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Denver County, Colorado Wells Summary

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Total wells

132
Denver County

Most recent drilling

Sep 2008
~17 years ago

First on record

1970
records span 38 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Denver County contains 132 wells on file, with top operators including CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER and PETRO-CANADA RESOURCES (USA) INC.

Wells in Denver span several oil & gas fields including WATTENBERG and THIRD CREEK.

Most recent well on record: DIA, operated by PETRO-CANADA RESOURCES (USA) INC — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 08031

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-06-12

11 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 8 DJ-Niobrara
  • 3 Other

Drilling for

  • 8 Oil
  • 3 Gas

Denver 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.
132 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Denver County by total wells

CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER72PETRO-CANADA RESOURCES (USA) INC28AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY8KOCH EXPLORATION COMPANY LLC6BRADEN OIL COMPANY4CHAMPLIN PETROLEUM COMPANY3ROCK OIL CORP2SANDLIN OIL CORP1SUHR-FIEDLER-LOCK DRLG CO1SWIFT & COMPANY1

Operators: City & County Of Denver, Petro-Canada Resources (Usa) Inc, Amoco Production Company, Koch Exploration Company Llc, Braden Oil Company, Champlin Petroleum Company, Rock Oil Corp, Sandlin Oil Corp, Suhr-Fiedler-Lock Drlg Co, Swift & Company.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Denver County

WATTENBERG69THIRD CREEK38WILDCAT17AMBUSH4DOHERTY3TACO1

Fields: Wattenberg, Third Creek, Wildcat, Ambush, Doherty, Taco.

Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells

Compare Denver 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
DIA 2026-03-18 PETRO-CANADA RESOURCES (USA) INC 05-031-08849
BOX ELDER 2026-03-18 ROUSE * JACK 05-031-40002
RICHARDSON RANCH 2026-03-18 MID-COLORADO OIL COMPANY 05-031-05027
DIA 2026-03-18 PETRO-CANADA RESOURCES (USA) INC 05-031-08841
BEAVER 2026-03-18 ROCK OIL CORP 05-031-08511
DIA 2026-03-18 PETRO-CANADA RESOURCES (USA) INC 05-031-08838
MONAGHAN A 2026-03-18 KOCH EXPLORATION COMPANY LLC 05-031-06417
AUSTIN 32-17 2026-03-18 CHAMPLIN PETROLEUM COMPANY 05-031-06883
STATE 2026-03-18 MR HALL 05-031-05001
DIA 2026-03-18 PETRO-CANADA RESOURCES (USA) INC 05-031-08867

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