This data release contains several datasets that provide an overview of oil and gas well history and production of the United States, from 1817 to September 1, 2022. Well history data is aggregated into 1-mile and 10-mile squares indicating the total number of wells and counts of wells classified as oil, gas, dry, injection, hydraulically fractured, and/or horizontal wells. Well history is also separated into layers binned on 1-year increments from a well's spud date (date drilling commenced). Production data is aggregated in 2-mile and 10-mile squares that sum the total production of oil, gas, and water volumes. Production data is also separated into layers binned on 1-year increments to reflect the year of production. These aggregations are compiled from data from IHS Markit, which is a proprietary, commercial database. No proprietary data is contained in this release. This data release was updated May 2023 to reflect an offset of 1 year on the original release.

This map shows the oil and natural gas wells across the United States. Oil and Natural Gas Well: A hole drilled in the earth for the purpose of finding or producing crude oil or natural gas; or producing services related to the production of crude or natural gas. Geographic coverage includes the United States (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming) as well Oil and Natural Gas wells in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba that are within 100 miles of the country's border with the United States. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) the following states do not have active/producing Oil or Natural Gas Wells: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Some states do have wells for underground Natural Gas storage facilities where these have been identified they were included. This layer is derived from well data from individual states and provinces and United States Agencies. This layer is complete for the United States but further development of data missing from two Canadian provinces and Mexico is in process. This update release includes an additional 497,036 wells covering Texas. Oil and gas exploration in Texas takes advantage of drilling technology to use a single surface well drilling location to drill multiple bottom hole well connections to extract oil and gas. The addition of Well data from Texas results in the addition of a related table to support this one surface well to many bottom hole connections. This related table provides records for Wells that have more than one bottom hole linked to the surface well. Sourced from the HIFLD Open Data Portal for Energy.

The United States Documented Unplugged Orphaned Oil and Gas Well (DOW) dataset contains 117,672 wells in 27 states. The definition of an orphaned oil or gas well varies across data sources; the dataset includes oil or gas wells where the state indicates that the well is an unplugged orphan, or the following criteria are met: 1) no production for an average of 12 months (6 to 24 months depending on the state), 2) the well is unplugged, 3) there is no responsible party to manage the well for future re-use or for plugging and abandonment, and 4) the location of the well is documented. The dataset includes location coordinates, American Petroleum Institute (API) number, or other identification number, well type, well status, and additional information for each unplugged orphaned well. All data were collected by direct requests to the respective state agency overseeing oil and gas wells or data downloads from their online databases. Location format conversion was performed on wells wi ...

This dataset contains USA Crude oil and Natural gas drilling activity , geographic coverage is the 50 states and the district of Columbia from 1949-2021. Data from US Energy Information Administration.Note:Total rotary rigs in operation is the sum of rigs drilling for crude oil, rigs drilling for natural gas, and other rigs (not shown) drilling for miscellaneous purposes, such as other service wells, injection wells, and stratigraphic tests.

The drilling history documents oil and gas wells in the Lower Miocene 2 sequence as a whole and in 10-year intervals. The wells included in this interval are determined by completion date and by comparing the depth of the wells to structure contours of the Lower Miocene 2 sequence. The data are provided in a single file (lm2_prod.shp) as well as nine 10-year interval files covering 1910 through 1999. These datasets contain basic data and interpretations developed and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey's Framework Studies and Assessment of the Gulf Coast Project. Other major sources of data include publicly available information from state agencies as well as publications of the U.S. Geological Survey and other scientific organizations. In cases where company proprietary data were used to produce various derivatives such as contour surfaces, the source is cited but the data are not displayed.

This dataset provides national location information for publicly available natural gas geochemistry data reported in mol%. The data were collected from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Geochemistry Database (EGDB), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) technical notes, and reacquired Bureau of Mines technical reports. This dataset represents an aggregate of multiple datasets in one unified system with a number of attributes for use in resource assessment.

Geospatial data about United States Oil and Natural Gas Wells. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

A cells polygon feature class was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to illustrate the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in the United States. Each cell represents a square mile of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, or the type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown or dry. The well information was initially retrieved from IHS Inc.'s PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data on CD-ROM, which is a proprietary, commercial database containing information for most oil and gas wells in the U.S. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary well data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data are current through 10/1/2005.

