Oil & gas wells in Faulkner County, AR
604 catalogued wells in Faulkner County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Faulkner County, Arkansas has 604 catalogued oil & gas wells: 404 active (67%), 128 plugged & abandoned (21%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
604
Active
404
Plugged
128
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Faulkner County?
67% of Faulkner County's wells are active, 17 percentage points above the Arkansas share of 50%. 21% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 22 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Faulkner County; Arkansas as a whole has 379. The remaining 50 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Faulkner County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 593 (98%) gas wells and 7 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Faulkner County well is 16,363 ft, against 17,825 ft for Arkansas as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Faulkner County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Faulkner County has the 17th-most catalogued wells of the 33 Arkansas counties with at least 25. The median Arkansas county on WellCensus has 604 wells. The largest, Union County, has 7,108.
Who operates wells in Faulkner County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Faulkner 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 Faulkner County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hovis, S A 1 | 03-045-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Investment Co |
| Bahner, G L 1 | 03-045-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil & Refg Company |
| Stewart, C 1 | 03-045-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shell Oil Company |
| Ward, W G 1 | 03-045-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Investment Co |
| Atkinson H-1 | 03-045-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Shell Oil Company |
| Stone Ranch 1 | 03-045-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkla Exploration Co |
| Moore, W E Estate 1 | 03-045-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Deep Six Water Disposal Services, LLC |
| Rushing, Charles H 1 | 03-045-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Diamond Shamrock Corp |
| Miller P 1 | 03-045-10004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | TXO Production Corp |
| Brown 1-8-B | 03-045-10005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Southwestern Energy Production Company, Inc. |
| Edgmon, Wayne L 1 | 03-045-10006 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Clarita Operating, LLC |
| Lever 1 | 03-045-10007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | TXO Production Corp |
| Sowash 1 | 03-045-10008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Spindletop Oil & Gas Co. |
| Mary Lou 1-29 | 03-045-10009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Santa Fe Energy Co |
| Coats 1-5 | 03-045-10010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Santa Fe Energy Co |
| McClung 1-33 | 03-045-10011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Santa Fe Energy Co |
| Merritt 1 | 03-045-10012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Big M 1 | 03-045-10013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Oxy USA Inc |
| Harrison, A E C 1-11 | 03-045-10014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkla Exploration Co |
| AEC-Simpson 1-9 | 03-045-10015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkla Exploration Co |
| Vaughan 08-14 1-23H14 | 03-045-10016 | Shut-in | Gas | Flywheel Energy Production, LLC |
| Baily Mountain 1 | 03-045-10017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Spring Resources INC |
| Toad Suck 1 | 03-045-10018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hanna Oil and Gas Company |
| Harrison, R 1-11 | 03-045-10019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Seeco, LLC |
| Boy Scouts 1-2 | 03-045-10020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 604 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 Faulkner County, AR?
Faulkner County, Arkansas has 604 catalogued oil & gas wells: 404 active, 128 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Faulkner County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Faulkner County are plugged?
128 of Faulkner County's 604 catalogued wells (21%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across Arkansas.
Which Arkansas county has the most oil and gas wells?
Union County has the most catalogued wells of any Arkansas county on WellCensus (7,108); Faulkner County ranks 17th with 604.
How many companies operate wells in Faulkner County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
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About this data
Source: Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission 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 Faulkner County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/faulkner (data as of October 10, 2026).