Oil & gas wells in Bibb County, AL
217 catalogued wells in Bibb County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bibb County, Alabama has 217 catalogued oil & gas wells: 48 active (22%), 150 plugged & abandoned (69%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
217
Active
48
Plugged
150
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bibb County?
22% of Bibb County's wells are active, 14 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 69% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 19 wells (9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Bibb County; Alabama as a whole has 30.
What kinds of wells are in Bibb County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 2 (0.9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Bibb County well is 11,197 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Bibb County compare with other Alabama counties?
Bibb County has the 16th-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.
Who operates wells in Bibb County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bibb 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 Bibb County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Goodson 9-7 #1 | 01-007-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Cahaba Basin Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
| Gulf States Paper 27-15 #1 | 01-007-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Shell Western E&P, Inc. |
| University Of Alabama 4-7 #1 | 01-007-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P, Inc. |
| Usx #13-1-172 | 01-007-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #13-3-173 | 01-007-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #13-7-175 | 01-007-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #13-9-176 | 01-007-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #18-5-188 | 01-007-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #18-10-190 | 01-007-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #18-12-189 | 01-007-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #19-2-193 | 01-007-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #19-4-194 | 01-007-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #24-1-180 | 01-007-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #24-5-182 | 01-007-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #24-9-184 | 01-007-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #18-14-191 | 01-007-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #18-16-192 | 01-007-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #24-11-185 | 01-007-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #24-7-183 | 01-007-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Gulf States Paper 27-5 #1 | 01-007-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P, Inc. |
| Gulf States Paper 27-7 #1 | 01-007-20024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P, Inc. |
| Usx #13-16-179 | 01-007-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #24-13-186 | 01-007-20026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #19-15-199 | 01-007-20027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #17-12-200 | 01-007-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 217 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 Bibb County, AL?
Bibb County, Alabama has 217 catalogued oil & gas wells: 48 active, 150 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bibb County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Bibb County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Bibb County are plugged?
150 of Bibb County's 217 catalogued wells (69%) 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); Bibb County ranks 16th with 217.
How many companies operate wells in Bibb County?
9 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bibb County, Alabama.
Nearby in the Alabama rankings
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 Bibb County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/bibb (data as of October 10, 2026).