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Franklin County, Pennsylvania Wells Summary

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Total wells

2
Franklin County

Most recent drilling

Jan 1800
~226 years ago

First on record

—

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Franklin County contains 2 wells on file, with top operators including AMERITE OIL CORP.

Most recent well on record: SHEARER & HERR A1, operated by AMERITE OIL CORP — last updated January 1800.

County FIPS Code: 42055

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-07-02

17 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 16 Marcellus
  • 1 Utica

Drilling for

  • 17 Gas

Franklin County well density

Every dot is one well — small blue dots are historic wells; larger orange dots are wells with activity in the last 60 days.
2 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Franklin County by total wells

AMERITE OIL CORP2

Operators: Amerite Oil Corp.

Top Counties in Pennsylvania most active by total wells

Compare Franklin against the other busiest counties in Pennsylvania:

  • McKean · 53,645 wells
  • Warren · 34,622 wells
  • Venango · 33,925 wells
  • Indiana · 16,495 wells
  • Armstrong · 12,471 wells
  • Forest · 12,317 wells
  • Washington · 10,774 wells
  • Westmoreland · 10,329 wells
  • Jefferson · 9,004 wells
  • Greene · 8,447 wells
  • Clarion · 7,918 wells
  • Clearfield · 7,315 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
SHEARER & HERR A1 1800-01-01 AMERITE OIL CORP 055-20001
FEE 2 1800-01-01 AMERITE OIL CORP 055-90000

Surface Ownership Records:

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