Oil & gas wells in Weston County, WY
7,250 catalogued wells in Weston County, Wyoming, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Weston County, Wyoming has 7,250 catalogued oil & gas wells: 700 active (10%), 5,346 plugged & abandoned (74%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 23 Wyoming counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 6% of the state's 129,957 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
7,250
Active
700
Plugged
5,346
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Weston County?
10% of Weston County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Wyoming share of 17%. 74% are plugged & abandoned, against 51% statewide and 47% nationally. 1,023 wells (14%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 6 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Wyoming and 4% nationally. The remaining 175 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Weston County?
By product class, 6,433 of the county's wells (89%) are oil wells, 48 (0.7%) gas wells and 670 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 50% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Weston County well is 10,401 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 Weston County compare with other Wyoming counties?
Weston County has the 7th-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 7th in Wyoming.
Who operates wells in Weston County?
953 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Weston 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 Weston County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgewick Farm-1 6 (7) | 49-045-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Manx Oil Corporation |
| Govt 1 | 49-045-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Black Coal Resources Company |
| Sherwin 1 | 49-045-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | M K M Oil Company |
| Robey 1 | 49-045-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rout Etal |
| State 1 | 49-045-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bailey Joe W |
| State 1-A | 49-045-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ranger Holdings Co |
| Government 10 | 49-045-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Olds Oil Company |
| Federal-Tc 1-21 | 49-045-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Noarko Resources |
| Govt 1 | 49-045-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Juniper Petroleum Corporation |
| 5 | 49-045-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Taylor W R |
| H 1 | 49-045-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Elton Oil Company |
| Govt 2 | 49-045-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Elton Oil Company |
| 5 | 49-045-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Butcher Brothers |
| 4 | 49-045-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Butcher Brothers |
| Carroll Royalty 17 | 49-045-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wyoming Oil & Development Co |
| Carroll Royalty 15 | 49-045-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wyoming Oil & Development Co |
| Bradley Un B-26359 2-8 | 49-045-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reunion Energy Company |
| Jones 7 | 49-045-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chadron Osage Oil |
| Thorson 13 | 49-045-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Thorson Harry T |
| Tct 4 B027273-B 4-2 | 49-045-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Graham Royalty Ltd |
| Govt 4 | 49-045-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter A A |
| State 3 | 49-045-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Whedon Oil |
| Taylor 4 | 49-045-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Taylor Harry |
| Govt 6 | 49-045-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wesco Oil Company |
| Patented 8 | 49-045-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Martens C F |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 7,250 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 Weston County, WY?
Weston County, Wyoming has 7,250 catalogued oil & gas wells: 700 active, 5,346 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Weston County?
6 wells in Weston County, Wyoming are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 7th-highest count among Wyoming counties.
What share of wells in Weston County are plugged?
5,346 of Weston County's 7,250 catalogued wells (74%) 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); Weston County ranks 7th with 7,250.
How many companies operate wells in Weston County?
953 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Weston 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 Weston County, Wyoming”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/wyoming/weston (data as of October 10, 2026).