Oil & gas wells in Harrison County, MS
32 catalogued wells in Harrison County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Harrison County, Mississippi has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 24 plugged & abandoned (75%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 54th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
32
Active
0
Plugged
24
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Harrison County?
0% of Harrison County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 75% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Harrison County; Mississippi as a whole has 525. The remaining 8 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Harrison County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (3%) gas wells and 5 (16%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Harrison County well is 23,550 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 88% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Harrison County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Harrison County has the 54th-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.
Who operates wells in Harrison County?
25 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Harrison 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 Harrison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hengen # 1 # 1 | 23-047-00001 | Other status | Other type | Syndicate (Hesse) |
| USA 28-13 28-13 | 23-047-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Oil Co. Et Al |
| Laura G Elmendorf 1 1 | 23-047-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Crude Oil Co. |
| Gulf Coast Creosoting Co 1 1 | 23-047-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chesley Pruet Drlg. Co. Et Al |
| Brown Loper & Sons 1 1 | 23-047-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pruet, Chesley Drlg. Co. |
| U S A 1 1 | 23-047-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richard W. Norton, Jr. |
| L N Dantzler Lbr 1 1 | 23-047-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jett Drilling Co. |
| Southern Mineral 2 2 | 23-047-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hassie Hunt Trust |
| Southern Mineral 1 1 | 23-047-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co |
| L N Dantzler Lbr 1 1 | 23-047-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Southern Land & Royalty # 1 # 1 | 23-047-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co. |
| Ingram Day Lumber 1 1 | 23-047-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| U S A 1 1 | 23-047-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crow Drilling & Producing Co. Et Al |
| Dantzler Lumber Co. 3 3 | 23-047-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| U S A 1 1 | 23-047-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co. Of Texas, Et Al |
| International Paper 1 1 | 23-047-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bradco Oil & Gas Co. |
| Waste Disposal Well 1 | 23-047-20002 | Other status | Other type | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours |
| Waste Disposal#2 2 | 23-047-20003 | Other status | Injection | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours |
| Waste Water Well #3 #3 | 23-047-20004 | Other status | Injection | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours |
| Gulf Minerals Inc 1 1 | 23-047-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp. |
| Waste Disposal Well 4 | 23-047-20006 | Other status | Injection | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours |
| Waste Disposal Well #4 #4 | 23-047-20007 | Other status | Injection | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours |
| Sabine Corp 1-35 1 1 | 23-047-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cockrell Oil Corp. |
| State Of Mississippi # 1 # 1 | 23-047-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sapphire Exploration And Production, Inc. |
| Ms-87-1-05 # 1 # 1 | 23-047-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U. S. A., Inc. -Ca |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 32 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 Harrison County, MS?
Harrison County, Mississippi has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 24 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Harrison County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Harrison County, Mississippi.
What share of wells in Harrison County are plugged?
24 of Harrison County's 32 catalogued wells (75%) 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); Harrison County ranks 54th with 32.
How many companies operate wells in Harrison County?
25 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Harrison County, Mississippi.
Nearby in the Mississippi rankings
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 Harrison County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/harrison (data as of October 10, 2026).