Oil & gas wells in Hancock County, MS
197 catalogued wells in Hancock County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hancock County, Mississippi has 197 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 149 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 29th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
197
Active
0
Plugged
149
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hancock County?
0% of Hancock County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 42 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hancock County?
By product class, 3 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 86 (44%) gas wells and 8 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Hancock County well is 23,198 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 78% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Hancock County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Hancock County has the 29th-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 22nd in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Hancock County?
55 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Hancock 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 Hancock County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Ladner # 1 # 1 | 23-045-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Sulphur Company |
| R J Williams Land Co # 1 # 1 | 23-045-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co. |
| International Paper Co.-Alexander # 1 # 1 | 23-045-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. Willis Hughes |
| R S Russ Etal 1 1 | 23-045-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. Willis Hughes |
| State Of Mississippi 1 1 | 23-045-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. Willis Hughes |
| State Of Mississippi 3 3 | 23-045-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. Willis Hughes |
| Weston Lumber Co 1 1 | 23-045-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. Willis Hughes |
| Weston Lumber Co 2 2 | 23-045-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. Willis Hughes |
| Gustave Baldwin Etl 1 1 | 23-045-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Internationl-Alexndr 1 1 | 23-045-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| International Paper Co.- Alexander # 2 # 2 | 23-045-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Waveland Gas Unit 1 1 1 | 23-045-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kcp Of Ms Inc |
| Waveland Gas Unit 2 1 1 | 23-045-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | J. R. Pounds, Inc. |
| H Weston Lumber Co 1 1 | 23-045-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alan Jackson |
| Gustave B Baldwin 1 1 | 23-045-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rbstock & Reeves Drilling |
| WILLIAM R HOLDEN et al 1 1 | 23-045-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Trahan Drilling Contract |
| International-Alexander # 1 # 1 | 23-045-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Trahan Drilling Contract |
| International-Alexander # 2 # 2 | 23-045-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Trahan Drilling Contract |
| International-Alexander # 1 # 1 | 23-045-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| International-Alexander # 3 # 3 | 23-045-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| International-Alexander # 4 # 4 | 23-045-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| Weston Lbr 1 1 | 23-045-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| Weston Lbr 2 2 | 23-045-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| Whitfield - Weston 1 1 | 23-045-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| Gus Baldwin Jr, Et Al 1 1 | 23-045-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marshall Young Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 197 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 Hancock County, MS?
Hancock County, Mississippi has 197 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 149 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hancock County?
6 wells in Hancock County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Hancock County are plugged?
149 of Hancock County's 197 catalogued wells (76%) 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); Hancock County ranks 29th with 197.
How many companies operate wells in Hancock County?
55 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Hancock 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 Hancock County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/hancock (data as of October 10, 2026).