Oil & gas wells in Lamar County, MS
1,090 catalogued wells in Lamar County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lamar County, Mississippi has 1,090 catalogued oil & gas wells: 641 active (59%), 290 plugged & abandoned (27%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,090
Active
641
Plugged
290
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lamar County?
59% of Lamar County's wells are active, 42 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 27% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 9 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 150 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lamar County?
By product class, 308 of the county's wells (28%) are oil wells, 517 (47%) gas wells and 72 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Lamar County well is 19,634 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 81% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Lamar County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Lamar County has the 12th-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 14th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Lamar County?
123 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lamar 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 Lamar County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. H. Bass et al 35 | 23-073-00001 | Active | Oil | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I. H. Bass et al 34 | 23-073-00003 | Active | Oil | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal 36 36 | 23-073-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 37 | 23-073-00005 | Active | Oil | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal 38 38 | 23-073-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 39 39 | 23-073-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 40 40 | 23-073-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 41 41 | 23-073-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 42 42 | 23-073-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 33 33 | 23-073-00011 | Active | Gas | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal 43 | 23-073-00012 | Active | Gas | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal 44 44 | 23-073-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 45 | 23-073-00014 | Active | Oil | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal 46 46 | 23-073-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| I H Bass Etal 47 | 23-073-00016 | Active | Oil | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal 48 | 23-073-00017 | Active | Gas | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal 50 | 23-073-00019 | Active | Oil | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal Gas Un A G-1 | 23-073-00020 | Active | Injection | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| I H Bass Etal Gas Un "A" G-3 | 23-073-00021 | Active | Gas | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
| Wws 1 Well # 1 # 1 | 23-073-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co -Tx |
| Bass-Andrew Gu G-1 G-1 | 23-073-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Bass-Bilbo Gas Unit G-1 G-1 | 23-073-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Bass-Bilbo Gas Unit G-2 G-2 | 23-073-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Bass-Butler Gas Un G-1 G-1 | 23-073-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Bass Etal Gas Un A G-2 G-2 | 23-073-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gulf Oil Corp. |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Lamar County, MS?
Lamar County, Mississippi has 1,090 catalogued oil & gas wells: 641 active, 290 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lamar County?
9 wells in Lamar County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Lamar County are plugged?
290 of Lamar County's 1,090 catalogued wells (27%) 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); Lamar County ranks 12th with 1,090.
How many companies operate wells in Lamar County?
123 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lamar 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 Lamar County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/lamar (data as of October 10, 2026).