Oil & gas wells in Winston County, AL
52 catalogued wells in Winston County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Winston County, Alabama has 52 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 51 plugged & abandoned (98%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
52
Active
0
Plugged
51
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Winston County?
0% of Winston County's wells are active, 36 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 98% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Winston 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 Winston County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 17 (33%) 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 Winston County well is 3,600 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 92% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Winston County compare with other Alabama counties?
Winston County has the 22nd-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 Winston County?
26 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Winston 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 Winston County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nauvoo No. 1 | 01-133-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Woodward No. 1 - Haleyville No. 1 | 01-133-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woodward Oil & Gas Co. |
| Woodward No. 3 - Double Springs | 01-133-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woodward Oil & Gas Co. |
| Woodward No. 4 - Haleyville No. 4 | 01-133-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woodward Oil & Gas Co. |
| J.J. Henderson #1 | 01-133-19982 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reasor, G.l. |
| Fnbb #1 | 01-133-19983 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Superior Oil Co., The |
| Glenn D. Rose #1 | 01-133-19984 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Payton, Fred |
| FNBB, Trustee #3 | 01-133-19985 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peyton, Fred |
| Fnb #4 | 01-133-19986 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rose, Glenn D. |
| W.A. Gamble #1 | 01-133-19987 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bass & Brock |
| FNBB, Trustee Unit 7 #1 | 01-133-19988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texala Drilling Co. & Moore, Joe L. & Co., Inc. |
| FNBB et al #1 | 01-133-19989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duffy, James L. & Rowe, Frank H., Jr et al |
| J.H. Deason #1 | 01-133-19990 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peyton, W.F. |
| FNBB Unit 7 #1 | 01-133-19991 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peyton, W.F. |
| J.H. Deason #2 | 01-133-19992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peyton, W.F. |
| FNBB, Trustee Unit 7 #2 | 01-133-19993 | Other status | Other type | Peyton, W.F. |
| FNBB, as Trustee #1 | 01-133-19994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woods, Ernest et al |
| Fnbb #1 | 01-133-19995 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morrow, Hugh, Jr. & Odess, Lewis & Assoc. |
| J.H. Deason #3 | 01-133-19996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peyton, W.F. |
| Fnbb, Trustee #2 | 01-133-19998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woods, Ernest H. |
| E.M. Hawkins #1 | 01-133-19999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Houser, R. G. |
| Marwin Corp. #1 | 01-133-20000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mt. Carmel Drilling Co. |
| Fnbb #1 | 01-133-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ehrman, Robert V. & Gulf States Gas Corp. |
| Amsouth #18-2 | 01-133-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bam Energy, Inc. |
| Amsouth #2 | 01-133-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bam Energy, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 52 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 Winston County, AL?
Winston County, Alabama has 52 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 51 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Winston County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Winston County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Winston County are plugged?
51 of Winston County's 52 catalogued wells (98%) 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); Winston County ranks 22nd with 52.
How many companies operate wells in Winston County?
26 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Winston 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 Winston County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/winston (data as of October 10, 2026).