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Ec<strong>on</strong>omic Impacts of Oil and Gas Development <strong>on</strong> BLM Lands in Wyoming<br />

Source: EIA 2010b, 2010c<br />

Figure 1. Trends in Oil and Gas Producti<strong>on</strong> in Wyoming 1980–2009.<br />

WELLS<br />

According to the Wyoming Oil and Gas C<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> Commissi<strong>on</strong> (WYOCC), there were<br />

approximately 39,570 producing wells in Wyoming in 2009 (WYOCC 2010). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>se wells<br />

produced 51.3 milli<strong>on</strong> barrels of crude oil and 2,359,248 MMcf of natural gas (EIA<br />

2010a). Wyoming oil and gas development occurs primarily in seven geologic basins: Big<br />

Horn Basin, Denver-Cheyenne, Greater Green River, Laramie, Overthrust Belt, Powder<br />

River Basin, and Wind River Basin (Wyoming Heritage Foundati<strong>on</strong> 2008). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> largest<br />

percentage of oil and gas development occurs in the Powder River Basin (primarily in<br />

Campbell County) and the Greater Green River Basin (primarily in Sublette and<br />

Sweetwater counties) where the Pinedale and J<strong>on</strong>ah natural gas fields are located. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

distributi<strong>on</strong> of producing oil and gas wells in Wyoming is illustrated in Figure 2.<br />

2

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