A complete set of wells associated with oil, natural gas, and coal bed natural gas development in the western states as of June 2004. This is a static dataset even though liquid energy development is a highly dynamic endeavor. Because these well location datasets are generally housed and managed by various state-based agencies (typically the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commissions) a uniform, spatially precise coverage for the western United States has not been available to date. This layer consolidates the best available well location data from ND, SD, MT, WY, CO, NM, UT, AZ, OR, and CA (ID and WA do not report any liquid energy development) and standardizes the attributites. While static as of June 2004 the well status field (SUM_STATUS) identifies 'pending' wells planned at some future data. Also, the user is cautioned that this layer only contains known and reported wells and may not represent 100% of the wells actually on the ground.

These data show the location of oil and gas wells within U.S. and territorial waters. The values of an oil and gas well record can change considerably over time, and with varied ownership, and with the jurisdiction that the well is located within. The fields in this data set are only a subset of the most common values available.

United States Natural Gas Production: New-Well: Haynesville data was reported at 386.300 Cub ft/Day mn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 382.800 Cub ft/Day mn for Feb 2025. United States Natural Gas Production: New-Well: Haynesville data is updated monthly, averaging 492.300 Cub ft/Day mn from Jan 2013 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,009.700 Cub ft/Day mn in Jan 2023 and a record low of 171.800 Cub ft/Day mn in Sep 2016. United States Natural Gas Production: New-Well: Haynesville data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RB011: Natural Gas Production: by Region.

Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas WellsThis feature layer, utilizing National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) data from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), displays oil and natural gas wells found in federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) waters. According to BOEM, these are "existing wells drilled for exploration or extraction of oil and/or gas products. Additional information includes the API (American Petroleum Institute) number, well name, well type, spud date, and well status. Only wells found in federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) waters are included".Data currency: This cached Esri federal service is checked weekly for updates from its enterprise federal source (OCS Oil and Natural Gas Wells) and will support mapping, analysis, data exports and OGC API – Feature access.Data.gov:Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Alaska Region NAD 83Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Atlantic Region NAD83Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Gulf of Mexico Region NAD 27Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Pacific OCS Region NAD 83Geoplatform:Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Alaska Region NAD 83Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Atlantic Region NAD83: Not AvailableOuter Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Gulf of Mexico Region NAD 27Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Wells - Pacific OCS Region NAD 83For more information: National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program; Energy EconomicsFor feedback please contact: Esri_US_Federal_Data@esri.comThumbnail image courtesy of: Marianne Muegenburg CothernNGDA Data SetThis data set is part of the NGDA Water - Oceans & Coast Theme Community. Per the Federal Geospatial Data Committee (FGDC), Water - Oceans & Coast is defined as "features and characteristics of salt water bodies (i.e. tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs) and features and characteristics that represent the intersection of the land with the water surface (i.e. shorelines), the lines from which the territorial sea and other maritime zones are measured (i.e. baseline maritime) and lands covered by water at any stage of the tide (i.e. Outer Continental Shelf ), as distinguished from tidelands, which are attached to the mainland or an island and cover and uncover with the tide."For other NGDA Content: Esri Federal Datasets

This geospatial dataset contains oil and gas wells that intersect either the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service interest or approved boundary or both. Oil and gas wells were obtained from each state and then clipped to these U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boundaries. An attempt was made to standardize this dataset as much as possible.

County-level data from oil and/or natural gas producing States—for onshore production in the lower 48 States only—are compiled on a State-by-State basis. Most States have production statistics available by county, field, or well, and these data were compiled at the county level to create a database of county-level production, annually for 2000 through 2011. Raw data for natural gas is for gross withdrawals, and oil data almost always include natural gas liquids. Note that State-provided natural gas withdrawals were not available for Illinois or Indiana; those estimates were produced using geocoded wells and State total production reported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency.

In the data file, counties with increases or decreases in excess of $20 million in oil and/or natural gas production during 2000-11 are also identified. See the Documentation for more details.

Currently, an ERS update to this data product is not planned.This record was taken from the USDA Enterprise Data Inventory that feeds into the https://data.gov catalog. Data for this record includes the following resources: Data download page For complete information, please visit https://data.gov.

