Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Sweetwater County has 3,875 active wells under 46 operators, of 8,621 drilled.
Its wells reported 2,968,830 bbl of oil, 206,370,754 Mcf of gas, and 43,962,632 bbl of produced water in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 10% on the twelve months before.
37 APDs were approved and 3 wells spudded here in the last twelve months; 37 approved wells have no spud date yet.
4,208,981 bbl of water were injected in the twelve months through August 2026, across 226 active injection and disposal wells.
Crowheart Energy LLC operates the wells behind 37% of that oil.
- 3,875
- active wells · 46 operators
- 3.0M
- bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −10%
- 206M
- Mcf gas, same 12 months · −6%
- 37
- APDs approved in 12 months · 3 wells spudded
All 14,136 wells on file in Sweetwater 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 2,968,830 · prior 12 3,293,768(-10%)
Sweetwater County: Oil by month.
Wells spudded, by year
HorizontalVertical and directional
Operators by oil
BBL · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026
Crowheart Energy LLC1,768 active wells
1.1M bbl
Contango Resources LLC225 active wells
849,042 bbl
Amplify Energy Operating LLC252 active wells
716,663 bbl
Rangeview Resources Operating Co152 active wells
96,904 bbl
Wexpro Company411 active wells
84,087 bbl
Hilcorp Energy Company356 active wells
45,321 bbl
Urban Oil & Gas Group LLC108 active wells
17,822 bbl
Wexpro II Company55 active wells
11,888 bbl
What the wells each operator runs today reported, whoever operated them at the time.
Operators
| Field | Active wells | Oil, 12 mo | Gas, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Draw | 225 | 835,423 | 57.2M |
| WC | 121 | 441,614 | 12.8M |
| Lost Soldier | 191 | 421,027 | 22.8M |
| Wertz | 61 | 295,636 | 17.0M |
| Siberia Ridge | 291 | 187,631 | 8.7M |
| Echo Springs | 192 | 165,480 | 6.3M |
| Tierney | 218 | 61,531 | 4.1M |
| Canyon Creek | 201 | 53,622 | 15.3M |
| Luman Rim | 8 | 52,341 | 1.0M |
| Wild Rose | 328 | 49,029 | 4.7M |
| Frewen | 109 | 48,744 | 2.3M |
| Wamsutter | 353 | 47,727 | 6.8M |
| Strike | 38 | 39,229 | 1.2M |
| Two Rim | 104 | 36,196 | 2.5M |
| Great Divide | 5 | 31,905 | 1.3M |
Latest APDs
All of them →| Approved | Well | Operator | Proposed formation | Target depth | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Sobo Fed 2093-3106-1BHHZ49-037-33166 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Baxter | 14,730 ft | Active Permit |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Sobo Fed 2093-3106-2BHHZ49-037-33167 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Baxter | 13,872 ft | Active Permit |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Moira Fed 2395-3403-1MHHZ49-037-33157 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Mesaverde | 10,550 ft | Not spudded |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Moira Fed 2395-3403-2MHHZ49-037-33158 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Mesaverde | 10,491 ft | Not spudded |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Moira Fed 2395-3403-1LHHZ49-037-33159 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Lewis | 9,700 ft | Not spudded |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Moira Fed 2395-3403-2LHHZ49-037-33160 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Lewis | 9,990 ft | Not spudded |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Sobo Fed 2093-3019-1MHHZ49-037-33161 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Mesaverde | 9,846 ft | Not spudded |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Sobo Fed 2093-3019-2MHHZ49-037-33162 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Mesaverde | 10,076 ft | Not spudded |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Holladay 7-2HHZ49-037-33099 | Red Desert Resources, LLC | Lewis | 7,750 ft | — |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Alkali Gulch Buffer 20-949-037-33083 | Wexpro Company | Mesaverde | 7,561 ft | Not spudded |
Largest wells
| Well | Operator | County | Field | Oil, 12 mo | Gas, 12 mo | Water, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latham 31-6-2MH 49-037-33002 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Echo Springs | 86,399 | 2,000,695 | 108,647 |
