Oil & gas wells in Pope County, AR
714 catalogued wells in Pope County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pope County, Arkansas has 714 catalogued oil & gas wells: 139 active (19%), 525 plugged & abandoned (74%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
714
Active
139
Plugged
525
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pope County?
19% of Pope County's wells are active, 30 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 74% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (0.7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 44 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pope County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 691 (97%) gas wells and 7 (1.0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Pope County well is 12,415 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 Pope County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Pope County has the 16th-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 18th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Pope County?
142 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pope 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 Pope County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainwater, C A 1 | 03-115-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Murphy Oil Corp |
| Ware, O L 1 | 03-115-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| B.M. Huggins Unit 1 | 03-115-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Humble Oil & Refg Company |
| Riley 1 | 03-115-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gose, Steve Oil & Gas Production |
| Massey 1 | 03-115-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Kinslow, James E 1 | 03-115-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sun Oil Co |
| Bewley 1 | 03-115-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Huber, J M Corp |
| McAlister 1 | 03-115-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Skelly Oil Company |
| Rappe, Alvin 1 | 03-115-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sunray DX Oil Company |
| Gose-Landers 1 | 03-115-00022 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Powers Unit, Newton 1 | 03-115-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chevron USA Inc |
| Price 1 | 03-115-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Southland Royalty Company |
| Bibler Unit 1 | 03-115-00057 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Exxon Corp |
| Savage-Roberts 1 | 03-115-00058 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gose, Steve Oil & Gas Production |
| Vinson, Clyde 1 | 03-115-00059 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Heidgen, T H 1 | 03-115-00060 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sunray DX Oil Company |
| Cochran 1 | 03-115-00061 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Smith, H F 1 | 03-115-00062 | Active | Gas | Hanna Oil and Gas Company |
| Davix, T B et al 1 | 03-115-00063 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mobil Oil Corp |
| Frost, Lillie Unit 1 | 03-115-00065 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Murphy Oil Corp |
| Graham, Jack 1 | 03-115-00072 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Hayes, Nora 1 | 03-115-00074 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Anderson-Smackover Co |
| Hoyt-Goin 1 | 03-115-00075 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Graham, John P 1 | 03-115-00076 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Lee, S E Estate 1 | 03-115-00080 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Murphy Oil Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 714 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 Pope County, AR?
Pope County, Arkansas has 714 catalogued oil & gas wells: 139 active, 525 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pope County?
1 wells in Pope County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Pope County are plugged?
525 of Pope County's 714 catalogued wells (74%) 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); Pope County ranks 16th with 714.
How many companies operate wells in Pope County?
142 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pope 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 Pope County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/pope (data as of October 10, 2026).