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Kit Carson County, Colorado Wells Summary

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Total wells

398
Kit Carson County

Most recent drilling

May 2023
3.1 years ago

First on record

1970
records span 53 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Kit Carson County contains 398 wells on file, with top operators including ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC and YOUNG OIL CO* MARSHALL R.

Wells in Kit Carson span several oil & gas fields including WILDCAT and SMOKY HILL.

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

County FIPS Code: 08063

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

Kit Carson 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.
398 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Kit Carson County by total wells

ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC38YOUNG OIL CO* MARSHALL R25ANSCHUTZ CORP0RATION* THE24MULL DRILLING COMPANY INC19TIGER OIL COMPANY13AMERADA HESS CORP12WIERICK PETROLEUM INC9ROSEWOOD RESOURCES INC9DAVIS OIL COMPANY9CITATION OIL & GAS CORP8

Operators: Anadarko E&p Onshore Llc, Young Oil Co* Marshall R, Anschutz Corp0ration* The, Mull Drilling Company Inc, Tiger Oil Company, Amerada Hess Corp, Wierick Petroleum Inc, Rosewood Resources Inc, Davis Oil Company, Citation Oil & Gas Corp.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Kit Carson County

WILDCAT291SMOKY HILL38SPEAKER19LOOKOUT12BONNY8BEESON8PECONIC7SETTLEMENT6SPEAKER NORTH3PENNYPACKER3

Fields: Wildcat, Smoky Hill, Speaker, Lookout, Bonny, Beeson, Peconic, Settlement, Speaker North, Pennypacker.

Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells

Compare Kit Carson 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
KECHTER 2026-03-18 DAVIS OIL COMPANY 05-063-05035
HELEN M 2026-03-18 AMERICAN STAR ENERGY & MINERAL 05-063-05028
L A BECKER 2026-03-18 AMERADA PETROLEUM CORPORATION 05-063-05012
PENNY 2026-03-18 INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR CORPORATION 05-063-06015
A L HICKS-FED LAND BANK 2026-03-18 TIGER OIL COMPANY 05-063-06014
DINE 2026-03-18 DAVIS OIL COMPANY 05-063-05029
LOWE A 2026-03-18 KOCH EXPLORATION COMPANY LLC 05-063-05090
SCRUBY 2026-03-18 ZEPHYR DRILLING CORP 05-063-05037
STATE-EISENBART 2026-03-18 TIGER OIL COMPANY 05-063-06009
S G MCCONNELL 2026-03-18 HONOLULU EXP & DRLG CORP 05-063-05006

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