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Catron County, New Mexico Wells Summary

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Total wells

40
Catron County

Most recent drilling

Jun 2017
~9 years ago

First on record

1977
records span 40 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Catron County contains 40 wells on file, with top operators including PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR and KINDER MORGAN CO2 CO. LP.

Most recent well on record: FEDERAL #001, operated by TENNECO OIL COMPANY — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 35003

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-07-02

98 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 93 Permian
  • 5 Other

Drilling for

  • 92 Oil
  • 5 Gas
  • 1 Miscellaneous

Catron 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.
40 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Catron County by total wells

PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR10KINDER MORGAN CO2 CO. LP5TRANSOCEAN OIL, INC4RIDGEWAY ARIZONA OIL CORP.4SHELL WESTERN E & P INC3METANO RESOURCES, L.L.C.3REEVES BROTHERS PETROLEUM2A. N. SPANEL - W. O. HEINZE2SUN OIL CO1TENNECO OIL COMPANY1

Operators: Pre-Ongard Well Operator, Kinder Morgan Co2 Co. Lp, Transocean Oil, Inc, Ridgeway Arizona Oil Corp., Shell Western E & P Inc, Metano Resources, L.l.c., Reeves Brothers Petroleum, A. N. Spanel - W. O. Heinze, Sun Oil Co, Tenneco Oil Company.

Top Counties in New Mexico most active by total wells

Compare Catron against the other busiest counties in New Mexico:

  • Lea · 48,526 wells
  • Eddy · 41,367 wells
  • San Juan · 22,428 wells
  • Rio Arriba · 12,850 wells
  • Chaves · 7,552 wells
  • Roosevelt · 1,785 wells
  • Sandoval · 1,731 wells
  • McKinley · 1,499 wells
  • Colfax · 985 wells
  • Harding · 665 wells
  • Union · 536 wells
  • Guadalupe · 122 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
FEDERAL #001 2026-03-18 TENNECO OIL COMPANY 30-003-20001
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-05007
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-20008
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-60001
SAN AUGUSTIN PLAINS UNIT #001 2026-03-18 SUN OIL CO 30-003-05002
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-05015
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-05012
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-05017
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-05000
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-003-60003

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