Hot Springs County has 2,693 wells in the WOGCC well file — 622 of them producing today (605 oil, 17 gas), 0 permitted and waiting on a rig, 2 spudded but not yet completed, and 1,602 plugged and abandoned. The most active operator by well count is Merit Energy Company. Figures below come from the 2026-09-02 WOGCC bulk file; production runs through 2026-07.
| Operator | Wells |
|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | 772 |
| Marathon Oil Company | 445 |
| Breitburn Operating L.p. | 123 |
| Citation Oil & Gas Corporation | 104 |
| Granite Creek Energy LLC | 71 |
| New Era Petroleum INC | 56 |
| Coronado Oil Company | 50 |
| Cork Petroleum Corporation | 38 |
| Valkyrie Operating LLC | 33 |
| Jellco LLC | 33 |
| Operator | bbl |
|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | 1,028,031 |
| Breitburn Operating L.p. | 121,469 |
| Granite Creek Energy LLC | 33,095 |
| New Era Petroleum INC | 19,140 |
| Citation Oil & Gas Corporation | 17,947 |
| Operator | mcf |
|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | 145,252 |
| Breitburn Operating L.p. | 3,269 |
| Valkyrie Operating LLC | 150 |
| Citation Oil & Gas Corporation | 22 |
| Field | Wells |
|---|---|
| Grass Creek | 859 |
| Hamilton Dome | 449 |
| Wc | 302 |
| Warm Springs | 226 |
| Gebo | 100 |
| Little Buffalo Basin | 100 |
| Kirby Creek | 98 |
| Lake Creek | 70 |
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
Across every well with a production record, Hot Springs County has produced 225,815,470 bbl of oil and 22,824,273 mcf of gas; 503 wells reported volumes in the last twelve months.
Start with your legal description (section, township and range) from a deed, a division order or an old check stub, then check the Hot Springs County Clerk's recorded documents for the mineral deed or reservation. Our guide walks through it step by step, and the map shows every well and spacing unit on that section so you can see whether anything is producing on your acreage.
By wells on file, Merit Energy Company, Marathon Oil Company, Breitburn Operating L.p.. Operator rankings by current production are in the tables above and change month to month as new wells come on.
From the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's public well and production files (2026-09-02 bulk file, daily spud report 2026-09-01). Oilstats.us organises the public record; it is a research tool, not a title opinion.