Oil & gas wells in Hale County, AL
247 catalogued wells in Hale County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hale County, Alabama has 247 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 247 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
247
Active
0
Plugged
247
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hale County?
0% of Hale 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 Hale County; Alabama as a whole has 30.
What kinds of wells are in Hale County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (0.8%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 2 (0.8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Hale County well is 12,025 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 Hale County compare with other Alabama counties?
Hale County has the 14th-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 Hale County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Hale 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 Hale County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgeworth No. 1 | 01-065-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hale Oil & Gas Company |
| BURKE 29-7 No.1 | 01-065-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coronado Alabama, LLC |
| Thornton 17-13-1-4268 | 01-065-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
| Wesley West 15-5-1-4220 | 01-065-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
| Wesley West 15-7 #1 | 01-065-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Meridian Oil, Inc. |
| Wesley West 15-15-1-4298 | 01-065-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taurus Exploration, Inc. |
| Sharp 8-10-1-4203 | 01-065-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Sharp 8-7-2-4177 | 01-065-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
| Wesley West 15-7-1-A-4218 | 01-065-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taurus Exploration, Inc. |
| Wesley West 11-13-1-4214 | 01-065-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taurus Exploration, Inc. |
| Davis-Sharp 8-4-24-4179 | 01-065-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Rodgers 17-9-33-4294 | 01-065-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Harris-Sharp 8-16-25-4204 | 01-065-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Moss 10-7-26-4171 | 01-065-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taurus Exploration, Inc. |
| Moss 10-9-27-4213 | 01-065-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taurus Exploration, Inc. |
| Harris 17-1 #29 | 01-065-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Metfuel, Inc. |
| Rodgers 17-3-30-4227 | 01-065-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Rodgers-Davis 17-11-34-4292 | 01-065-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Rodgers 17-7-32-4226 | 01-065-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Rodgers 17-5-31-4228 | 01-065-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
| Thornton 18-9-61-4267 | 01-065-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
| Harris 17-1-29A-4225 | 01-065-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Thornton 18-3-59-4255 | 01-065-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
| Thornton 18-7-60-4253 | 01-065-20024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
| Skelton 3-9-64-4157 | 01-065-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teco Coalbed Methane, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 247 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 Hale County, AL?
Hale County, Alabama has 247 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 247 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hale County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Hale County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Hale County are plugged?
247 of Hale County's 247 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); Hale County ranks 14th with 247.
How many companies operate wells in Hale County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Hale 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 Hale County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/hale (data as of October 10, 2026).