Oil & gas wells in Mesa County, CO
2,820 catalogued wells in Mesa County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mesa County, Colorado has 2,820 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,048 active (37%), 808 plugged & abandoned (29%) and 19 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,820
Active
1,048
Plugged
808
Documented orphans
19
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mesa County?
37% of Mesa County's wells are active, 8 percentage points above the Colorado share of 29%. 29% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 94 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 19 wells (0.7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 851 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mesa County?
By product class, 29 of the county's wells (1%) are oil wells, 1,548 (55%) 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 Mesa County well is 21,596 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 Mesa County compare with other Colorado counties?
Mesa County has the 11th-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 9th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Mesa County?
185 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mesa 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 Mesa County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 05-077-00017 | 05-077-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Swan | 05-077-00018 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Hynes | 05-077-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Losey* Carl |
| 2 Bar X Unit | 05-077-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Lone Mountain Production Company |
| 1 Claybaugh | 05-077-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Claybaugh | 05-077-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Okland Corporation |
| 1 Payne | 05-077-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gillaspey & Assoc,*c J |
| 1 Holly Sugar | 05-077-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eureka Oil Company |
| 1 R G W | 05-077-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Holly | 05-077-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Groom | 05-077-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Olds Oil Corporation |
| 1 Gov Smith | 05-077-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apache Corporation |
| 1 Love | 05-077-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company |
| 1 Big Creek | 05-077-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | North American Gas Corp |
| 1 Riley | 05-077-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Granmesa Petroleum Company,inc |
| 33-1 Pickens Gov | 05-077-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Co |
| 1 Alice E Reed | 05-077-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tbi Production Company |
| 28-1 U S Moran | 05-077-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Laramie Energy LLC |
| 26-1 U S Moran | 05-077-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| 2 Milholland | 05-077-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tbi Production Company |
| 1-A Govt | 05-077-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 27-1 Moran | 05-077-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| 1 Leon Creek Unit | 05-077-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Natural Gas Company |
| 1 George Currier | 05-077-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tbi Production Company |
| 1 (Pl24ne) Hr Milholland Sr | 05-077-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,820 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 Mesa County, CO?
Mesa County, Colorado has 2,820 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,048 active, 808 plugged and 19 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mesa County?
19 wells in Mesa County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Mesa County are plugged?
808 of Mesa County's 2,820 catalogued wells (29%) 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); Mesa County ranks 11th with 2,820.
How many companies operate wells in Mesa County?
185 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mesa 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 Mesa County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/mesa (data as of October 10, 2026).