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Oil & gas wells in Laramie County, WY

2,763 catalogued wells in Laramie County, Wyoming, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Laramie County, Wyoming has 2,763 catalogued oil & gas wells: 276 active (10%), 692 plugged & abandoned (25%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 23 Wyoming counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 129,957 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

2,763

Active

276

Plugged

692

Documented orphans

0

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Laramie County?

10% of Laramie County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Wyoming share of 17%. 25% are plugged & abandoned, against 51% statewide and 47% nationally. 91 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Laramie County; Wyoming as a whole has 374. The remaining 1,704 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Laramie County?

By product class, 2,690 of the county's wells (97%) are oil wells, 9 (0.3%) gas wells and 24 (0.9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 50% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Laramie County well is 19,326 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 Laramie County compare with other Wyoming counties?

Laramie County has the 13th-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.

Who operates wells in Laramie County?

234 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Laramie 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.

Oil & gas wells in Laramie County, WY
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Warren Livestock 149-021-05000Plugged & abandonedOilSargent & Allen
Warren Livestock 249-021-05001Plugged & abandonedOilSargent & Allen
Verle Breeden 149-021-05002Plugged & abandonedOilWyoming Oil & Development Co
Breeden 1-A49-021-05003Plugged & abandonedOilHayes Robertson Drlg Co
Breeden 149-021-05004Plugged & abandonedOilWatkins J N
Wy Herford Ranch 249-021-05005Plugged & abandonedOilEog Resources Inc
State 53 149-021-05006Plugged & abandonedOilSwepi LP
Farr 149-021-05007Plugged & abandonedOilBraden Oil
Meadow 149-021-05008Plugged & abandonedOilVessels Tom Jr Etal
Wyoming State 249-021-05009Plugged & abandonedOilChevron USA Inc
Warren Livestock Pat 149-021-05010Plugged & abandonedOilChevron USA Inc
Culek 149-021-05011Plugged & abandonedOilWyoming Oil & Development Co
Warren 22-149-021-05012Plugged & abandonedOilChevron USA Inc
Warren Livestock 1-1849-021-05013Shut-inOilWhisler Enterprise Company
Bmu 23-2449-021-05014Plugged & abandonedOilHrm Resources Iii LLC
Warren 149-021-05015Plugged & abandonedOilPrairie Energy Minerals
Warren Livestock 18 249-021-05016Plugged & abandonedOilCalifornia Company The
Morritz 149-021-05017Plugged & abandonedOilWilliams Exploration Company
Borie Muddy Unit 21-2449-021-05018Plugged & abandonedOilHrm Resources Ii LLC
Patrick Finnerty 249-021-05019Plugged & abandonedOilChevron USA Inc
Morton 149-021-05020Plugged & abandonedOilAmerada Hess Corporation
Patrick Finnerty Pat 149-021-05022Plugged & abandonedOilChevron USA Inc
A L King Et Al 2w 149-021-05023Plugged & abandonedOther typeTexas American Resources Company
Morton King Fee 249-021-05024Plugged & abandonedOilGeneral Atlantic Resources Inc
Nbmu 32-1149-021-05025ActiveOilWhisler Enterprise Company

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,763 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 Laramie County, WY?

Laramie County, Wyoming has 2,763 catalogued oil & gas wells: 276 active, 692 plugged and 0 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Laramie County?

No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Laramie County, Wyoming.

What share of wells in Laramie County are plugged?

692 of Laramie County's 2,763 catalogued wells (25%) 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); Laramie County ranks 13th with 2,763.

How many companies operate wells in Laramie County?

234 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Laramie 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 Laramie County, Wyoming”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/wyoming/laramie (data as of October 10, 2026).