# Oil & Gas Wells API: US, Canada, UK, Norway, Brazil, Australia: findings

3 posts built from the [Oil & Gas Wells API: US, Canada, UK, Norway, Brazil, Australia](https://pushbuild.com/apis/oil-gas-wells.html).

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Energy · 2026-11-07

### [The drilling bust: Pennsylvania spuds down 88% from 2008, and only New Mexico is back](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/oil-gas-drilling-spuds-by-year/)

Wells spudded (drilling started) in 2025 against each state's peak year: Pennsylvania down 88%, Kansas 84%, Colorado 84%, North Dakota 67%. New…

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Energy · 2026-11-07

### [Two companies hold 11,000 of California's 29,900 idle wells](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/idle-oil-wells-california-operators/)

Aera Energy has 6,376 wells in "Idle" status in California and Chevron has 5,103. California Resources' two entities hold 4,703 more. Wyoming has…

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Energy · 2026-11-07

### [Pennsylvania lists 33,000 abandoned wells; one county has 6,500](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/abandoned-orphaned-oil-gas-wells-by-state/)

Pennsylvania's well inventory lists 33,431 wells as abandoned or orphaned, the most of any state we cover. Venango County alone has 6,516. Oklahoma…

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As of 2026-11-07. Source: https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/api/oil-gas-wells/