Oil & gas wells in Covington County, AL
50 catalogued wells in Covington County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Covington County, Alabama has 50 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (2%), 43 plugged & abandoned (86%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
50
Active
1
Plugged
43
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Covington County?
2% of Covington County's wells are active, 34 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 86% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.2% across Alabama and 4% nationally. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Covington County?
By product class, 19 of the county's wells (38%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 5 (10%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Covington County well is 13,500 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Covington County compare with other Alabama counties?
Covington County has the 23rd-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 3rd in Alabama.
Who operates wells in Covington County?
28 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Covington County. 96% 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 Covington County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. B. Culbreth #1 | 01-039-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Geometer Production Corp. |
| A.F. Bullard Et Al #1 | 01-039-19993 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strake, G.W. |
| Martin-Spicer #1 | 01-039-19994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Temple, A.R./Whitehurst Drilling Co. |
| C.S. Williams #1 | 01-039-19995 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Temple, A.R./Whitehurst Drilling Co. |
| Gulf Refining Co. et al, H.R. Mott #1 | 01-039-19996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Company - Gulf Production Division |
| J.B. Ramer #1 | 01-039-19997 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crow, J.F. Well Servicing Co.-Gunn, Wall & Wilson, Earl R. |
| H.R. Evers #1 | 01-039-19998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cashion, Lyle Co.-Stanley-Daws |
| Ed Gantt #1 | 01-039-19999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Merry, Edward T. |
| Charles Dixon Et Al #1 | 01-039-20000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cashion, Lyle Co.-Stanley-Daws |
| USA-Roy C. Sewell #1 | 01-039-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Company |
| Evelyn Campbell #1 | 01-039-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Company |
| Ipc-Scott Paper Co. Unit 14-18 #1 | 01-039-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Gas Exploration Corp. |
| Dixon Unit 32-11 #1 | 01-039-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Maguire Oil Co. |
| Forshee #1 | 01-039-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Research Enterprises, Inc. |
| Scott Paper Co. 28-7 #1 | 01-039-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | First Energy Corp. |
| Scott Paper Co. 1-13 #1 | 01-039-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | First Energy Corp. |
| Billy K. Kelley et ux Unit 23-2 #1 | 01-039-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Delaware Davis Petroleum Corp. |
| Paramount-Jeffers 17-9 #1 | 01-039-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eor, LLC |
| Bhp/Edge-Henley 19-3 #1 | 01-039-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | BHP Petroleum (Americas), Inc. |
| Paramount-Warren Brown 32-5 #1 | 01-039-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pacific Enterprises Oil Co. (USA) |
| Paramount-U.S.A. 11-5 #1 | 01-039-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pacific Enterprises Oil Co. (USA) |
| Paramount-Federal 16-14 #1 | 01-039-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Eor, LLC |
| Paramount-Findley 5-2 #1 | 01-039-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ventex Operating Corp. |
| Paramount-Federal 21-1 #1 | 01-039-20018 | Other status | Injection | Eor, LLC |
| Paramount-Wilder 5-8 Swd #1 | 01-039-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ventex Operating Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 50 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 Covington County, AL?
Covington County, Alabama has 50 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 43 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Covington County?
4 wells in Covington County, Alabama are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Alabama counties.
What share of wells in Covington County are plugged?
43 of Covington County's 50 catalogued wells (86%) 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); Covington County ranks 23rd with 50.
How many companies operate wells in Covington County?
28 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Covington 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 Covington County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/covington (data as of October 10, 2026).