Oil & gas wells in Lawrence County, AL
60 catalogued wells in Lawrence County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lawrence County, Alabama has 60 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active (7%), 55 plugged & abandoned (92%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
60
Active
4
Plugged
55
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lawrence County?
7% of Lawrence County's wells are active, 30 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 92% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Lawrence County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lawrence County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 5 (8%) 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 Lawrence County well is 4,500 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 87% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Lawrence County compare with other Alabama counties?
Lawrence County has the 20th-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 Lawrence County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goyer No. 1 | 01-079-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moulton Valley Oil Co. |
| Horton No. 1 | 01-079-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lawrence Oil & Development Co. |
| Sandlin No. 1 | 01-079-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Greater Huntsville Oil & Gas Co. |
| Rob Jacobs No. 1 | 01-079-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fidelity Oil & Gas Co. |
| W. R. Jackson No. 1 | 01-079-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid-Southern Petroleum Co. |
| Conners G-130 | 01-079-19982 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reynolds Metals Co. |
| Shirley Smith #1 | 01-079-19983 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Landers, R.M. |
| Shirley Smith #1 | 01-079-19984 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burt, Frank & Bass, S.L. |
| Dave Rutherford #1 | 01-079-19985 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bama Oil & Gas Co. |
| Mitchell Latham #1 | 01-079-19986 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Landers, R.M. & Rutherford, Dave, Trustees |
| Dave Rutherford #2 | 01-079-19987 | Other status | Gas | Rutherford, Dave & Landers, R.M. |
| Cora Sandlin #1 | 01-079-19988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seitz, Clyde H. |
| Benjamin Dutton #1 | 01-079-19989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seitz, Clyde H. |
| United States of America #1 | 01-079-19990 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brooks, David K. |
| C.F. Latham #1 | 01-079-19991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seitz, Clyde H. |
| Jim Rutherford & Lonnie Rutherford #1 | 01-079-19992 | Active | Other type | Smith, N.B. & Bynum, G.D. |
| Young Brothers #1 | 01-079-19993 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seitz, Clyde H. |
| Mrs. Mollie Rutherford #1 | 01-079-19994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Landers, R.M. & Rutherford, Dave |
| John H. Pruett Tract 2 #1 | 01-079-19995 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | FWA Drilling Co., Inc. |
| M.P. Jeffreys Tract 3 #1 | 01-079-19996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | FWA Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Chenault Brothers Tract 6 #1 | 01-079-19997 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | FWA Drilling Co., Inc. |
| R.M. Landers Estate #1 | 01-079-19998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Landers, R.M. |
| G.F. Brackin #1 | 01-079-19999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Landers, R.M. |
| J.J. Barrett #1 | 01-079-20000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bama Oil & Gas Co.-Landers, R.M. |
| Core Test #2 | 01-079-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy Oil Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 60 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 Lawrence County, AL?
Lawrence County, Alabama has 60 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active, 55 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lawrence County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Lawrence County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Lawrence County are plugged?
55 of Lawrence County's 60 catalogued wells (92%) 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); Lawrence County ranks 20th with 60.
How many companies operate wells in Lawrence County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/lawrence (data as of October 10, 2026).