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Oil & gas wells in Greene County, AL

37 catalogued wells in Greene County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Greene County, Alabama has 37 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 37 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

37

Active

0

Plugged

37

Documented orphans

0

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Greene County?

0% of Greene 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 Greene County; Alabama as a whole has 30.

What kinds of wells are in Greene County?

By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (3%) gas wells and 1 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Greene County well is 15,500 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.

How does Greene County compare with other Alabama counties?

Greene County has the 24th-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 Greene County?

11 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Greene 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.

Oil & gas wells in Greene County, AL
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
R. C. Lett #101-063-01001Plugged & abandonedOther typeWillis & Payne Co.
Willis #101-063-01002Plugged & abandonedOther typeJohnston & Hawkins
F.J. Inge #101-063-19993Plugged & abandonedOther typeSmith Drilling Co.
J.A. Norwood #101-063-19995Plugged & abandonedOther typeGlasco, L. M.
W.A. Hales #101-063-19996Plugged & abandonedOther typeGlasco, L. M.
J.A. Norwood #201-063-19997Plugged & abandonedOther typeGlasco, L. M.
W.B. Williams Heirs #101-063-19998Plugged & abandonedOther typeGlasco, L. M.
A.M. & H.E. Grubbs #101-063-19999Plugged & abandonedOther typeGlasco, L. M.
E.M. Grantham #101-063-20000Plugged & abandonedOther typeGlasco, L. M.
Dollarhide Conservation & Reality Co., Inc. #101-063-20001Plugged & abandonedOther typeHughes, H.O. & Rush Oil Co., Inc.
James W. Sterling et al #17-1401-063-20002Plugged & abandonedOther typeShell Oil Company
Arco/Amoco Et Al-Ethel M. Koch 10-6 #101-063-20003Plugged & abandonedOther typeArco Oil & Gas Co., Div. Of Atlantic Richfield
Gulf States Paper Corp. 16-7 #101-063-20004Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Gulf States Paper 16-5-1 #101-063-20005Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Weyerhauser 36-7-1-292701-063-20006Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Davant Trust 25-15-1-292201-063-20007Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Weyerhaeuser 26-7-1-291801-063-20008Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Weyerhaeuser 36-5-1-292601-063-20009Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Weyerhaeuser 25-5-1-291901-063-20010Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Davant Trust 25-13-1-292301-063-20011Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Banks 26-15-1-292401-063-20012Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Weyerhaeuser 25-7-1-292001-063-20014Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Inge 35-7-1-292501-063-20015Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Wesley West 1-5-59-293001-063-20016Plugged & abandonedOther typeTaurus Exploration, Inc.
Banks 8-1 #101-063-20018Plugged & abandonedOther typeHawkeye Oil & Gas, Inc.

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 37 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 Greene County, AL?

Greene County, Alabama has 37 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 37 plugged and 0 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Greene County?

No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Greene County, Alabama.

What share of wells in Greene County are plugged?

37 of Greene County's 37 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); Greene County ranks 24th with 37.

How many companies operate wells in Greene County?

11 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Greene 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 Greene County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/greene (data as of October 10, 2026).