Oil & gas wells in Wayne County, PA
28 catalogued wells in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Wayne County, Pennsylvania has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 12 plugged & abandoned (43%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 36th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
28
Active
0
Plugged
12
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Wayne County?
0% of Wayne County's wells are active, 45 percentage points below the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 43% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (11%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 13 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Wayne County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 17 (61%) 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 Wayne County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Wayne County has the 36th-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 35th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Wayne County?
10 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hl Rutledge 1 1 | 37-127-20012 | Other status | Other type | Newfield Appalachia Pa LLC |
| B & E Wells 1 | 37-127-20014 | Other status | Gas | Schrader Kevin E |
| Geuther 1 | 37-127-20007 | Other status | Gas | Stone Energy Corp |
| Preston 38 LLC 1 | 37-127-20010 | Other status | Gas | Pennswood Oil & Gas LLC |
| Matoushek 1 | 37-127-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stone Energy Corp |
| Simon Haas 1 | 37-127-90000 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Medved 1v | 37-127-20024 | Other status | Gas | Hess Corp |
| Stockport Assn 1 | 37-127-20011 | Other status | Gas | Pennswood Oil & Gas LLC |
| Gerhard 1h | 37-127-20025 | Other status | Gas | Hess Corp |
| Steinberg 1h | 37-127-20026 | Other status | Gas | Hess Corp |
| Robson 627528 1 | 37-127-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chesapeake Appalachia LLC |
| Clarence Price Tpc-7 | 37-127-20001 | Orphaned | Other type | Transamer Petro Corp |
| Herman Heitmann Tpc-22 | 37-127-20003 | Orphaned | Other type | Transamer Petro Corp |
| F A Rodolfy Et Ux (F A & M P Rodolfy L-4888 | 37-127-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Hudson Realty Co (M Orlin-G Alden Co 1 | 37-127-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Ref Co |
| Woodland Mgmt Partners 1 1 | 37-127-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newfield Appalachia Pa LLC |
| Ve Crum 1 1 | 37-127-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newfield Appalachia Pa LLC |
| Dl Teeple 1 1 | 37-127-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newfield Appalachia Pa LLC |
| Steinberg 1v | 37-127-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hess Corp |
| Miller 1v | 37-127-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hess Corp |
| Em Schweighofer 1 1 | 37-127-20015 | Other status | Other type | Newfield Appalachia Pa LLC |
| B & E Wells 1 | 37-127-20009 | Other status | Gas | Schrader Kevin E |
| Medved 1v | 37-127-20027 | Other status | Gas | Hess Corp |
| Hammond 1v | 37-127-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hess Corp |
| Galiardo 1v | 37-127-20019 | Other status | Gas | Hess Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 28 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 Wayne County, PA?
Wayne County, Pennsylvania has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 12 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Wayne County?
3 wells in Wayne County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 35th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Wayne County are plugged?
12 of Wayne County's 28 catalogued wells (43%) 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); Wayne County ranks 36th with 28.
How many companies operate wells in Wayne County?
10 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/wayne (data as of October 10, 2026).