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Douglas County, Colorado Wells Summary

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Total wells

23
Douglas County

Most recent drilling

Oct 1981
~44 years ago

First on record

1971
records span 10 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Douglas County contains 23 wells on file, with top operators including SHELL OIL COMPANY and CHANDLER & ASSOCIATES LLC.

The only oil & gas field intersecting Douglas is WILDCAT.

Most recent well on record: PALM, operated by SHELL OIL COMPANY — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 08035

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

Douglas 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.
23 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Douglas County by total wells

SHELL OIL COMPANY6CHANDLER & ASSOCIATES LLC3BWAB INC2OBORNE* HARRY W2AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY2NORSK HYDRO PETROLEUM CO1TRANS TEXAS ENERGY INC.1ABERCROMBIE* J S1UNKNOWN1CLARK CANADIAN EXPLORATION COMPANY1

Operators: Shell Oil Company, Chandler & Associates Llc, Bwab Inc, Oborne* Harry W, Amoco Production Company, Norsk Hydro Petroleum Co, Trans Texas Energy Inc., Abercrombie* J S, Unknown, Clark Canadian Exploration Company.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Douglas County

WILDCAT23

Fields: Wildcat.

Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells

Compare Douglas 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
PALM 2026-03-18 SHELL OIL COMPANY 05-035-05002
PALM 2026-03-18 SHELL OIL COMPANY 05-035-05001
LEACH 2026-03-18 SHELL OIL COMPANY 05-035-60002
STATE 2026-03-18 ABERCROMBIE* J S 05-035-05009
ALLEN JEAN E 2026-03-18 OBORNE* HARRY W 05-035-06013
GREENLAND LAND & CATTLE 2026-03-18 HOLL* F G 05-035-05000
JAMES 2026-03-18 SHELL OIL COMPANY 05-035-05007
CANNON 2026-03-18 UNKNOWN 05-035-05006
JAMES 2026-03-18 SHELL OIL COMPANY 05-035-05008
SHAFROTH 2026-03-18 CHANDLER & ASSOCIATES LLC 05-035-06004

Surface Ownership Records:

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