Oil and Gas in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State Profile and Energy EstimatesFrom the US Energy Information Administration, data on production, pricing, etc. for all types of energy are included.
- Pennsylvania Geological Survey Oil and Gas Resources pageFrom the USGS, this page contains many links to useful historical information, data, maps, and facts.
- Oil and gas developments in PennsylvaniaThis is a series published annually by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey from 1950-1991 in the progress report series.
- Farmline maps for Pennsylvania countiesFarmline maps are historic, hand drawn oil and gas well location map.
- WPA bituminous coal mine maps of PennsylvaniaThese maps, created during the 1930's, sometimes show locations of oil and gas wells.
- Pennsylvania Legislative Journal reportsOil Industry Investigation Commission, 1939
EDWIN is the well information system maintained by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey. Archived images of oil and gas well records, geophysical logs, location plats and plugging certificates can be viewed. Use of EDWIN is free when accessed onsite at the Survey's Middletown or Pittsburg offices. You can also access the system through the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research. More information about is available at the state Oil and Gas webpage.
History of oil and gas in Pennsylvania
- Introduction to Oil HistoryThis evolving text by Samuel Pees features chapters on the early oil history of Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania Petroleum, 1750-1872History of early years of oil in Pennsyvania.