Oil & gas wells in Platte County, WY
121 catalogued wells in Platte County, Wyoming, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Platte County, Wyoming has 121 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 98 plugged & abandoned (81%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 23 Wyoming counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 129,957 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
121
Active
0
Plugged
98
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Platte County?
0% of Platte County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Wyoming share of 17%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 51% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Platte County; Wyoming as a whole has 374. The remaining 20 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Platte County?
By product class, 119 of the county's wells (98%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 50% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Platte County well is 12,154 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 Platte County compare with other Wyoming counties?
Platte County has the 22nd-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 Platte County?
68 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Platte 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 Platte County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loomis 1 | 49-031-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hall G E |
| Albert H Kessler 1 | 49-031-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sunray Oil Co |
| Morrison 1 | 49-031-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Parrent Drilling Co |
| Harding 1 | 49-031-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Midland Exploration Company |
| Eastwood 1 | 49-031-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chicago Corporation The |
| Swan 3 | 49-031-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Padon & Padon |
| Swan 1 | 49-031-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Padon & Padon |
| Swan 2 | 49-031-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Padon & Padon |
| Johnson 1 | 49-031-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dividend Oil & Refineries Inc |
| Phifer 1 | 49-031-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bp Exploration Inc |
| Govt 34-15g | 49-031-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Co Of Texas |
| 84-2-P | 49-031-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Co Of Texas |
| Wilson 1 | 49-031-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Seaboard Oil |
| Strat 1 | 49-031-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | North American Energy |
| Grayrock 1 | 49-031-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jacobs A E |
| State 1 | 49-031-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Griffin Drilling Co |
| C Milton 1 | 49-031-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Griffin Drilling Co |
| Blevins 1-X | 49-031-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Griffin Drilling Co |
| Blevins 1 | 49-031-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Griffin Drilling Co |
| P Cundall 1 | 49-031-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murray-Jobst-Humphreys |
| J Miller 1 | 49-031-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wadley J K |
| Guernsey 1 | 49-031-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Platte Valley Oil |
| Guernsey 1 | 49-031-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Platte Valley Oil |
| Govt 1 | 49-031-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Platte Valley Oil |
| Guernsey 1 | 49-031-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Platte Wyoming Oil |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 121 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 Platte County, WY?
Platte County, Wyoming has 121 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 98 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Platte County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Platte County, Wyoming.
What share of wells in Platte County are plugged?
98 of Platte County's 121 catalogued wells (81%) 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); Platte County ranks 22nd with 121.
How many companies operate wells in Platte County?
68 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Platte 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 Platte County, Wyoming”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/wyoming/platte (data as of October 10, 2026).