Oil & gas wells in Johnson County, WY
10,173 catalogued wells in Johnson County, Wyoming, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Johnson County, Wyoming has 10,173 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,006 active (10%), 2,995 plugged & abandoned (29%) and 31 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 23 Wyoming counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 8% of the state's 129,957 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
10,173
Active
1,006
Plugged
2,995
Documented orphans
31
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Johnson County?
10% of Johnson County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Wyoming share of 17%. 29% are plugged & abandoned, against 51% statewide and 47% nationally. 1,682 wells (17%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 31 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Wyoming and 4% nationally. The remaining 4,459 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Johnson County?
By product class, 3,896 of the county's wells (38%) are oil wells, 5,803 (57%) gas wells and 331 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 50% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Johnson County well is 16,425 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 Johnson County compare with other Wyoming counties?
Johnson County has the 2nd-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 4th in Wyoming.
Who operates wells in Johnson County?
388 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Johnson 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 Johnson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Unit 2125 | 49-019-04580 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Bxp Operating LLC |
| Govt 1-B | 49-019-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burnside Oil & Gas |
| Johnson 1 | 49-019-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Benton Oil |
| 33-X B | 49-019-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Midwest Oil Corporation |
| C-Snodgrass 1 | 49-019-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morton Dan C |
| Govt 1 | 49-019-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | D & D Drilling Company |
| 34x | 49-019-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Midwest Oil Corporation |
| Govt-Reynolds 1 | 49-019-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bp Exploration Inc |
| Govt 1 | 49-019-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morton-Reaser-Capert |
| Govt 27-1 | 49-019-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hancock Oil Company |
| Fed W-3849 1 | 49-019-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Oryx Energy Company |
| Govt-Moore 2 | 49-019-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bp Exploration Inc |
| Govt 1-A | 49-019-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H L M Drilling Company |
| Govt 1 | 49-019-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Risco Oil |
| Govt 1 | 49-019-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mallette Earl |
| Govt-Moore 1 | 49-019-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bp Exploration Inc |
| Govt 1 | 49-019-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Parrent Drilling Co |
| Govt 1-B | 49-019-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wallace Oil & Gas |
| Govt 1 | 49-019-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Powder River Oil |
| Fed W-07809-B 1 | 49-019-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bp Exploration Inc |
| Govt-Brinkerhoff 1 | 49-019-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Brinkerhoff Company |
| Kenworthy 2 | 49-019-05020 | Other status | Oil | Simon Oil LLC |
| #1 1 | 49-019-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Central Wyoming Assc |
| Govt 1 | 49-019-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Brinkerhoff Company |
| Dever W-045857a 2 | 49-019-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Altex Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 10,173 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 Johnson County, WY?
Johnson County, Wyoming has 10,173 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,006 active, 2,995 plugged and 31 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Johnson County?
31 wells in Johnson County, Wyoming are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Wyoming counties.
What share of wells in Johnson County are plugged?
2,995 of Johnson County's 10,173 catalogued wells (29%) 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); Johnson County ranks 2nd with 10,173.
How many companies operate wells in Johnson County?
388 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Johnson 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 Johnson County, Wyoming”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/wyoming/johnson (data as of October 10, 2026).