Oil & gas wells in Converse County, WY
9,841 catalogued wells in Converse County, Wyoming, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Converse County, Wyoming has 9,841 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,429 active (15%), 3,013 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 23 Wyoming counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 8% of the state's 129,957 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
9,841
Active
1,429
Plugged
3,013
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Converse County?
15% of Converse County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Wyoming share of 17%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 51% statewide and 47% nationally. 583 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Wyoming and 4% nationally. The remaining 4,814 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Converse County?
By product class, 9,199 of the county's wells (93%) are oil wells, 237 (2%) gas wells and 293 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 50% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Converse County well is 22,454 ft, against 25,830 ft for Wyoming as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Converse County compare with other Wyoming counties?
Converse County has the 4th-most catalogued wells of the 23 Wyoming counties with at least 25. The median Wyoming county on WellCensus has 3,655 wells. The largest, Campbell County, has 36,047. By documented orphans it ranks 9th in Wyoming.
Who operates wells in Converse County?
595 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Converse 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 Converse County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Orphan 1 | 49-009-04999 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Flora Jefferys 1 | 49-009-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wirkkala Ben |
| State 1 | 49-009-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mclaughlin Stuart |
| Govt 1 | 49-009-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wyoming Oil & Development Co |
| Delett 1 | 49-009-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conoco Inc |
| State 32-1 | 49-009-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | True Oil LLC |
| State 1 | 49-009-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Apx Western Corporation |
| State 1 | 49-009-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Manning Jack E |
| Govt 14 | 49-009-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wyoming Oil & Development Co |
| Govt 11 | 49-009-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wyoming Oil & Development Co |
| Govt 15 | 49-009-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wyoming Oil & Development Co |
| Govt 1 | 49-009-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sanford Oil Company |
| Govt 2 | 49-009-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Poison Lake Dome Syndicate |
| Logan 1 | 49-009-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Poison Lake Dome Syndicate |
| Dilts 1 | 49-009-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Colorado Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Govt 36 | 49-009-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wyoming Oil & Development Co |
| State 1 | 49-009-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hall C Elmer |
| Kornegay 1 | 49-009-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Challenge Oil Co Ltd |
| Kornegay 1 | 49-009-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mcrae J A & Dorough Thomas G |
| Federal 2 | 49-009-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ackard John |
| Federal 1 | 49-009-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ackard John |
| Le Bonte 1 | 49-009-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Big Sioux Oil Company |
| Fitzhough 1 | 49-009-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wheeler Chas E Etal |
| Nylen-Gillespie 1 | 49-009-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | California Company The |
| Meadows 1 | 49-009-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Terry Production Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 9,841 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 Converse County, WY?
Converse County, Wyoming has 9,841 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,429 active, 3,013 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Converse County?
2 wells in Converse County, Wyoming are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Wyoming counties.
What share of wells in Converse County are plugged?
3,013 of Converse County's 9,841 catalogued wells (31%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 51% across Wyoming.
Which Wyoming county has the most oil and gas wells?
Campbell County has the most catalogued wells of any Wyoming county on WellCensus (36,047); Converse County ranks 4th with 9,841.
How many companies operate wells in Converse County?
595 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Converse County, Wyoming.
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About this data
Source: Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 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 Converse County, Wyoming”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/wyoming/converse (data as of October 10, 2026).