WYOMING · WELLS · BIG HORN COUNTY · API 49-003-20979
Vernon Smith 17
MWVertical monitor well
- Operator of record
- Merit Energy Company
- Permitted by
- Marathon Oil Company
- County
- Big Horn
- Field
- Garland
A vertical monitor well in Big Horn County, Wyoming, operated by Merit Energy Company. WOGCC status: mw.
Spudded February 26, 1997.
Completed in one field: Garland.
It has reported 143,076 bbl of oil, 66,983 Mcf of gas, and 34,192,745 bbl of water since April 1997; its last reported production was April 2015.
- 0
- bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026
- 0
- Mcf gas, same 12 months
- 0
- bbl produced water, same 12 months
- 143,076
- bbl oil since Apr 1997 · 66,983 Mcf gas
- Status
- Approved · WOGCC: Drilling or Drilled Permit
- Approved
- Dec 31, 1996
- Operator
- Marathon Oil Company
- Proposed formation
- Madison
- Target depth
- 4,494 ft
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Reported production
Every month on file for this well on form 2, summed across its fields and the operators that filed it. The newest months can still be amended.
12 months through Aug 2026 0 · prior 12 0
Vernon Smith 17: Oil by month.
Completions
ONE PER RESERVOIR THE WELL IS COMPLETED IN
| Field | Status | Perforations, ft | Completed | Produced | Oil, bbl | Gas, Mcf | Water, bbl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GarlandMadison | — | 4,104 to 4,503 MD | Oct 4, 1997 | Apr 1997 to Apr 2015 | 143,076 | 66,983 | 34,192,745 |
Formation tops
Download CSV →9 tops as filed, by depth. A formation filed more than once is listed each time.
| Formation | Depth |
|---|---|
| DINWOODY | 3,553 ft |
| PHOSPHORIA | 3,579 ft |
| TENSLEEP | 3,665 ft |
| AMSDEN | 3,818 ft |
| HORSESHOE | 3,933 ft |
| DARWIN | 3,965 ft |
| MADISON A | 3,983 ft |
| MADISON B | 4,255 ft |
| MADISON C | 4,521 ft |
Source: Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, "Geological Markers Based On Form 3"
Formation tops nearby
Operators of record
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | Jul 1, 2016 | today |
| Marathon Oil Company | Jan 1, 2000 | Jul 1, 2016 |
Well record
- API number
- 49-003-20979
- Location
- SE SE 33-56N-97W · 1401 FNL, 1387 FEL
- Coordinates
- 44.78023, -108.53615 ↗
- Elevation
- 4,007 ft
- Elevation KB
- 4,023 ft
- Total depth
- 4,553 ft
- Perforations
- 4,104 to 4,503 ft
- Land
- Private
- Basin, as WOGCC files it
- Bighorn Basin
- APD
- Approved Dec 31, 1996
- Proposed formation
- Madison
- Target depth
- 4,494 ft
- Spudded
- Feb 26, 1997
About this data
Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC), from its public database extracts. Status and type are in WOGCC's own words. Production and injection are what operators filed on form 2, by well and month; twelve-month figures end in Aug 2026, the last month whose filings are in. Locations are from the well's location plat and are approximate. The Commission's production file names each well's current operator on every month, so an operator's figures are those of the wells it operates today. Nothing is estimated.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/4900320979, documented in the API reference.