It is the last day of March. A WOGCC analyst calls to say your February Form 2 oil volume for a Big Horn lease is 112 barrels off from what the Wyoming Department of Revenue has on the severance tax side. You pull up the purchaser statement, the pumper’s gauge notebook, and the spreadsheet you built Form 2 from, and realize all three disagree.
Form 2 is Wyoming’s monthly Report of Operations, filed with the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) by the last day of the second month following production. It reports per-well oil, gas, water, dispositions, flare and vent volumes, purchasers, and well status. GreaseBook captures the daily pumper data behind it. The operator still files through the WOGCC online portal. Wyoming Form 2 is the Wyoming piece of the broader regulatory production reports framework that covers how every state’s monthly filing connects back to the same field data.
Wyoming’s rules read simple on paper. The pain comes from the cross-check: the WOGCC and the Wyoming Department of Revenue reconcile Form 2 volumes against severance tax math, and inconsistencies surface within a quarter.
What Form 2 Reports
Form 2 is filed monthly, per well. Each well line includes:
- Oil produced (barrels)
- Gas produced (MCF), including casinghead and sold gas
- Water produced (barrels)
- Days produced in the month
- Well status: producing, shut-in, injecting, plugged
- Disposition: sold, stored, used on lease, vented, flared, injected
- Purchaser for sold volumes
- API number and pool code
Wyoming requires flare and vent volumes to be reported with a documented method. The WOGCC has tightened its flaring and venting oversight in line with Rocky Mountain state trends, and operator-reported volumes are audited against gathering and satellite data.
When Form 2 Is Due
Form 2 is due by the last day of the second month following production. January production is due by the end of March. Filings go through the WOGCC’s online reporting portal.
The WOGCC accepts both direct data entry and file upload. Operators running more than a handful of wells typically use the upload path.
The Data Chain Behind Form 2
The per-well format means the data chain has to produce:
- Pumper gauges: daily on every tank battery, tied to the wells feeding it.
- Run tickets with API numbers noted, not just lease names.
- Gas meter reads at each producing well or allocation point.
- Flare and vent logs with documented calculation methods.
- Water disposition tracking: produced water injected, hauled, or evaporated.
- Shut-in and workover days: tagged to the affected well.
- Purchaser statements: reconciled against field data before submission.
The Powder River Basin horizontals typically have pad-level automation that makes data capture cleaner. The legacy verticals across the state: and the stripper wells in the Big Horn Basin: run on pumper field data, which is where the problems come from. Across production-report filing across states, Wyoming’s severance-tax cross-check is the one that catches pumper-captured inconsistencies fastest.
How GreaseBook Fits Wyoming Operator Workflows
GreaseBook captures daily gauges, run tickets, meter reads, flare volumes, and water disposition in the field on a phone or tablet. The data rolls up on the operator side well by well, with API numbers attached and purchasers tagged.
The rollup mirrors Form 2’s per-well structure. GreaseBook does not submit to the WOGCC: the operator or their Wyoming filer handles the portal login and submission. What GreaseBook solves is the data collection problem: the pumper ticket that didn’t make it to the accountant, the flare volume that got estimated, the shut-in days that got forgotten.
A Big Horn Basin operator with 22 stripper wells described the difference: “We used to build Form 2 from pumper notebooks on the 10th of every month. Now the data is built as the month goes, and the filing on the 30th is a reconciliation, not a reconstruction.”
GreaseBook gives Wyoming operators real-time pumper data so the monthly WOGCC filing runs clean.
See how GreaseBook works →Common Form 2 Filing Mistakes
- Flare volumes estimated. Wyoming wants documented methods. Estimated flare numbers are a red flag in audits.
- API number errors on legacy wells. Some Wyoming wells have been producing for 60+ years and accumulated API entry errors along the way. Reconcile before filing.
- Shut-in wells dropped from the filing. Wells still on the books get monthly lines with zero produced and a shut-in status.
