Stored formation/play groups ranked by recorded well count, with recorded operators and primary counties. Coverage is limited to the groups included below.
Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Daily refresh scheduled. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24.
Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. Formation/play groups require at least 25 recorded wells and a known operator; the directory shows at most 50 groups ranked by well count. Operator counts reflect distinct recorded operator names, not verified current operations. Permit counts use the preceding 24 months at summary refresh. Grouping can represent a formation, play or basin; it is not an inventory of every geological formation. Figures are Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data; counts under 3 wells are withheld.
Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Scheduled refreshes do not guarantee that new regulator filings are available; the state regulator remains the record of any specific well.
Quick answer: The highest well-count groups listed for Mississippi are the Mid-Gulf Coast Basin, Austin Chalk, Floyd-Neal and Black Warrior Basin, led by the Mid-Gulf Coast Basin with 14,218 wells on record. Ranked by well count across 4 tracked formations from Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
The highest well-count groups listed for Mississippi are the Mid-Gulf Coast Basin, Austin Chalk, Floyd-Neal and Black Warrior Basin, led by the Mid-Gulf Coast Basin with 14,218 wells on record. Ranked by well count across 4 tracked formations from Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
Top Operators:
Denbury Onshore (1,689), Tellus Operating Group (667), Southern Community (641), Highmark Energy Operating (401), Formentera Operations LLC (307), Venture Oil & Gas (300), Humble Oil And Refining Company (224), Gulf Oil (177), Eog Resources (162), Petrotx Operating LLC (130)
Primary counties: Jasper, Wayne, Jefferson Davis, Clarke, Jones
Top Operators:
Denbury Onshore (429), Humble Oil And Refining Company (252), Callon Petroleum Company (235), Sun Oil Company (208), Black Jack Oil (175), Hughes & New Oil Company (173), D A Biglane Operating Company (168), Petrotx Operating LLC (161), Encana Oil & Gas (151), Seriopunches Oil Company (115)
Primary counties: Adams, Wilkinson, Franklin, Amite, Pike
Top Operators:
Pruet Production Company (84), Southern Community (77), Gibraltar Energy Company (71), Dallas Production (63), Moon Hines Tigrett Op Company (23), Nason Howard G (22), Browning & Welch (12), Scorpion Oil & Gas (11), Hughes Eastern (10), Roundtree & Assoc (10)
Primary counties: Monroe, Lowndes, Chickasaw, Clay, Calhoun
Top Operators:
Gibraltar Energy Company (56), Total E And P (36), Monroe Gas Storage Company (32), Moon Hines Tigrett Op Company (30), Scorpion Oil & Gas (29), Pruet Production Company (21), Centurion Resources (17), Continental Resources (17), Atmos Energy CORP Midtex Div (15), Itawamba Industrial Gas Company (14)
Primary counties: Monroe, Itawamba, Oktibbeha, Chickasaw, Lee
Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data, aggregated by primary play / interpreted formation / basin.
Threshold: Groups require at least 25 recorded wells and a known operator. The directory shows up to 50 groups by well count; omitted groups are not evidence of no activity.
Owner context: These formation summaries describe reported activity. They do not establish ownership, payment entitlement or a value for an individual tract.
Refresh cadence: Daily refresh scheduled. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24.
The highest well-count formation/play groups listed for Mississippi are the Mid-Gulf Coast Basin, Austin Chalk, Floyd-Neal and Black Warrior Basin. This directory tracks 4 recorded formation/play groups ranked by well count, per Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
The Mid-Gulf Coast Basin has the most wells among the listed Mississippi groups — 14,218 wells, worked by 1,770 recorded operators, per Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. This is a well-count ranking, not a reserves or value ranking. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
The operators with the most wells on record in the Mid-Gulf Coast Basin are Denbury Onshore, Tellus Operating Group, Southern Community, Highmark Energy Operating, Formentera Operations LLC. Each formation card below lists its top operators by well count. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
About 849 drilling permits were filed across the tracked Mississippi formations in the 24-month window at source refresh, per Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data — a rough measure of where new activity is concentrated. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
Your deed and county records determine which formations your mineral rights cover; a tract can own multiple stacked formations. This directory is informational only, not a valuation. Stored source refresh: 2026-10-24. These are limited stored records; reporting windows are evaluated at source refresh.
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Active formations: 4
Total wells: 26,975
Recent permits: 849
Last refresh: 2026-10-24
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