WYOMING · WELLS · BIG HORN COUNTY · API 49-003-20980
Vernon Smith 16
Temporarily abandonedVertical oil well
- Operator of record
- Merit Energy Company
- Permitted by
- Marathon Oil Company
- County
- Big Horn
- Field
- Garland
A vertical oil well in Big Horn County, Wyoming, operated by Merit Energy Company. WOGCC status: temporarily abandoned.
Spudded March 10, 1997.
Completed in one field: Garland.
It has reported 42,185 bbl of oil, 36,117 Mcf of gas, and 3,929,137 bbl of water since April 1997; its last reported production was March 2000.
- 0
- bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026
- 0
- Mcf gas, same 12 months
- 0
- bbl produced water, same 12 months
- 42,185
- bbl oil since Apr 1997 · 36,117 Mcf gas
- Status
- Approved · WOGCC: Drilling or Drilled Permit
- Approved
- Dec 31, 1996
- Operator
- Marathon Oil Company
- Proposed formation
- Madison
- Target depth
- 4,604 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 16: 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 | — | 4,192 to 4,590 MD | Nov 28, 1997 | Apr 1997 to Mar 2000 | 42,185 | 36,117 | 3,929,137 |
Formation tops
Download CSV →7 tops as filed, by depth. A formation filed more than once is listed each time.
| Formation | Depth |
|---|---|
| FROTNIER | 440 ft |
| MUDDY | 1,765 ft |
| CHUGWATER | 3,116 ft |
| TENSLEEP | 3,720 ft |
| MADISON A | 4,057 ft |
| MADISON B | 4,336 ft |
| MADISON C | 4,606 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
- 49-003-20980
- Location
- SE SE 33-56N-97W · 1401 FNL, 1412 FEL
- Coordinates
- 44.78023, -108.53625 ↗
- Elevation
- 4,007 ft
- Elevation KB
- 4,023 ft
- Total depth
- 4,650 ft
- Perforations
- 4,192 to 4,590 ft
- Land
- Private
- Basin, as WOGCC files it
- Bighorn Basin
- APD
- Approved Dec 31, 1996
- Proposed formation
- Madison
- Target depth
- 4,604 ft
- Spudded
- Mar 10, 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/4900320980, documented in the API reference.