Oil & gas wells in Franklin County, AR
1,622 catalogued wells in Franklin County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Franklin County, Arkansas has 1,622 catalogued oil & gas wells: 683 active (42%), 868 plugged & abandoned (54%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,622
Active
683
Plugged
868
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Franklin County?
42% of Franklin County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 54% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 27 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 41 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Franklin County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1,596 (98%) gas wells and 1 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Franklin County well is 11,262 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 Franklin County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Franklin County has the 7th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 11th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Franklin County?
127 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Franklin 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 Franklin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters 1 | 03-047-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sherrod and Apperson |
| Pile, David 1 | 03-047-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Athletic Mining & Smelting Company |
| Whitson, Jack 2 | 03-047-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Woodruff, O H 1 | 03-047-00005 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Hall, Ollie 1 | 03-047-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Western Gas Company |
| Ross, Myrtle 1 | 03-047-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad 5 | 03-047-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Oliver, Dow 1 | 03-047-00009 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Hillard, Homer 1 | 03-047-00010 | Active | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Stapp Estate 1 | 03-047-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Western Gas Company |
| USA 1 | 03-047-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Tojac Oil and Gas Co |
| McFerran Unit, Tom 1 | 03-047-00013 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Alexander, Tom & Frank 1 | 03-047-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | XTO Energy, Inc. |
| Hiatt, Clyde 1 | 03-047-00016 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Wood, Robert C 1 | 03-047-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkla Exploration Co |
| Vernon 3 | 03-047-00018 | Shut-in | Gas | Black Hills Energy Arkansas, Inc. |
| Cartwright, Riley 1 | 03-047-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Sullivan, H G 1 | 03-047-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Bigham, Cecil 1 | 03-047-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | XTO Energy, Inc. |
| Hilliard, Homer 2 | 03-047-00023 | Shut-in | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Hinzman 1 | 03-047-00024 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Sheldon A Unit 1 | 03-047-00025 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Woods , R D 1 | 03-047-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Reliance Energy, Inc. dba Reliance Gas Company |
| Hiatt 1 | 03-047-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Huber, J M Corp |
| Mahl, Allie 1 | 03-047-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Skelly Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,622 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 Franklin County, AR?
Franklin County, Arkansas has 1,622 catalogued oil & gas wells: 683 active, 868 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Franklin County?
3 wells in Franklin County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 11th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Franklin County are plugged?
868 of Franklin County's 1,622 catalogued wells (54%) 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); Franklin County ranks 7th with 1,622.
How many companies operate wells in Franklin County?
127 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Franklin 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 Franklin County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/franklin (data as of October 10, 2026).