Oil & gas wells in Mobile County, AL
750 catalogued wells in Mobile County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mobile County, Alabama has 750 catalogued oil & gas wells: 81 active (11%), 416 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
750
Active
81
Plugged
416
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mobile County?
11% of Mobile County's wells are active, 26 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 179 wells (24%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Mobile County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 74 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mobile County?
By product class, 390 of the county's wells (52%) are oil wells, 132 (18%) gas wells and 119 (16%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Mobile County well is 20,089 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Mobile County compare with other Alabama counties?
Mobile County has the 5th-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 Mobile County?
117 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mobile 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 Mobile County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 01-000-00001 | 01-000-00001 | Other status | Gas | Fieldwood Energy LLC |
| Well API 01-000-00002 | 01-000-00002 | Other status | Gas | SPN Resources |
| Well API 01-000-00003 | 01-000-00003 | Other status | Gas | SPN Resources |
| Well API 01-000-00004 | 01-000-00004 | Other status | Gas | SPN Resources |
| Well API 01-000-00006 | 01-000-00006 | Other status | Oil | Bernard/Hickox, Inc. |
| Well API 01-000-00007 | 01-000-00007 | Other status | Oil | Al Merit Energy Co., Inc. |
| Well API 01-000-00008 | 01-000-00008 | Other status | Oil | Al Merit Energy Co., Inc. |
| Well API 01-000-00009 | 01-000-00009 | Other status | Oil | Al Merit Energy Co., Inc. |
| Well API 01-000-00010 | 01-000-00010 | Other status | Oil | Al Merit Energy Co., Inc. |
| Coden No. 1 | 01-097-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobile Oil Co. |
| Jarvis & Meachim No. 1 | 01-097-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. E. Spence |
| Mobile Oil Co. - Citronelle No. 1 | 01-097-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobile Oil Co. |
| Citronelle No. 2 | 01-097-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobile Oil Co. |
| Clark Davis No. 1 - Cottage Hill | 01-097-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Foster and Foster (L. G. Adams, et al) |
| Chickasaw No. 1 | 01-097-01006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. C. Avent et al |
| Chickasaw No. 2 | 01-097-01007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. C. Avent et al |
| Bethel No. 1 | 01-097-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co. |
| C. H. M. King No. 1 | 01-097-01009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. C. Prine |
| Daly No. 1 | 01-097-01010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tom Daly et Al (Byrd Frost & Plains Production Co.) |
| J. A. Stafford No. 1 | 01-097-01011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B. L. Mcclanahan |
| A-25-5 #1 | 01-097-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Unit Manager, Citronelle Unit |
| Hatter's Pond Unit SWD #1 | 01-097-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Four Star Oil and Gas Company, Inc. |
| Salt Water Disposal #1 | 01-097-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Exploration Partners, Ltd. |
| Hatter'S Pond Unit Swd #2 | 01-097-10004 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Four Star Oil and Gas Company, Inc. |
| Richard Rascoe 3-10 Swdw #1 | 01-097-10005 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Exchange Oil & Gas Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 750 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 Mobile County, AL?
Mobile County, Alabama has 750 catalogued oil & gas wells: 81 active, 416 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mobile County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Mobile County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Mobile County are plugged?
416 of Mobile County's 750 catalogued wells (55%) 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); Mobile County ranks 5th with 750.
How many companies operate wells in Mobile County?
117 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mobile 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 Mobile County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/mobile (data as of October 10, 2026).