Oil & gas wells in Covington County, MS
378 catalogued wells in Covington County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Covington County, Mississippi has 378 catalogued oil & gas wells: 94 active (25%), 164 plugged & abandoned (43%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 25th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
378
Active
94
Plugged
164
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Covington County?
25% of Covington County's wells are active, 8 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 43% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 119 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Covington County?
By product class, 75 of the county's wells (20%) are oil wells, 166 (44%) gas wells and 13 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Covington County well is 20,563 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 70% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Covington County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Covington County has the 25th-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 37th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Covington County?
97 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Covington 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 Covington County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V S Welch 1 1 | 23-031-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zach Brooks Drlg, Company Et Al |
| Batte 1 1 | 23-031-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Calto Oil Co. Et Al |
| Rubin Aultman 1 1 | 23-031-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| Whitten Bullock 1 1 | 23-031-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| Crosby 1 1 | 23-031-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Co. |
| Bank Of Seminary 1 1 | 23-031-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Covington Oil Company |
| Bank Of Seminary 1-A 1-A | 23-031-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Covington Oil Company |
| Lumber Mineral 1 1 | 23-031-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastman, Gardner, & Co. |
| Pickering 1 1 | 23-031-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastman, Gardner, & Co. |
| Graham 1 1 | 23-031-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Frankfort Oil Company |
| Mrs M Beasley 1 1 | 23-031-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| Mrs. P. Scarborough 1 1 | 23-031-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| F W Watts 1 1 | 23-031-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport Sulphur Company |
| Ozella P Weeks Etal 1 1 | 23-031-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Coast Dril & Explor, Inc. |
| Massengale L S 1 1 | 23-031-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| J A Pickering 1 1 | 23-031-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | U. B. Hughes & Smith County Oil Co. |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-031-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Zula L Daughtery 1 1 | 23-031-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Leroy Rogers 1 1 | 23-031-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Summerland Field Unit (Swd # 1) 1 | 23-031-00020 | Active | Injection | Formentera Operations, LLC |
| Pope 1 1 | 23-031-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mississippi Gulf Oil & Ref. Co. |
| Fee 1 1 | 23-031-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co. |
| Collins Operating 3 3 | 23-031-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Collins Oper Un 2 2 | 23-031-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Collins Oper Unit 4 4 | 23-031-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 378 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 Covington County, MS?
Covington County, Mississippi has 378 catalogued oil & gas wells: 94 active, 164 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Covington County?
1 wells in Covington County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 37th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Covington County are plugged?
164 of Covington County's 378 catalogued wells (43%) 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); Covington County ranks 25th with 378.
How many companies operate wells in Covington County?
97 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Covington 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 Covington County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/covington (data as of October 10, 2026).