Rio Mesa Resources
Operator of record for 27 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Rio Mesa Resources is the operator of record for 27 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 24 (89%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Colorado, with 27 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
27
Active
0
Plugged
24
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 27 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 7
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 1
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Rio Mesa Resources operate?
Rio Mesa Resources's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Colorado (27). Its 27 Colorado wells are 0.0% 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 Rio Mesa Resources’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Rio Mesa Resources's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Rio Mesa Resources operate?
By product class, 7 (26%) are oil wells and 1 (4%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is 1-1 Newton in Rio Blanco, CO at 6,700 ft. The wells listed below sit in Rio Blanco (CO) and Routt (CO).
Notable wells operated by Rio Mesa Resources
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-1 Newton | 05-103-08172 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 6,700 ft |
| 2-1 Phillips-Newton | 05-103-08118 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 6,675 ft |
| 3-30 (Owp) Phillips-Luft | 05-103-08668 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 6,637 ft |
| 2-31 (Owp) Phillips-Luft | 05-103-08613 | Shut-in | Oil | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 6,608 ft |
| 31-2 Ski | 05-103-07907 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 6,517 ft |
| 1-31 Pennell-Hayes | 05-103-07826 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 6,478 ft |
| 4-30 Phillips-Luff | 05-103-08758 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 6,438 ft |
| 2-7 Long, Nellie | 05-107-06083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Routt, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 4,007 ft |
| 10-1 Government | 05-103-10344 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 3,879 ft |
| 2 Mclaughlin Fee | 05-103-07092 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 3,505 ft |
| 804-1 Rosen | 05-103-06367 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 3,492 ft |
| 2 Hefley-King | 05-103-40156 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rio Blanco, CO | Rio Mesa Resources Inc | 2,428 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Rio Mesa Resources operate?
Rio Mesa Resources is the operator of record for 27 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Colorado (27). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Rio Mesa Resources's wells are still active?
0 of Rio Mesa Resources's catalogued wells are active; 24 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Rio Mesa Resources operate wells?
Rio Mesa Resources is the operator of record for wells in Colorado (27).
Does Rio Mesa Resources operate mostly oil or gas wells?
7 of Rio Mesa Resources's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Rio Mesa Resources's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, 1-1 Newton in Rio Blanco, CO is the deepest at 6,700 ft.
Where Rio Mesa Resources'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, “Rio Mesa Resources — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/rio-mesa-resources-6072 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).