Oil & gas wells in Sheridan County, WY
5,216 catalogued wells in Sheridan County, Wyoming, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sheridan County, Wyoming has 5,216 catalogued oil & gas wells: 13 active (0.2%), 3,733 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 46 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 23 Wyoming counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 129,957 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,216
Active
13
Plugged
3,733
Documented orphans
46
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sheridan County?
0.2% of Sheridan County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Wyoming share of 17%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 51% statewide and 47% nationally. 981 wells (19%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 46 wells (0.9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Wyoming and 4% nationally. The remaining 443 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sheridan County?
By product class, 333 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 4,600 (88%) gas wells and 16 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 50% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Sheridan County well is 15,710 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 Sheridan County compare with other Wyoming counties?
Sheridan County has the 8th-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 3rd in Wyoming.
Who operates wells in Sheridan County?
159 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sheridan 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 Sheridan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumma Patented 1 | 49-033-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Company |
| Iroz Patented 1 | 49-033-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Company |
| State A 65-2115 1 | 49-033-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cenex |
| Ingram A Patented 1 | 49-033-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Trigood Oil Company |
| Ingram Patented 2 | 49-033-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Trigood Oil Company |
| Weaver Brennan Pat 1 | 49-033-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne Inc |
| Willey 1 | 49-033-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petroleum Inc |
| Demple Patented 1 | 49-033-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Swepi LP |
| C C Allison Patented 1 | 49-033-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Beaver Creek Oil Assc |
| Allison 1 | 49-033-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Houghton & Juniper |
| Forbes Patented 1 | 49-033-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Company |
| Beckton Trust Patent 1 | 49-033-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Griffith W-047723 1 | 49-033-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Company |
| Federal W-032647 1 | 49-033-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oien Oil Corporation |
| Roberts Patented 11-3-P | 49-033-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation |
| Peters W-012245a 1 | 49-033-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Company |
| Walt Peters Patented 1 | 49-033-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Company |
| P K Ranch Patented 1 | 49-033-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kirby Petroleum Company |
| R T Helbey Patented 1 | 49-033-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Brazell & Wrather |
| Halvey Patented 1-A | 49-033-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil |
| Griffith Patented 1 | 49-033-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pure Oil |
| Boland 1 | 49-033-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Prairie Dog Rch Pat 1 | 49-033-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | M K M Oil Company |
| R T Helvey Patented 1 | 49-033-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Griffith 65-2067 1 | 49-033-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,216 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 Sheridan County, WY?
Sheridan County, Wyoming has 5,216 catalogued oil & gas wells: 13 active, 3,733 plugged and 46 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sheridan County?
46 wells in Sheridan County, Wyoming are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Wyoming counties.
What share of wells in Sheridan County are plugged?
3,733 of Sheridan County's 5,216 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Sheridan County ranks 8th with 5,216.
How many companies operate wells in Sheridan County?
159 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sheridan 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 Sheridan County, Wyoming”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/wyoming/sheridan (data as of October 10, 2026).