Oil & gas wells in Wayne County, MS
1,716 catalogued wells in Wayne County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Wayne County, Mississippi has 1,716 catalogued oil & gas wells: 474 active (28%), 984 plugged & abandoned (57%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,716
Active
474
Plugged
984
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Wayne County?
28% of Wayne County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 57% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 13 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 238 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Wayne County?
By product class, 805 of the county's wells (47%) are oil wells, 37 (2%) gas wells and 98 (6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Wayne County well is 21,930 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 89% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Wayne County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Wayne County has the 5th-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 16th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Wayne County?
392 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S B Daws 1 1 | 23-153-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Larco Drilling Co. |
| Albert Hand Etal 1 1 | 23-153-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Trahan Drilling Contract |
| J O Baron 1 1 | 23-153-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Gladys S Beard 1 1 | 23-153-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | LaRUE-SMITH PRODUCTION CO. |
| Pete Duvall Fee 1 | 23-153-00007 | Active | Oil | Ram Petroleum, LLC |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-153-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alsabrook & Fortenberry |
| Stanley-Norsworthy 1 1 | 23-153-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | American Exploration Co. |
| USA 1 1 | 23-153-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Liberty Oil Co. |
| G M & O 1 1 | 23-153-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| Utsey 1 1 | 23-153-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashmun & Hilliard |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-153-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Sims |
| Robert Graham 1 1 | 23-153-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcgoldrick Oil Co |
| Roebuck M M A-1 A-1 | 23-153-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcgoldrick Oil Co |
| W S Clanton 1 1 | 23-153-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barnwell Production Company |
| S T Mcillimain Etal 1 1 | 23-153-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bateman Drilling Co. |
| Ethel Candy Etal 1 1 | 23-153-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bethlan Prod. Corp. |
| J R Green Etal 1 1 | 23-153-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. W. Tyson Producing Co. Inc. |
| W A Robinson 1 1 | 23-153-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. P. Borden, Et. Al |
| C C Brownlee 1 1 | 23-153-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Broadhead & Stack |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-153-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| Leroy Moseley Un 1 1 1 | 23-153-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| J D Perryman Etal 1 1 | 23-153-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| Government "a" 1 1 | 23-153-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy Oil Corporation |
| Lee Beard Estate 1 | 23-153-00028 | Active | Oil | Thomas A. Blanton |
| Board Of Supervisors A-1 A-1 | 23-153-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lyle Cashion Co. Et Al |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,716 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 Wayne County, MS?
Wayne County, Mississippi has 1,716 catalogued oil & gas wells: 474 active, 984 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Wayne County?
7 wells in Wayne County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 16th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Wayne County are plugged?
984 of Wayne County's 1,716 catalogued wells (57%) 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); Wayne County ranks 5th with 1,716.
How many companies operate wells in Wayne County?
392 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/wayne (data as of October 10, 2026).