Oil & gas wells in Escambia County, AL
533 catalogued wells in Escambia County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Escambia County, Alabama has 533 catalogued oil & gas wells: 38 active (7%), 471 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
533
Active
38
Plugged
471
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Escambia County?
7% of Escambia County's wells are active, 29 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 8 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Escambia County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 16 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Escambia County?
By product class, 187 of the county's wells (35%) are oil wells, 49 (9%) gas wells and 39 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Escambia County well is 16,822 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 Escambia County compare with other Alabama counties?
Escambia County has the 8th-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 Escambia County?
174 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Escambia 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 Escambia County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Allocation From LEC Unit | 01-000-00011 | Active | Oil | Breitburn Operating LP |
| Roberts #1 | 01-053-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| H. D. Ewing #1 | 01-053-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Company Of Louisiana |
| State Line Land & Lumber Co. #1 | 01-053-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Escambia Oil Company |
| Big Escambia Creek Swd #1 | 01-053-10001 | Active | Injection | Escambia Operating Co. LLC |
| Big Escambia Creek SWD #2 | 01-053-10002 | Shut-in | Injection | Escambia Operating Co. LLC |
| T.R. Miller Mill Co. #1 | 01-053-19868 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| T.R. Miller Mill Co. #2 | 01-053-19869 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| Mrs. Minnie E. Skinner #1 | 01-053-19870 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Corp. |
| Samuel S. Foshee, Jr. Et Al & T. R. Miller Mill Co. # | 01-053-19871 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| Harry B. Jones #1 | 01-053-19872 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| T.R. Miller Mill Co. #3 | 01-053-19873 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| T.R. Miller Mill Co. #6 | 01-053-19874 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| Wiggin-Cobb #1 | 01-053-19875 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Co., The |
| Ed Leigh McMillan #1 | 01-053-19876 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Temple, A.R. |
| T.R. Miller Mill Co. #7 | 01-053-19877 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| T.R. Miller Mill Co. #8 | 01-053-19878 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| T.R. Miller Mill Co. #9 | 01-053-19879 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. |
| St. Regis Paper Co. #1 | 01-053-19880 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dan L. Reynolds |
| C.E. Bochelor #1 | 01-053-19881 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Neilson, John S. & Walker, W.E. |
| F.A. Steward #1 | 01-053-19882 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| A.W. Moye #1 | 01-053-19883 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Corp. |
| Mrs. Lillie Congleton et al #1 | 01-053-19884 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil Co. |
| H.D. Finley et al #1 | 01-053-19885 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Corp. |
| A. Lister Et Al #1 | 01-053-19886 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anderson, Arden A. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 533 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 Escambia County, AL?
Escambia County, Alabama has 533 catalogued oil & gas wells: 38 active, 471 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Escambia County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Escambia County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Escambia County are plugged?
471 of Escambia County's 533 catalogued wells (88%) 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); Escambia County ranks 8th with 533.
How many companies operate wells in Escambia County?
174 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Escambia 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 Escambia County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/escambia (data as of October 10, 2026).