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Wyoming Drilling Activity Report — August 2026

Statewide permits, drilled-but-uncompleted inventory, recent spuds, newly producing wells, and the most active operators and counties — compiled monthly from Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission well-header records. Free to cite, quote, and embed with attribution.

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The Month in One Sentence

As of August 1, 2026, Wyoming has 308 drilling permits filed over the trailing 24 months, 87 drilled-but-uncompleted (DUC) wells in inventory, 65 wells spudded in the last 90 days, and 74 wells brought onto first production in the last six months, across 23 producing counties — per Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission records compiled by Buckhead Energy.

308
Permits · trailing 24 mo
87
DUC wells in inventory
65
Spudded · last 90 days
74
New producers · 6 mo
100
Active operators tracked
23
Producing counties

Most Active Operators

#OperatorWellsPermits 24moDUCs
1 Eog Resources 13,400 80 855
2 Anadarko Petroleum 7,208 87 505
3 Devon Energy Production Company 6,180 70 341
4 Anschutz Exploration 6,106 243 160
5 Carbon Creek Energy 5,317 0 63

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Hottest Counties

#CountyRecent PermitsDUCsProducing Wells
1 Campbell 208 8,524
2 Converse 463 2,737
3 Johnson 128 2,128
4 Sweetwater 63 2,524
5 Sublette 157 1,801

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Methodology & Downloads

Compiled from Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) well-header and production filings: permits over a trailing 24-month window, current DUC inventory (spudded, not yet completed), spuds in the last 90 days, and wells with first production within six months. Refreshed monthly; every figure carries the as-of date above.

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Cite this report (CC BY 4.0): Buckhead Energy, "Wyoming Drilling Activity Report — August 2026," compiled from Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission records, August 1, 2026. https://www.buckheadenergy.com/wyoming-drilling-activity-report

Journalists and researchers: monthly figures, county-level breakdowns, and CSV extracts are available on request — [email protected].