| Wild Rose 7E-10-1LH 49-037-33043 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | WC | 80,336 | 1,803,431 | 287,799 |
| Wertz Unit 96H 49-037-22351 | Amplify Energy Operating LLC | Sweetwater | Wertz | 52,698 | 1,922,212 | 1,729,630 |
| Luman 7-31-1LH 49-037-32974 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | WC | 50,509 | 636,378 | 64,937 |
| Great Divide 36-1LH 49-037-32942 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Luman Rim | 42,551 | 521,374 | 20,788 |
| Latham 31-19-1LH 49-037-33004 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Echo Springs | 37,648 | 104,342 | 153,595 |
| Monell Unit 23-12 49-037-27825 | Contango Resources LLC | Sweetwater | Patrick Draw | 36,597 | 1,018,153 | 6,605 |
| Unit Patented 75 49-037-20816 | Amplify Energy Operating LLC | Sweetwater | Lost Soldier | 31,472 | 2,514,398 | 1,711,000 |
| Wild Rose 7E-10-2LH 49-037-33044 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | WC | 31,224 | 780,919 | 125,668 |
| Abc Unit 89H 49-037-22352 | Amplify Energy Operating LLC | Sweetwater | Wertz | 30,113 | 992,524 | 609,312 |
Disposal and injection wells
BBL OF WATER INJECTED · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026
| Well | Operator | County | Field | Injected, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Lake SWD H5 15-1 49-037-30786 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Siberia Ridge | 898,912 |
| Wamsutter 16-36-20-94 49-037-24909 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Wamsutter | 821,324 |
| WDW 8 49-037-28550 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Wild Rose | 665,106 |
| Wamsutter 41-23 SWD 49-037-27631 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Tierney | 333,505 |
| WDW 12 49-037-23252 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Red Desert | 296,067 |
| Wamsutter SWD 27-2 49-037-25263 | Crowheart Energy LLC | Sweetwater | Tierney | 248,171 |
| Uprc 1-9 49-037-22891 | North Shore Exploration & Prod LLC | Sweetwater | Brady | 230,405 |
| Barricade 44-1 49-037-26330 | Rangeview Resources Operating Co | Sweetwater | WC | 184,944 |
| Monell Unit 179 49-037-22786 | Contango Resources LLC | Sweetwater | Patrick Draw | 121,632 |
| Monell Unit 54-33 49-037-26770 | Contango Resources LLC | Sweetwater | Patrick Draw | 121,632 |
Questions about Sweetwater County
How many drilling permits were issued in Sweetwater County in the last 12 months?
37 APDs were approved in Sweetwater County in the last 12 months, up 28% from 29 in the 12 months before. 38% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was approved Oct 15, 2026.
Every Sweetwater County APD →Which operator produces the most oil in Sweetwater County?
Wells operated by Crowheart Energy LLC in Sweetwater County reported 1.1 million barrels of oil in the 12 months through August 2026, 37% of the county's total, followed by Contango Resources LLC (849,042 bbl) and Amplify Energy Operating LLC (716,663 bbl). It operates 1,768 active wells here.
Operators in Sweetwater County →How many oil and gas wells are in Sweetwater County?
14,136 wells are on file in Sweetwater County, including 3,875 active, 3,822 plugged, and 37 permitted and not yet drilled. 3,210 are horizontal. The active wells are under 46 operators.
Every well in Sweetwater County →How much oil and gas does Sweetwater County produce?
Wells in Sweetwater County reported 3.0 million barrels of oil and 206 million Mcf of gas on form 2 in the 12 months through August 2026; oil is down 10% from 3.3 million in the 12 months before.
Production by month in Sweetwater County →How much water is injected in Sweetwater County?
4.2 million barrels of water were injected in Sweetwater County in the 12 months through August 2026, level with 4.2 million in the 12 months before, across 226 active injection and disposal wells.
Injection by month in Sweetwater County →What are the largest oil fields in Sweetwater County?
Counting oil reported in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest is Patrick Draw, with 835,423 barrels. Second is WC, with 441,614 barrels. Third is Lost Soldier, with 421,027 barrels.
Every field in Sweetwater 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/sweetwater, documented in the API reference.