 37-111-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Leroy Wilt 1 F98 | 37-111-20016 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| Robert Snyder F-109 | 37-111-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Felmont Oil Corp |
| Peoples Natural Gas Co 4218 | 37-111-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| State Game Tract 4585 | 37-111-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manufacturers Light & Heat Co |
| Dept F & W Tract 75 4222 | 37-111-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Bird Coal Co #1 | 37-111-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Clarence W Friedline F122 | 37-111-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Felmont Oil Corp |
| Lutheran Camp Assn 1 | 37-111-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Snee & Eberly & People Natural Gas |
| Dept F & W Tract 98 2 | 37-111-20024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petro Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 314 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 Somerset County, PA?
Somerset County, Pennsylvania has 314 catalogued oil & gas wells: 71 active, 147 plugged and 37 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Somerset County?
37 wells in Somerset County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 28th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Somerset County are plugged?
147 of Somerset County's 314 catalogued wells (47%) 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); Somerset County ranks 33rd with 314.
How many companies operate wells in Somerset County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Somerset 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 Somerset County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/somerset (data as of October 10, 2026).