Otero County, Colorado Wells Summary
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Otero County contains 33 wells on file, with top operators including UNKNOWN and CHAMPLIN PETROLEUM COMPANY.
The only oil & gas field intersecting Otero is WILDCAT.
Most recent well on record: SCHNEIDER, operated by TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION INC — last updated March 2026.
Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-05-29
By basin
- 8 DJ-Niobrara
- 3 Other
Drilling for
- 8 Oil
- 3 Gas
Otero 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.
33 wells plotted ·
0 active in last 60 days
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Top Operators in Otero County by total wells
Operators: Unknown, Champlin Petroleum Company, Murfin Drilling Company Inc, Cherokee Oil Production Inc, Petersen* H C, True Oil Llc, Fulton*r.h., Amerada Hess Corp, Imperial Production Corporation, Hewit* William D.
Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Otero County
Fields: Wildcat.
Top Counties in Colorado most active by total wells
Compare Otero 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHNEIDER | 2026-03-18 | TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION INC | 05-089-05001 | |
| JORDAN GOV | 2026-03-18 | CHAMPLIN PETROLEUM COMPANY | 05-089-06003 | |
| ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE | 2026-03-18 | UNKNOWN | 05-089-05000 | |
| MENDEN HALL | 2026-03-18 | UNKNOWN | 05-089-06004 | |
| ARNOLD-HARRIMAN CO INC | 2026-03-18 | PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORP | 05-089-05019 | |
| FEE | 2026-03-18 | UNKNOWN | 05-089-05005 | |
| HAINES | 2026-03-18 | RANGER OIL COMPANY | 05-089-60003 | |
| HALL | 2026-03-18 | HELIUM CO | 05-089-05003 | |
| FEDERAL | 2026-03-18 | PETERSEN* H C | 05-089-06012 | |
| W.S. SIDNEY | 2026-03-18 | VAUGHEY & VAUGHEY | 05-089-05015 |
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