Oil & gas wells in Pickens County, AL
318 catalogued wells in Pickens County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pickens County, Alabama has 318 catalogued oil & gas wells: 67 active (21%), 210 plugged & abandoned (66%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
318
Active
67
Plugged
210
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pickens County?
21% of Pickens County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 66% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 39 wells (12%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Pickens County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pickens County?
By product class, 68 of the county's wells (21%) are oil wells, 139 (44%) gas wells and 4 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Pickens County well is 10,995 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 Pickens County compare with other Alabama counties?
Pickens County has the 11th-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 Pickens County?
45 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pickens 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 Pickens County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.E. Eaton #1 | 01-107-19999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy, C.H., Jr. |
| J.G. Lee #1 | 01-107-20000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sonat, Inc. & Geochemical Surveys |
| Robinson Et Al #1 | 01-107-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Frances B. Exum 7-8 #1 | 01-107-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Justiss Oil Company, Inc.-Munoco Company |
| Johnny Pate 26-5 #1 | 01-107-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Justiss Oil Company, Inc.-Munoco Company |
| Willard Robinson #11-1 | 01-107-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Ralph W. Holliman #13-16 | 01-107-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| B.E. Turner #32-10 | 01-107-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| George M. Collins #5-11 | 01-107-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Swedenburg-House #1 | 01-107-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Enserch Exploration, Inc. |
| Parrie G. Cook #1 | 01-107-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terra Resources, Inc. |
| Leona M. Rhodes #1 | 01-107-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warrior Drilling & Engineering Co., Inc. |
| Shaw Unit 10-10 #1 | 01-107-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wagner & Brown, Ltd. |
| Andrew C. Wade 26-1 #1 | 01-107-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southland Royalty Company |
| Julian Boggess 8-10 #1 | 01-107-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Douglas Exploration Co., Inc. |
| Weyerhaeuser Unit 19-13 #1 | 01-107-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Company |
| Walter O'Bryant 9-11 No.1 | 01-107-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Spooner Petroleum Company, Inc. |
| Bain 7-12 #1 | 01-107-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anderman Operating Co. |
| Kelly #15-16 | 01-107-20017 | Active | Gas | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| J.T. Booth 29-2 #1 | 01-107-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elf Aquitaine, Inc. |
| John H. Curry 24-5 #1 | 01-107-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Justiss Oil Company, Inc. |
| Kelly #15-1 | 01-107-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terra Resources, Inc. |
| David Bush 14-14 #1 | 01-107-20021 | Active | Gas | Land and Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| J.T. Mcshan 1-13 #1 | 01-107-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Elf Aquitaine, Inc. |
| Weyerhaeuser 25-7 #1 | 01-107-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Justiss Oil Company, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 318 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 Pickens County, AL?
Pickens County, Alabama has 318 catalogued oil & gas wells: 67 active, 210 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pickens County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Pickens County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Pickens County are plugged?
210 of Pickens County's 318 catalogued wells (66%) 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); Pickens County ranks 11th with 318.
How many companies operate wells in Pickens County?
45 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pickens 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 Pickens County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/pickens (data as of October 10, 2026).