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Lincoln County, Wyoming Wells Summary

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Total wells

2,720
Lincoln County

Most recent drilling

Nov 2023
2.7 years ago

First on record

1902
records span 121 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Lincoln County contains 2,720 wells on file, with top operators including HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY and EOG RESOURCES INC.

Wells in Lincoln span several oil & gas fields including WC and WHISKEY BUTTE.

Most recent well on record: COW HOLLOW #55, operated by BANNON ENERGY INC — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 56023

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-07-17

17 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 17 Other

Drilling for

  • 14 Oil
  • 3 Gas

Lincoln County well density

Every dot is one well — small blue dots are historic wells; larger orange dots are wells with activity in the last 60 days.
2,720 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Lincoln County by total wells

HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY843EOG RESOURCES INC254GREYLOCK PRODUCTION LLC246XTO ENERGY INC235CHEVRON USA INC127BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY110BREITBURN OPERATING L.P.71FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGMENT LLC47URBAN OIL & GAS GROUP LLC44ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC35

Operators: Hilcorp Energy Company, Eog Resources Inc, Greylock Production Llc, Xto Energy Inc, Chevron Usa Inc, Bp America Production Company, Breitburn Operating L.p., Foundation Energy Managment Llc, Urban Oil & Gas Group Llc, Anadarko E&p Onshore Llc.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Lincoln County

WC431WHISKEY BUTTE382FONTENELLE353COW HOLLOW272LABARGE266GREEN RIVER BEND213WILSON RANCH149SHUTE CREEK97BRUFF85EMIGRANT SPRINGS80

Fields: Wc, Whiskey Butte, Fontenelle, Cow Hollow, Labarge, Green River Bend, Wilson Ranch, Shute Creek, Bruff, Emigrant Springs.

Top Counties in Wyoming most active by total wells

Compare Lincoln against the other busiest counties in Wyoming:

  • Campbell · 59,572 wells
  • Converse · 25,987 wells
  • Johnson · 23,489 wells
  • Sweetwater · 13,881 wells
  • Sublette · 12,508 wells
  • Natrona · 10,309 wells
  • Laramie · 9,809 wells
  • Sheridan · 8,382 wells
  • Weston · 7,716 wells
  • Carbon · 5,757 wells
  • Fremont · 5,204 wells
  • Crook · 4,460 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
COW HOLLOW #55 2026-03-18 BANNON ENERGY INC 2321045
WC #4 2026-03-18 BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY 2321043
COW HOLLOW #52 2026-03-18 BANNON ENERGY INC 2321036
WC #2 2026-03-18 BANNON ENERGY INC 2321023
COW HOLLOW #51 2026-03-18 BANNON ENERGY INC 2321032
WHISKEY BUTTE #1 2026-03-18 BANNON ENERGY INC 2321026
COW HOLLOW #33 2026-03-18 BANNON ENERGY INC 2320958
4-2 2026-03-18 ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC 2321013
WC #1 2026-03-18 BANNON ENERGY INC 2321022
NAMES HILL #2 2026-03-18 EOG Y RESOURCES INC 2320996

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