Oil & gas wells in Franklin County, AL
69 catalogued wells in Franklin County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Franklin County, Alabama has 69 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 69 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
69
Active
0
Plugged
69
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Franklin County?
0% of Franklin County's wells are active, 36 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Franklin County; Alabama as a whole has 30.
What kinds of wells are in Franklin County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 18 (26%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Franklin County well is 4,033 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 94% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Franklin County compare with other Alabama counties?
Franklin County has the 19th-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 Franklin County?
35 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Franklin 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 Franklin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Emma Mining Co. #1 (Woodward #1) | 01-059-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woodward Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. L. Moss #1 | 01-059-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. A. Hobson |
| Frankfort #1 | 01-059-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | United Oil Co. |
| Hobson-Phinn #1 (Atwood #1) | 01-059-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pittsburg Oil & Development Co. |
| W.O. Hester #1 | 01-059-19978 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heath, E.O., Jr. |
| George B. Conover #1 | 01-059-19979 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Conover, George B. |
| Audie Harris #1 | 01-059-19980 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ogg, Herbert M. & Easton, H.D. |
| Reggie Johnson #1 | 01-059-19981 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Loveridge, D.E. & Heath, Owen |
| E.L. Thorn #1 | 01-059-19982 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Loveridge, D.E. & Heath, Owen |
| McKinney Estates | 01-059-19983 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heath, Owen |
| Mrs. W.H. Mckinney #2 | 01-059-19984 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Heath, Owen |
| W.W. Bedford #1 | 01-059-19985 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duffy, James L. & Harrington, Jack P. |
| W.W. Bedford #2 | 01-059-19986 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warrior Basin Oil Corp. |
| Blue Creek Land Co. #1 | 01-059-19987 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | International Gas & Oil Co. Of Illinois |
| W.W. Bedford #1 | 01-059-19988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warrior Basin Oil Corp. |
| Mrs. Frances Thomas #2 | 01-059-19989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Merry, Edward T. |
| Hester-White #1 | 01-059-19991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duffy, James L. & Rowe, Frank H., Jr. |
| O.H. Aycock #1 | 01-059-19992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A-B & W Share The Product Oil & Gas Co. |
| A.L. Childers #1 | 01-059-19993 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warrior Basin Oil Corp. |
| 1st National Bank of Birmingham #1 | 01-059-19994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duffy, James L. et al |
| Hester White et al #3 | 01-059-19995 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duffy, James L. et al |
| Hester-White #2 | 01-059-19996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baynard, Walter L. |
| S.C. Pinion Tract 1 #1 | 01-059-19997 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | FWA Drilling Co., Inc. |
| J.H. Entrekin Tract 8 #1 | 01-059-19998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | FWA Drilling Co., Inc. |
| C.W. James Tract 4 #1 | 01-059-19999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | FWA Drilling Co., Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 69 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 Franklin County, AL?
Franklin County, Alabama has 69 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 69 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Franklin County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Franklin County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Franklin County are plugged?
69 of Franklin County's 69 catalogued wells (100%) 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); Franklin County ranks 19th with 69.
How many companies operate wells in Franklin County?
35 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Franklin 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 Franklin County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/franklin (data as of October 10, 2026).