ODNR Well Locator and Viewer: Find Any Ohio Oil or Gas Well
Map any of Ohio's 242,000+ oil and gas wells with the ODNR Well Locator, including the plugged and orphan wells the Oil & Gas Well Database leaves out.
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Appalachian Basin Oil and Gas: Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia sit over the Marcellus and Utica shales and share a long history of conventional drilling, which leaves each state with a large number of older, plugged and orphaned wells alongside modern horizontal ones.
Each state keeps its own records: the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. These posts explain how to use each agency's well locator or mapping tool and what it leaves out.
The posts cover finding a well by API number, name, operator or location in each state's system, what production, permit and inspection records exist, and where the three states differ in what they publish. They also note where older wells are missing coordinates or complete records.
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UIC Well Classes: Class II, Class VI, and Where to Look
What a UIC well is, how EPA's six injection well classes differ, why Class II dominates and Class VI carries carbon storage, and where records live.
WVDEP Oil and Gas: Which Search Tool Answers Your Question
The WVDEP Office of Oil and Gas runs six separate search tools. Here is which one answers which question about a West Virginia well, and what none of them show.
PA DEP Oil and Gas Mapping: Search Pennsylvania Wells
Search Pennsylvania's DEP oil and gas wells by operator, county, or API. About 189,000 of 279,000 recorded wells are mapped, with production and inspections.
Ohio Oil & Gas Well Map: Wells, Production, Inspections
Search every Ohio oil and gas well on one map, cross-linked with production, gas composition, and ODNR inspection history. Try it free, no card needed.