Oil & gas wells in Marion County, MS
769 catalogued wells in Marion County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Marion County, Mississippi has 769 catalogued oil & gas wells: 270 active (35%), 386 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 12 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
769
Active
270
Plugged
386
Documented orphans
12
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Marion County?
35% of Marion County's wells are active, 19 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 12 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 101 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Marion County?
By product class, 82 of the county's wells (11%) are oil wells, 464 (60%) gas wells and 24 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Marion County well is 21,244 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 85% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Marion County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Marion County has the 16th-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 11th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Marion County?
155 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Marion 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 Marion County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G F & J W Hart Etal 1 1 | 23-091-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edwin Allday |
| Crawley Unit 1 | 23-091-00002 | Active | Gas | Pistol Ridge Partners, LLC |
| H C Rawls 1 1 | 23-091-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| C. N. Beard #1 1 | 23-091-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Liberty Oil Co. |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-091-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Biglane-Laub |
| Simon Lott 1 1 | 23-091-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Thomas 1 | 23-091-00007 | Active | Oil | Ram Petroleum, LLC |
| Barnes 1 1 | 23-091-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Natural Gas Co, LLC |
| Hub Lower Tuscaloosa Unit 12 12 | 23-091-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Exxon Corporation -La |
| Hub Gu 13 1 1 | 23-091-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Corporation -La |
| Hub Lower Tuscaloosa Unit 23 23 | 23-091-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Corporation -La |
| H W Ball 2 2 | 23-091-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | J. R. Pounds, Inc. |
| E A Ball Unit 3 1 1 | 23-091-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Will Drill Production Co., Inc. |
| E W Foxworth Etal 1 | 23-091-00014 | Active | Gas | Plateau Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Manvel L Lenoir 1 1 1 | 23-091-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chevron U. S. A., Inc. -Ca |
| Harry Owens 1 1 | 23-091-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron U. S. A., Inc. -Ca |
| H Owens Etal Unit 1 1 1 | 23-091-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | J. R. Pounds, Inc. |
| HUB GAS UNIT 29 (fmrly HLTU #21) 7 | 23-091-00018 | Active | Gas | Plateau Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Hub Gas Unit 22 | 23-091-00019 | Active | Gas | Plateau Oil & Gas, LLC |
| H L Rankin 2 2 | 23-091-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Skrivanos Engineering, Inc. |
| H L Rankin 2 1 1 | 23-091-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | J. R. Pounds, Inc. |
| Hl Rankin Jr Etal 3 1 | 23-091-00022 | Active | Gas | Plateau Oil & Gas, LLC |
| D A Ratliff 2 1 1 | 23-091-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Skrivanos Engineering, Inc. |
| F W Reimers Etal 1 1 | 23-091-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| DeOrnellas 10-12 1 1 | 23-091-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moon-Hines-Tigrett Operating Co., Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 769 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 Marion County, MS?
Marion County, Mississippi has 769 catalogued oil & gas wells: 270 active, 386 plugged and 12 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Marion County?
12 wells in Marion County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 11th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Marion County are plugged?
386 of Marion County's 769 catalogued wells (50%) 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); Marion County ranks 16th with 769.
How many companies operate wells in Marion County?
155 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Marion 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 Marion County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/marion (data as of October 10, 2026).