Oil & gas wells in Sweetwater County, WY
8,800 catalogued wells in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sweetwater County, Wyoming has 8,800 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,037 active (35%), 4,056 plugged & abandoned (46%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 6th of the 23 Wyoming counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 7% of the state's 129,957 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
8,800
Active
3,037
Plugged
4,056
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sweetwater County?
35% of Sweetwater County's wells are active, 17 percentage points above the Wyoming share of 17%. 46% are plugged & abandoned, against 51% statewide and 47% nationally. 1,108 wells (13%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Sweetwater County; Wyoming as a whole has 374. The remaining 599 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sweetwater County?
By product class, 880 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 7,432 (84%) gas wells and 377 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 50% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Sweetwater County well is 22,290 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 Sweetwater County compare with other Wyoming counties?
Sweetwater County has the 6th-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 Sweetwater County?
463 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Soldier Unit #2 | 49-037-05000 | Other status | Injection | Amplify Energy Operating LLC |
| Govt 48 | 49-037-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bair Oil Company |
| Lost Soldier Unit 11 | 49-037-05003 | Shut-in | Injection | Amplify Energy Operating LLC |
| Lost Soldier Patent 83 | 49-037-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bp America Production Company |
| Govt 91-A | 49-037-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lost Soldier A 10 | 49-037-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lost Soldier A 62 | 49-037-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lost Soldier A 3 | 49-037-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lost Soldier A Unit 84 | 49-037-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bp America Production Company |
| Lost Soldier Unit 76a | 49-037-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lost Soldier Unit 60 | 49-037-05013 | Other status | Injection | Amplify Energy Operating LLC |
| Lost Soldier Unit 104-A | 49-037-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Govt 33 | 49-037-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lost Soldier Unit 92 | 49-037-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amplify Energy Operating LLC |
| Lost Soldier Unit 8 | 49-037-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lost Soldier Unit 5 | 49-037-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| W W Wilson 1 | 49-037-05020 | Active | Gas | Wexpro Company |
| W W Wilson 2 | 49-037-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wexpro Company |
| R C Day 1 | 49-037-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wexpro Company |
| Hiawatha Unit 3 | 49-037-05023 | Active | Gas | Wexpro Company |
| Hiawatha Unit 4 | 49-037-05024 | Active | Gas | Wexpro Company |
| Taylor-A 1 | 49-037-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | True Oil LLC |
| Government 1 | 49-037-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kemmerer John C Jr |
| Federal W-0142249 4-21 | 49-037-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Union Oil Co Of California |
| Hiawatha Unit 6 | 49-037-05028 | Active | Gas | Wexpro Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 8,800 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 Sweetwater County, WY?
Sweetwater County, Wyoming has 8,800 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,037 active, 4,056 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sweetwater County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
What share of wells in Sweetwater County are plugged?
4,056 of Sweetwater County's 8,800 catalogued wells (46%) 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); Sweetwater County ranks 6th with 8,800.
How many companies operate wells in Sweetwater County?
463 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County, Wyoming”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/wyoming/sweetwater (data as of October 10, 2026).