Oil & gas wells in Shelby County, AL
681 catalogued wells in Shelby County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Shelby County, Alabama has 681 catalogued oil & gas wells: 274 active (40%), 375 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 6th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
681
Active
274
Plugged
375
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Shelby County?
40% of Shelby County's wells are active, 4 percentage points above the Alabama share of 36%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 32 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Shelby County; Alabama as a whole has 30.
What kinds of wells are in Shelby County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (0.1%) gas wells and 2 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Shelby County well is 17,005 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 Shelby County compare with other Alabama counties?
Shelby County has the 6th-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 Shelby County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Shelby 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 Shelby County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco/Anschutz Alabama Property Co. 15-11 #1 | 01-117-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arco Oil & Gas Co., Div. Of Atlantic Richfield |
| Usx #15-11-1 | 01-117-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #15-7-2 | 01-117-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #15-8-4 | 01-117-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #15-10-6 | 01-117-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #15-16-8 | 01-117-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #15-4-12 | 01-117-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #11-9-10 | 01-117-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #11-11-9 | 01-117-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #11-16-13 | 01-117-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #11-13-14 | 01-117-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #11-7-16 | 01-117-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #12-12-22 | 01-117-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #10-9-34 | 01-117-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #10-14-35 | 01-117-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #10-16-17 | 01-117-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #14-2-15 | 01-117-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| U.S. Steel #23-4-36 | 01-117-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McKenzie Methane Corp. |
| Usx #12-4-18 | 01-117-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #12-2-19 | 01-117-20024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #12-6-20 | 01-117-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #12-8-21 | 01-117-20026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #12-10-23 | 01-117-20027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | McKenzie Methane Corp. |
| Usx #12-14-24 | 01-117-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
| Usx #7-4-26 | 01-117-20029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gurnee Gas Co., L.L.C. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 681 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 Shelby County, AL?
Shelby County, Alabama has 681 catalogued oil & gas wells: 274 active, 375 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Shelby County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Shelby County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Shelby County are plugged?
375 of Shelby County's 681 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); Shelby County ranks 6th with 681.
How many companies operate wells in Shelby County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Shelby 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 Shelby County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/shelby (data as of October 10, 2026).