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Otero County, New Mexico Wells Summary

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Total wells

64
Otero County

Most recent drilling

May 2023
3.1 years ago

First on record

1997
records span 26 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Otero County contains 64 wells on file, with top operators including PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR and JALAPENO CORPORATION.

Most recent well on record: PRE-ONGARD WELL #001, operated by PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 35035

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-05-29

98 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 93 Permian
  • 5 Other

Drilling for

  • 93 Oil
  • 4 Gas
  • 1 Miscellaneous

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.
64 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Otero County by total wells

PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR53JALAPENO CORPORATION3THRESHOLD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY3HEYCO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION2CIBOLA ENERGY CORP1MEDALLION OIL CO1HARVEY E YATES CO1

Operators: Pre-Ongard Well Operator, Jalapeno Corporation, Threshold Development Company, Heyco Development Corporation, Cibola Energy Corp, Medallion Oil Co, Harvey E Yates Co.

Top Counties in New Mexico most active by total wells

Compare Otero against the other busiest counties in New Mexico:

  • Lea · 48,312 wells
  • Eddy · 41,215 wells
  • San Juan · 22,426 wells
  • Rio Arriba · 12,846 wells
  • Chaves · 7,552 wells
  • Roosevelt · 1,782 wells
  • Sandoval · 1,708 wells
  • McKinley · 1,499 wells
  • Colfax · 985 wells
  • Harding · 665 wells
  • Union · 536 wells
  • Guadalupe · 122 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-20017
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-20016
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-10002
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-20007
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-00017
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-00018
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-20002
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-20008
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-00012
PRE-ONGARD WELL #001 2026-03-18 PRE-ONGARD WELL OPERATOR 30-035-00013

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