{"name":"Empire Exploration Drilling Activity in Elk County, Pennsylvania","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/empire-exploration/pennsylvania/elk","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-08-06","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Empire Exploration","operatorSlug":"empire-exploration","state":"PA","county":"Elk","totalWells":84,"producingWells":4,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":58,"topFormation":"Marcellus","rankInCounty":7,"firstPermitDate":"1983-01-03","lastPermitDate":"1992-11-25"}