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Socorro County, New Mexico Wells Summary

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Total wells

32
Socorro County

Most recent drilling

Dec 2009
~16 years ago

First on record

2002
records span 8 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Socorro County contains 32 wells on file, with top operators including PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR and TWINING DRILLING CORPORATION.

Most recent well on record: PRE-ONGARD WELL #002, operated by PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 35053

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

Socorro 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.
32 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Socorro County by total wells

PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR18TWINING DRILLING CORPORATION7CHAPARRAL ENERGY LLC4DAVID V. ALCORN1PRIMERO OPERATING INC1STELLAR ENERGY, LLC1

Operators: Pre-Ongard Well Operator, Twining Drilling Corporation, Chaparral Energy Llc, David V. Alcorn, Primero Operating Inc, Stellar Energy, Llc.

Top Counties in New Mexico most active by total wells

Compare Socorro 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
PRE-ONGARD WELL #002 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-15000
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-20001
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-20002
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-20003
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-20004
JAN #001 2026-03-18 DAVID V. ALCORN 30-053-20016
NAT #002 2026-03-18 TWINING DRILLING CORPORATION 30-053-20018
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-20019
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-20020
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-053-20021

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