Oil & gas wells in Claiborne County, MS
77 catalogued wells in Claiborne County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Claiborne County, Mississippi has 77 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (1%), 68 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 42nd of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
77
Active
1
Plugged
68
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Claiborne County?
1% of Claiborne County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Claiborne County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (1%) are oil wells, 7 (9%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Claiborne County well is 21,500 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 36% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Claiborne County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Claiborne County has the 42nd-most catalogued wells of the 57 Mississippi counties with at least 25. The median Mississippi county on WellCensus has 197 wells. The largest, Adams County, has 5,963. By documented orphans it ranks 28th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Claiborne County?
56 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Claiborne 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 Claiborne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B P Arens 1 1 | 23-021-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Petroleum Co. |
| Florine Disharoon 1 1 | 23-021-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Petroleum Co. |
| Hewes & Rodney 1 1 | 23-021-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| J Davenport-H Kin 1 1 | 23-021-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co |
| Crawford 1 1 | 23-021-00005 | Orphaned | Other type | Claiborne Oil & Gas Co. |
| A R Walker 1 1 | 23-021-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| Clark Estate 1 1 | 23-021-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | John S. Callon |
| J R Dockery 1 1 | 23-021-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lyle Cashion Co. Et Al |
| Ruth D Hayden 1 1 | 23-021-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Claiborne County Dev. Co. |
| Lucius B Patton 1 1 | 23-021-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crow Drilling & Producing Co. |
| Claude Taylor 1 1 | 23-021-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Danciger Oil & Refining Co. |
| W R Hammett 1 1 | 23-021-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| W R Hammett 2 2 | 23-021-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| W R Hammett 3 3 | 23-021-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| W R Hammett 4 4 | 23-021-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| W R Hammett 5 5 | 23-021-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| Davidson 1 1 | 23-021-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Coast Dril & Explor, Inc. |
| C L Nelson 1 1 | 23-021-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lyle Cashion Co. |
| French Etal 1 1 | 23-021-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hellenic Oil & Gas Co. |
| Alex Wilson 1 1 | 23-021-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jett Drilling Co. |
| R H Parker Jr 1 1 | 23-021-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kaemmerer & Wier |
| Clark Estate 1 1 | 23-021-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lagrange Petroleum Co. Et Al |
| M R Headly 1 1 | 23-021-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midstates Oil Corp. -Ok |
| Townsite-Young 1 1 | 23-021-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | M. M. Young |
| H B Campbell Estate 1 1 | 23-021-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 77 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 Claiborne County, MS?
Claiborne County, Mississippi has 77 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 68 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Claiborne County?
4 wells in Claiborne County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 28th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Claiborne County are plugged?
68 of Claiborne County's 77 catalogued wells (88%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 70% across Mississippi.
Which Mississippi county has the most oil and gas wells?
Adams County has the most catalogued wells of any Mississippi county on WellCensus (5,963); Claiborne County ranks 42nd with 77.
How many companies operate wells in Claiborne County?
56 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
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About this data
Source: Mississippi 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 Claiborne County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/claiborne (data as of October 10, 2026).