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Dolores County, Colorado Wells Summary

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Total wells

206
Dolores County

Most recent drilling

Sep 2019
~6 years ago

First on record

1970
records span 49 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Dolores County contains 206 wells on file, with top operators including HIGHPOINT OPERATING CORPORATION and KINDER MORGAN CO2 CO LLC.

Wells in Dolores span several oil & gas fields including WILDCAT and PAPOOSE CANYON.

Most recent well on record: DOE CANYON, operated by KINDER MORGAN CO2 CO LLC — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 08033

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

Dolores 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.
206 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Dolores County by total wells

HIGHPOINT OPERATING CORPORATION30KINDER MORGAN CO2 CO LLC26AMERICAN HELIUM LLC22DAVIS OIL COMPANY9SEELEY OIL COMPANY LLC7SANTA FE SNYDER CORPORATION7D J SIMMONS INC6AMPOLEX (USA) INC5BURR OIL AND GAS, INC5CHEROKEE & PITTSBURG COAL AND MINING COMPANY* THE5

Operators: Highpoint Operating Corporation, Kinder Morgan Co2 Co Llc, American Helium Llc, Davis Oil Company, Seeley Oil Company Llc, Santa Fe Snyder Corporation, D J Simmons Inc, Ampolex (Usa) Inc, Burr Oil And Gas, Inc, Cherokee & Pittsburg Coal And Mining Company* The.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Dolores County

WILDCAT95PAPOOSE CANYON73DOE CANYON23SOLO LOBO5SQUAW CREEK4UNNAMED2LONE MESA1BUG POINT1STONE PONY1DOVE CREEK1

Fields: Wildcat, Papoose Canyon, Doe Canyon, Solo Lobo, Squaw Creek, Unnamed, Lone Mesa, Bug Point, Stone Pony, Dove Creek.

Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells

Compare Dolores 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
DOE CANYON 2026-03-18 KINDER MORGAN CO2 CO LLC 05-033-06136
Daves 2026-03-18 HIGHPOINT OPERATING CORPORATION 05-033-06169
FED WEST DOE CANYON 2026-03-18 HIGHPOINT OPERATING CORPORATION 05-033-06128
Daves 2026-03-18 HIGHPOINT OPERATING CORPORATION 05-033-06168
DOE CANYON DISPOSAL (DWD) 2026-03-18 KINDER MORGAN CO2 CO LLC 05-033-06129
PINE CANYON UNIT 2026-03-18 UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA 05-033-06004
NARRAGUINNEP FEDERAL 2026-03-18 DAVIS PETROLEUM CORP 05-033-06141
FEDERAL 2026-03-18 SANTA FE SNYDER CORPORATION 05-033-06107
NORTH SQUAW FEDERAL 2026-03-18 DAVIS OIL COMPANY 05-033-06062
SANTA FE CANYON FEDERAL 2026-03-18 DUNCAN INC* R T 05-033-06067

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