Oil & gas wells in Lawrence County, MS
169 catalogued wells in Lawrence County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lawrence County, Mississippi has 169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active (7%), 122 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
169
Active
11
Plugged
122
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lawrence County?
7% of Lawrence County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 35 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lawrence County?
By product class, 4 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 78 (46%) gas wells and 2 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Lawrence County well is 18,600 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 50% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Lawrence County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Lawrence County has the 32nd-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 39th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Lawrence County?
84 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B J Armstrong 1 1 | 23-077-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central Oil Co. Et Al |
| Phillips B H 1 1 | 23-077-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | CLARK, NOEL D. et al |
| Gaylord Container 1 1 | 23-077-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Co. |
| Brown Unit 1 1 | 23-077-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Danciger Oil & Refining Co. |
| S N Hickman 1 1 | 23-077-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co. |
| James A Cox 1 1 | 23-077-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co. |
| Robinwood 8-14 1 1 | 23-077-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Denkins T H 1 1 | 23-077-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Estate Of William G. Helis |
| Tom Hunt 1 1 | 23-077-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| S M Nelson 1 1 | 23-077-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Mrs V L Parkman 1 1 | 23-077-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| T R Sistrunk 1 1 | 23-077-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Summers Hezakiah 1 1 | 23-077-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Denkman Lbr 1 1 | 23-077-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | KERR-McGEE CORP. |
| Fed Lnd Bnk Gas Unt 1 1 | 23-077-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| J E White 1 1 | 23-077-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pruet, Chesley Drlg. Co. |
| J D Bailey 1 1 | 23-077-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. |
| Foote 1 1 | 23-077-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sippiala Corporation |
| W M Sutton 1 1 | 23-077-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sippiala Corporation |
| S M Nelson 1 1 | 23-077-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sippiala Corporation |
| S M Nelson 3 3 | 23-077-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sippiala Corporation |
| Denkmann Lumber 1 1 | 23-077-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tide Water Assoc. Oil Co. |
| Denkmann Lumber 2 2 | 23-077-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tide Water Assoc. Oil Co. |
| Hauberg John H Et 1 1 | 23-077-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. E. Vasser Et Al |
| Charlie Bowen Etal 1 1 | 23-077-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marshall Young Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 169 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 Lawrence County, MS?
Lawrence County, Mississippi has 169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active, 122 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lawrence County?
1 wells in Lawrence County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 39th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Lawrence County are plugged?
122 of Lawrence County's 169 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Lawrence County ranks 32nd with 169.
How many companies operate wells in Lawrence County?
84 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/lawrence (data as of October 10, 2026).