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Boulder County, Colorado Wells Summary

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Total wells

783
Boulder County

Most recent drilling

Sep 2012
~13 years ago

First on record

1972
records span 40 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Boulder County contains 783 wells on file, with top operators including EXTRACTION OIL & GAS INC and CRESTONE PEAK RESOURCES OPERATING LLC.

Wells in Boulder span several oil & gas fields including WATTENBERG and BOULDER.

Most recent well on record: GALLAGHER, operated by GALLAGHER FAMILY PARTNERSHIP — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 08013

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-05-29

11 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 8 DJ-Niobrara
  • 3 Other

Drilling for

  • 8 Oil
  • 3 Gas

Boulder 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.
783 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Boulder County by total wells

EXTRACTION OIL & GAS INC157CRESTONE PEAK RESOURCES OPERATING LLC126GERRITY OIL & GAS CORP91ENCANA OIL & GAS (USA) INC47OLD OPERATORS - STATUS UNKNOWN44UNKNOWN43MARTIN EXPLORATION MANAGEMENT CO19BASIN EXPLORATION INC19NOBLE ENERGY INC18MEYER OIL COMPANY17

Operators: Extraction Oil & Gas Inc, Crestone Peak Resources Operating Llc, Gerrity Oil & Gas Corp, Encana Oil & Gas (Usa) Inc, Old Operators - Status Unknown, Unknown, Martin Exploration Management Co, Basin Exploration Inc, Noble Energy Inc, Meyer Oil Company.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Boulder County

WATTENBERG506BOULDER96WILDCAT88HOLLAND31BOULDER VALLEY25SUPERIOR16HOLLAND WEST5HIGHLAND5BAXTER LAKE3TABLE MOUNTAIN2

Fields: Wattenberg, Boulder, Wildcat, Holland, Boulder Valley, Superior, Holland West, Highland, Baxter Lake, Table Mountain.

Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells

Compare Boulder against the other busiest counties in Colorado:

  • Weld · 45,233 wells
  • Garfield · 17,243 wells
  • Rio Blanco · 7,358 wells
  • Yuma · 6,234 wells
  • Washington · 5,803 wells
  • Adams · 4,941 wells
  • La Plata · 4,608 wells
  • Las Animas · 4,015 wells
  • Logan · 3,923 wells
  • Morgan · 3,030 wells
  • Mesa · 2,818 wells
  • Moffat · 2,286 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
GALLAGHER 2026-03-18 GALLAGHER FAMILY PARTNERSHIP 05-013-05021
COX 2026-03-18 GERRITY OIL & GAS CORP 05-013-06149
SHEDD 2026-03-18 KP KAUFFMAN COMPANY INC 05-013-06225
MEMO 2026-03-18 GERRITY OIL & GAS CORP 05-013-06308
CRAWFORD 2026-03-18 OLD OPERATORS - STATUS UNKNOWN 05-013-60038
ERTL MC 2026-03-18 GERRITY OIL & GAS CORP 05-013-06394
TABOR 2026-03-18 HYNDREX RESOURCES 05-013-06207
WARREN MAXWELL 2026-03-18 OLD OPERATORS - STATUS UNKNOWN 05-013-60014
JOHNSON 2026-03-18 UNKNOWN 05-013-05048
BRUNING-PEAK 2026-03-18 UNKNOWN 05-013-05149

Surface Ownership Records:

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