Oil & gas wells in Baldwin County, AL
316 catalogued wells in Baldwin County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Baldwin County, Alabama has 316 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8 active (3%), 299 plugged & abandoned (95%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
316
Active
8
Plugged
299
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Baldwin County?
3% of Baldwin County's wells are active, 34 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.2% across Alabama and 4% nationally. The remaining 5 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Baldwin County?
By product class, 37 of the county's wells (12%) are oil wells, 145 (46%) gas wells and 12 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Baldwin County well is 20,465 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Baldwin County compare with other Alabama counties?
Baldwin County has the 12th-most catalogued wells of the 27 Alabama counties with at least 25. The median Alabama county on WellCensus has 247 wells. The largest, Tuscaloosa County, has 5,885. By documented orphans it ranks 5th in Alabama.
Who operates wells in Baldwin County?
112 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Baldwin County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Baldwin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Allocation from NCG Unit 115 & 116 | 01-000-00013 | Active | Gas | W&T Offshore, Inc. |
| Thompson #1 | 01-003-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baldwin County Oil And Development Company |
| Fort Morgan #1 | 01-003-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | U. S. Government |
| Fitzhugh #1 | 01-003-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Major Fitzhugh |
| Mrs. H. Brill #1 | 01-003-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H. H. Givans |
| T. S. Stoneman #1 (Fort Morgan #1) | 01-003-01005 | Orphaned | Other type | Danciger Oil & Refining Co. |
| Southern Kraft Corp. #1 | 01-003-01006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mrs. Mamie Mccurry & Danciger Oil Co. |
| Fort Morgan #2 | 01-003-01007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Danciger Oil & Refining Co. |
| Tract 15-6 SWD #1 | 01-003-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Patrick Petroleum Corp. |
| International Paper Co. #3 Water Disposal | 01-003-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Watson Oil Corp. |
| E.J. Woerner 16-17 Swd #1 | 01-003-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Getty Oil Company |
| P.L. Wilson #1 | 01-003-19947 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Boyson, Harold K. & Stebbins, J. Ray |
| Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.#1 | 01-003-19948 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Co. |
| W.M. Carney Mill Co. et al #1 | 01-003-19949 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co. |
| Ben May #1 | 01-003-19950 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lazarov & Robilio Oil Group |
| W.M. Carney Mill Co. #1 | 01-003-19951 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Borden, S.P. & Crow Drilling Co., Inc. |
| C.H. Bryars #2 | 01-003-19952 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Neilson, John S. & Walker, W.E. |
| W.M. Carney Mill Co. #2 | 01-003-19953 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Borden, S.P. & Crow Drilling Co., Inc. |
| B.D. Simison et al #1 | 01-003-19954 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co. |
| C. O. Oswell et al #1 | 01-003-19955 | Other status | Oil | Phoenix Natural Resources II Operating Company, LLC |
| Paul Danner #1 | 01-003-19956 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Dr. Amos Garrett #1 | 01-003-19959 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | South Baldwin Oil Development Co. |
| T.T. Tunstall #1 | 01-003-19960 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Larue, I.P. & Fred |
| U.S. Steel #1 | 01-003-19961 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. |
| Frank F. Earle et ux #1 | 01-003-19962 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sunnyland Contracting Co., Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 316 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Baldwin County, AL?
Baldwin County, Alabama has 316 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8 active, 299 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Baldwin County?
1 wells in Baldwin County, Alabama are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Alabama counties.
What share of wells in Baldwin County are plugged?
299 of Baldwin County's 316 catalogued wells (95%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 57% across Alabama.
Which Alabama county has the most oil and gas wells?
Tuscaloosa County has the most catalogued wells of any Alabama county on WellCensus (5,885); Baldwin County ranks 12th with 316.
How many companies operate wells in Baldwin County?
112 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Baldwin County, Alabama.
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About this data
Source: Alabama State Oil & Gas Board well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Baldwin County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/baldwin (data as of October 10, 2026).