- Produced water disposition missing. If water is hauled off the lease, the disposition shows up. Skipping it creates an imbalance.
- Severance tax filing and Form 2 disagreeing. The Wyoming Department of Revenue and the WOGCC cross-reference. Inconsistent numbers trigger questions on both sides.
Phrases to Eliminate in WOGCC Correspondence
When the WOGCC (or the Wyoming Department of Revenue reconciling against Form 2) asks a question, your reply sets the tone. Measurement language closes findings. Vague language invites audits.
| Instead of… | Say… | Why |
|---|---|---|
| “Form 2 and our severance tax don’t line up; we’ll get back to you” | “Form 2 shows [X] bbl and the severance filing shows [Y] bbl on [lease]; the [Z] bbl variance is reconciled to the [date] stock adjustment and amended on both sides” | WOGCC and Wyoming DOR cross-reference automatically. Naming the variance and the corrective amendment closes it faster than silence. |
| “We estimated flare volumes on the Powder River pad” | “Flare volumes are calculated using [documented method, cite] for [dates] on [well API]” | Wyoming audits flare numbers against gathering statements and satellite data. “Estimated” without a method is a red flag. |
| “The pumper forgot to log shut-in days on that stripper” | “That well was shut-in [X] days in [month]; the status is reconstructed from the adjacent daily gauges and tagged to the workover record” | Never tell the WOGCC a record is missing if you can reconcile it. Show the math. |
| “We filed late because we were chasing purchaser statements” | “Form 2 filed [X] business days after the due date; the variance was self-reported with the amendment” | WOGCC is small but thorough. Self-disclosure lands better than excuses. |
Identity Framing: What the Best Wyoming Operators Do
The best Wyoming operators do not reconstruct Form 2 on the 29th of the second month. They keep the purchaser statement, the pumper gauge log, and the severance tax file aligned as the month closes, so the WOGCC filing on the last day is a submission, not a rescue. The BLM wells stay tied to their ONRR OGOR in the same rhythm.
Wrong Fit for This Page
If you are a Powder River Basin major running a P2 or Quorum accounting stack with integrated SCADA and automated Form 2 output, you don’t need help on the data side. This page is for the Wyoming independent running legacy verticals in the Big Horn, stripper wells in the Green River, or smaller unconventional wells where the pumper is still running the data chain by hand.
FAQ
Does GreaseBook handle WOGCC electronic filing?
No. Form 2 still files through WOGCC Online. GreaseBook gives you the clean per-lease monthly production rollup that feeds the form: the filing step stays with you or your accountant.
When is Wyoming Form 2 due?
Form 2 is due by the last day of the second month following production. February production is due by the end of April.
What does the WOGCC do?
The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission regulates oil and gas production in the state, including permitting, well status, and monthly production reporting through Form 2.
Are flare volumes reported on Wyoming Form 2?
Yes. Flared and vented gas volumes are reported monthly, with documented calculation methods. The WOGCC audits these against gathering and satellite data.
How are Wyoming Form 2 filings submitted?
Through the WOGCC’s online reporting portal, with both direct entry and file upload accepted.
Related Pages
Wyoming is one of the five states GreaseBook automates state production reports for: Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Wyoming, and Michigan. Form 2 still files through the WOGCC portal, but the per-well data chain feeding it is the part that collapses the month-end scramble.
- Oil and gas regulatory production reports: the pillar guide to state production filings.
- North Dakota NDIC Form 5: North Dakota equivalent for multi-state Rocky Mountain operators.
- Colorado COGCC Form 7: Colorado monthly production filing for operators across the southern Rockies.
- Texas RRC Form PR: Texas monthly production report, the sister-state anchor for most Rocky Mountain independents.
GreaseBook captures the pumper's gauges and run tickets the day they happen, so Wyoming operators reconcile Form 2 against the purchaser statement before the WOGCC asks questions. Because the WOGCC audits on severance tax math, not on intent.
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