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Big Horn County, Wyoming

Big Horn County has 480 active wells under 19 operators, of 2,490 drilled.

Its wells reported 1,048,861 bbl of oil, 971,485 Mcf of gas, and 145,137,065 bbl of produced water in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 6% on the twelve months before.

56,214,514 bbl of water were injected in the twelve months through August 2026, across 74 active injection and disposal wells.

Merit Energy Company operates the wells behind 82% of that oil.

480
active wells · 19 operators
1.0M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −6%
971,485
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −4%
0
APDs approved in 12 months · 0 wells spudded

All 2,594 wells on file in Big Horn County, searchable →

Reported production by month

Summed from the county's wells, through Aug 2026. A month still being filed is left out, not drawn low.

12 months through Aug 2026 1,048,861 · prior 12 1,110,140(-6%)

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Big Horn County: Oil by month.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Operators by oil

BBL · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Merit Energy Company291 active wells

    861,872 bbl

  2. Tribar Resources LLC23 active wells

    62,840 bbl

  3. Red Rock Resources Corporation26 active wells

    57,437 bbl

  4. Granite Creek Energy LLC3 active wells

    27,795 bbl

  5. Rim Operating Inc3 active wells

    17,730 bbl

  6. Natural Gas Processing Company51 active wells

    7,744 bbl

  7. Bunkirt J J Oil & Gas Corporation4 active wells

    3,639 bbl

  8. Nepeco2 active wells

    3,591 bbl

What the wells each operator runs today reported, whoever operated them at the time.

Operators

OperatorActive wellsAPDs, 12 moOil, 12 moGas, 12 moWater, 12 mo
Merit Energy Company wells2910861,872272,940126M
Tribar Resources LLC wells23062,8403,55812.1M
Red Rock Resources Corporation wells26057,43704.1M
Granite Creek Energy LLC wells3027,79501.7M
Rim Operating Inc wells3017,7300171,544
Natural Gas Processing Company wells5107,744108,816341
Bunkirt J J Oil & Gas Corporation wells403,639630870
Nepeco wells203,5910558,400
Kentex Worland LLC wells2603,121552,6127,216
Pride Energy Company AN Oklahoma GP wells101,810051
Valkyrie Operating LLC wells709692,5950
Underwood Oil & Gas wells2030800
Wind River Exploration wells20502,569
Cody Energy Inc wells10030,3340
Endeavor Energy LLC wells270000
Wyoil Corp wells80000
Atlantic Oil and Gas Development LLC wells10000
Pilot Peak Resources LLC wells10000
New Era Petroleum Inc wells10000
Cribbs Gary D Cribbs Exploration wells00000

Fields

Every field with a completion here →
FieldActive wellsOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Garland200588,172260,644
Byron95277,29612,296
Torchlight2362,8403,558
Sage Creek1846,2600
Homestead327,7950
Alkali Anticline317,7300
Manderson559,014108,816
Cowley27,4190
Deaver North73,7580
Coon Creek31,835630
Byron Southeast01,8040
Dobie Creek61,270266,695
Five Mile171,104213,741
Greybull West29212,349
Worland374772,176

Latest APDs

All of them →
ApprovedWellOperatorProposed formationTarget depthNow
May 27, 2025Worland Unit 10449-003-21662Kentex Worland LLCMuddy9,863 ftNot spudded
Mar 27, 2025Worland Unit 103HHZ49-003-21663Kentex Worland LLCMuddy9,850 ftNot spudded
Jul 31, 2019Cross Gas 2049-003-21661Merit Energy CompanyMadison4,678 ftExpired Permit
Sep 14, 2018State 36-53-9549-003-21660Ranch Resources LLCMadison13,552 ftSpuddedOct 15, 2018
May 10, 2018Utah Wyoming 1249-003-21659Merit Energy CompanyMadison4,678 ftSpuddedMay 30, 2018
May 9, 2018Cross Gas 1949-003-21658Merit Energy CompanyMadison4,682 ftSpuddedMay 21, 2018
Apr 16, 2018Byron Union 14HHZ49-003-21657Merit Energy CompanyPhosphoria5,438 ftSpuddedJun 9, 2018
Oct 30, 2017Neville 3HHZ49-003-21655Merit Energy CompanyPhosphoria5,595 ftSpuddedNov 13, 2017
Aug 2, 2017Abraham 749-003-20499Merit Energy CompanyMadison6,499 ftSpuddedJul 30, 1979
Jul 31, 2017Abraham 11HHZ49-003-21656Merit Energy CompanyEmbar5,490 ftSpuddedAug 25, 2017

