Prairie Operating
Operator of record for 678 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Prairie Operating is the operator of record for 678 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. 371 (55%) are active, 82 (12%) plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 678 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
678
Active
371
Plugged
82
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 678 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 467
- Gas wells
- 11
- Shut-in
- 32
- Active share
- 55%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Prairie Operating operate?
Prairie Operating's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Colorado (678). Its 678 Colorado wells are 0.5% of the 124,327 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska and Texas (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Prairie Operating’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
55% of Prairie Operating's catalogued wells are active, 26 percentage points above the national share of 29%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 32 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Prairie Operating operate?
By product class, 467 (69%) are oil wells and 11 (2%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 8x-Hc-10-07-67 Blehm in Weld, CO at 19,976 ft.
Notable wells operated by Prairie Operating
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8x-Hc-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51474 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,976 ft |
| 8x-Hnc-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51469 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,753 ft |
| 8x-Hnb-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51466 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,546 ft |
| 7x-Hnc-10-07-67 Blehm St | 05-123-51476 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,480 ft |
| 7x-Hc-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51470 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,467 ft |
| 6x-Hnb-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51473 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,293 ft |
| 5x-Hnc-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51462 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,202 ft |
| 5x-Hc-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51479 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,198 ft |
| 5x-Hnb-10-07-67 Blehm | 05-123-51467 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,107 ft |
| 6x-Hc-07-07-67 Blehm West | 05-123-51531 | Shut-in | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 19,013 ft |
| 23e-20-2c Schlotthauer | 05-123-49337 | Active | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 18,934 ft |
| 8y-Hnc-2-07-65 Elder | 05-123-50568 | Active | Oil | Weld, CO | Prairie Operating Co LLC | 18,930 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Prairie Operating operate?
Prairie Operating is the operator of record for 678 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (678). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Prairie Operating's wells are still active?
371 of Prairie Operating's catalogued wells are active; 82 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Prairie Operating operate wells?
Prairie Operating is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (678).
Does Prairie Operating operate mostly oil or gas wells?
467 of Prairie Operating's catalogued wells are oil wells and 11 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Prairie Operating's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 8x-Hc-10-07-67 Blehm in Weld, CO is the deepest at 19,976 ft.
Where Prairie Operating's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Prairie Operating — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/prairie-operating-2818 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).