United States No. of Oil & Gas Wells: Completed: Rest of Lower 48 States excl GOM data was reported at 204.000 Unit in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 203.000 Unit for Feb 2025. United States No. of Oil & Gas Wells: Completed: Rest of Lower 48 States excl GOM data is updated monthly, averaging 362.000 Unit from Jan 2011 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 171 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 971.000 Unit in May 2013 and a record low of 57.000 Unit in Jul 2020. United States No. of Oil & Gas Wells: Completed: Rest of Lower 48 States excl GOM data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RB043: Number of Oil and Gas Wells.

A cells polygon feature class was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to illustrate the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in the United States. Each cell represents a quarter-mile square of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, or the type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown or dry. The well information was initially retrieved from IHS Inc.'s PI/Dwights PLUS Well Data on CD-ROM, which is a proprietary, commercial database containing information for most oil and gas wells in the U.S. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary well data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data are current through 10/1/2005.

This dataset comprises a collection of tabular data and graphical images supporting the U.S. Geological Survey's National Oil and Gas Assessment (NOGA) for Wind River Basin Province (035). The dataset includes detailed information on crude oil and natural gas production, including volumetric and descriptive data such as cumulative production, remaining reserves, and known recoverable volumes. Historical data covering field-discovery dates, well completion dates, exploration objectives, and well depths are also provided. Data sources include commercial databases along with supplemental information from various federal and state agencies. No proprietary data is included in this. The dataset is presented in multiple formats, including .pdf files for graphical images and .tab files for tabular data, encompassing eco-regional, federal land, ownership parcels, and state-wise data distributions.

The PADEP provides eight primary reports on natural gas well activity to the public: Permits Issued, SPUD Data, Production Reports, Waste Reports, Compliance Reports, Public Utility Commission (PUC) Act 13 Unconventional Wells Spud Report, PADEP Oil & Gas Locations - Conventional Unconventional (hosted by PASDA), and Well Formations Report.Permits Issued – Proposed natural gas well drilling sites submitted to and approved by the PADEP.Spud Data – List of new natural gas wells drilled; the SPUD date refers to the date reported to DEP by the Operator that the drilling began (or will begin) at a well site.Production Reports – Information on natural gas production submitted by well operators. Conventional wells are submitted yearly while unconventional wells are submitted every six months (January to June and July to December) through the end of 2014. Starting in 2015, production is reported monthly. Waste Reports – Waste information from operators generated by drilling the well. Conventional wells are submitted yearly while unconventional wells are submitted every six months (January to June and July to December) through the end of 2014. Starting in 2015, Waste is reported monthly.Compliance Reports – Inspections of wells, including information on violations and fines.PUC Act 13 Unconventional Wells Spud Report – List of wells that the PADEP has identified that satisfy the requirements set by the Pennsylvania Act 13 Legislation.Oil & Gas Locations - Conventional Unconventional – Shapefile of the Oil & Gas Wells in Pennsylvania that the PADEP has locational information for broken into two formation types of conventional and unconventional wells.Well Formations Report – Displays geological formation information by listing the target, oldest and producing formations for all oil and gas wellsEach data source provides a well permit or API number for all wells, conventional and unconventional. By extracting well permits numbers from all eight data sources for any wells flagged by the PADEP as an unconventional well, a master table of permit numbers is generated of unconventional wells. By analyzing each data source, summary data is compiled to determine which wells are in the permitting process, are drilled, or are producing natural gas. Additional information includes how much gas is being produced, the number of violations, and which wells may be identified inconsistently as an unconventional well, as well as other attributes. The source data can be found at the following websites:Permit, SPUD, Compliance, Waste, Production, and Well Formation Reports: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/oil_and_gas_reports/20297Public Utility Commission (PUC) Act 13 Unconventional Wells Spud Report: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/act_13/20789PADEP Oil & Gas Locations - Conventional Unconventional: ftp://ftp.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/dep/historic/OilGasLocations_ConventionalUnconventional/For more information on the project see https://maps.carnegiemnh.org/index.php/projects/unconventional-wells/

Geospatial dataset of abandoned oil and gas well locations, plugging statuses, and well/fluid types compiled from United States open-access state databases.

A cells polygon feature class was created by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) to illustrate the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in the State of Illinois. Each cell represents a quarter-mile square of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, or the type of production of the wells located within the cell is unknown or dry. Data were retrieved from the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) oil and gas wells database. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary well data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data are current as of 2006.