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Lincoln County, Colorado Wells Summary

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Total wells

837
Lincoln County

Most recent drilling

Sep 2021
4.7 years ago

First on record

1970
records span 52 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Lincoln County contains 837 wells on file, with top operators including WIEPKING-FULLERTON ENERGY LLC and NIGHTHAWK PRODUCTION LLC.

Wells in Lincoln span several oil & gas fields including WILDCAT and GREAT PLAINS.

Most recent well on record: CRAIG, operated by NIGHTHAWK PRODUCTION LLC — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 08073

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

Lincoln 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.
837 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Lincoln County by total wells

WIEPKING-FULLERTON ENERGY LLC168NIGHTHAWK PRODUCTION LLC81RUNNING FOXES PETROLEUM INC43GRAND MESA OPERATING CO37CASCADE PETROLEUM LLC34MULL DRILLING COMPANY INC32MURFIN DRILLING COMPANY INC25POLARIS PRODUCTION OPCO LLC25ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC18PINE RIDGE OIL & GAS LLC12

Operators: Wiepking-Fullerton Energy Llc, Nighthawk Production Llc, Running Foxes Petroleum Inc, Grand Mesa Operating Co, Cascade Petroleum Llc, Mull Drilling Company Inc, Murfin Drilling Company Inc, Polaris Production Opco Llc, Anadarko E&p Onshore Llc, Pine Ridge Oil & Gas Llc.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Lincoln County

WILDCAT545GREAT PLAINS97CLIFFORD30ARIKAREE CREEK27BOLERO20RUBICON16OLD HOMESTEAD13BROKEN SPEAR10METEOR8HUGO6

Fields: Wildcat, Great Plains, Clifford, Arikaree Creek, Bolero, Rubicon, Old Homestead, Broken Spear, Meteor, Hugo.

Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells

Compare Lincoln 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
CRAIG 2026-03-18 NIGHTHAWK PRODUCTION LLC 05-073-06405
FALLOW 12-17 2026-03-18 ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC 05-073-06269
BLACKCOMB 2026-03-18 NIGHTHAWK PRODUCTION LLC 05-073-06616
Pick Six 2026-03-18 WIEPKING-FULLERTON ENERGY LLC 05-073-06679
POSS 2026-03-18 NIGHTHAWK PRODUCTION LLC 05-073-06564
Betwixt 2026-03-18 PINE RIDGE OIL & GAS LLC 05-073-06538
CRAIG 2026-03-18 NIGHTHAWK PRODUCTION LLC 05-073-06558
FORRISTAL RANCH-STATE 2026-03-18 WIEPKING-FULLERTON ENERGY LLC 05-073-06343
STATE-LIMON 2026-03-18 MURPHY OIL CO 05-073-05023
Five Spot 2026-03-18 WIEPKING-FULLERTON ENERGY LLC 05-073-06678

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