Oil & gas wells in Bent County, CO
271 catalogued wells in Bent County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bent County, Colorado has 271 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active (6%), 230 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
271
Active
16
Plugged
230
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bent County?
6% of Bent County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 7 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 16 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bent County?
By product class, 5 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 63 (23%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 24% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Bent County well is 8,240 ft, against 29,046 ft for Colorado as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Bent County compare with other Colorado counties?
Bent County has the 32nd-most catalogued wells of the 47 Colorado counties with at least 25. The median Colorado county on WellCensus has 497 wells. The largest, Weld County, has 45,804. By documented orphans it ranks 29th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Bent County?
98 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bent County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Bent County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 M E Jones | 05-011-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Inc |
| 1 Pipe Springs | 05-011-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental |
| 1 H M Braly | 05-011-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sage Drilling Co Inc |
| 1 Dillon | 05-011-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Petroleum Corporation |
| 1 Etchart | 05-011-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clayton Oil Co |
| 1 Government | 05-011-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil Company |
| 1 Victor Nelson | 05-011-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Keener Oil Company |
| 1 Hasser | 05-011-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Continental Oil Company |
| 1 Herd Operating Unit | 05-011-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp |
| 1 Swift | 05-011-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clayton Oil Co |
| 1 Ryther | 05-011-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co. |
| 1 Wellman | 05-011-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Conoco Phillips Company |
| 1 Lash | 05-011-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inland Drilling Co |
| 1 Sniff Ranch | 05-011-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Germany Investment Co |
| 1-4 Etchart | 05-011-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis Drilling Inc |
| 1 Grover Swift | 05-011-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Natural Gas Company |
| A-1 E L Wagner | 05-011-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harrington* D D |
| 1 Sniff | 05-011-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tipps Drilling Co., Inc. |
| 2 Sniff Ranch | 05-011-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tipps Drilling Co., Inc. |
| 2 A Sniff Ranch | 05-011-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tipps Drilling Co., Inc. |
| 1 B Trostel | 05-011-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Frankfort Oil Co |
| 1 Dorothy Dillon Sapp-Federal | 05-011-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shannon Oil Co |
| 1 Shannon-Fremont-Federal | 05-011-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shannon Oil Co |
| 1 Bruce | 05-011-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp |
| 2 Shannon-Fremont-Federal | 05-011-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shannon Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 271 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Bent County, CO?
Bent County, Colorado has 271 catalogued oil & gas wells: 16 active, 230 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bent County?
2 wells in Bent County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 29th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Bent County are plugged?
230 of Bent County's 271 catalogued wells (85%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across Colorado.
Which Colorado county has the most oil and gas wells?
Weld County has the most catalogued wells of any Colorado county on WellCensus (45,804); Bent County ranks 32nd with 271.
How many companies operate wells in Bent County?
98 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bent County, Colorado.
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About this data
Source: Colorado ECMC well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Bent County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/bent (data as of October 10, 2026).