Largest wells

WellOperatorCountyFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 moWater, 12 mo
Shepperson Ranch 2 49-003-20168Granite Creek Energy LLCBig HornHomestead21,35801,202,470
Neville 3H 49-003-21655Merit Energy CompanyBig HornByron18,43083092,183
M Cozzens 5 49-003-06397Merit Energy CompanyBig HornByron16,5347251,479,212
Davis 5 49-003-21559Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland14,9095,859616,863
Abraham 11H 49-003-21656Merit Energy CompanyBig HornByron14,864648108,925
Utah Southern 17 49-003-06210Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland11,9544,6613,281,547
Cozzens 7 49-003-20563Merit Energy CompanyBig HornByron11,5515042,402,083
Cardinal Hoskins 1 49-003-06289Merit Energy CompanyBig HornByron10,4904571,141,236
Utah Southern 20 49-003-20114Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland10,3094,0272,858,492
Hoskins B C-456628B 5 49-003-06426Merit Energy CompanyBig HornByron10,034438773,423

Disposal and injection wells

BBL OF WATER INJECTED · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

WellOperatorCountyFieldInjected, 12 mo
Roy Willey Patented 3 49-003-20136Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland10,740,271
Allen 8X 49-003-21634Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland10,367,819
Colony 13 49-003-20245Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland6,011,278
Roy Willey Fee 5 49-003-20457Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland6,010,525
PG Sessions 5 49-003-20465Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland4,747,820
E E Jones 8 49-003-20739Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland4,475,595
Allen Oil 10 49-003-20747Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland4,347,826
Utah South C-044105 39 49-003-20397Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland4,280,098
Cozzens 4 49-003-05036Merit Energy CompanyBig HornByron2,874,611
Colony Fee 8 49-003-20091Merit Energy CompanyBig HornGarland1,328,218

Questions about Big Horn County

How many drilling permits were issued in Big Horn County in the last 12 months?

0 APDs were approved in Big Horn County in the last 12 months, down 100% from 2 in the 12 months before. The most recent was approved May 27, 2025. 2,554 are on file since 1903.

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Which operator produces the most oil in Big Horn County?

Wells operated by Merit Energy Company in Big Horn County reported 861,872 barrels of oil in the 12 months through August 2026, 82% of the county's total, followed by Tribar Resources LLC (62,840 bbl) and Red Rock Resources Corporation (57,437 bbl). It operates 291 active wells here.

Operators in Big Horn County →

How many oil and gas wells are in Big Horn County?

2,594 wells are on file in Big Horn County, including 480 active, 1,803 plugged, and 9 permitted and not yet drilled. 22 are horizontal. The active wells are under 19 operators.

Every well in Big Horn County →

How much oil and gas does Big Horn County produce?

Wells in Big Horn County reported 1.0 million barrels of oil and 971,485 Mcf of gas on form 2 in the 12 months through August 2026; oil is down 6% from 1.1 million in the 12 months before.

Production by month in Big Horn County →

How much water is injected in Big Horn County?

56.2 million barrels of water were injected in Big Horn County in the 12 months through August 2026, down 7% from 60.2 million in the 12 months before, across 74 active injection and disposal wells.

Injection by month in Big Horn County →

What are the largest oil fields in Big Horn County?

Counting oil reported in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest is Garland, with 588,172 barrels. Second is Byron, with 277,296 barrels. Third is Torchlight, with 62,840 barrels.

Every field in Big Horn County →

About this data

Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. A well's county is the county code in its API number. Volumes are what operators filed on form 2 for the county's wells, by month, through Aug 2026 for production and Aug 2026 for injection. Nothing is estimated.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/wy/big-horn, documented in the API reference.