Oil & gas wells in Otero County, CO
33 catalogued wells in Otero County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Otero County, Colorado has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 30 plugged & abandoned (91%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 43rd of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
33
Active
0
Plugged
30
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Otero County?
0% of Otero County's wells are active, 29 percentage points below the Colorado share of 29%. 91% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Otero County; Colorado as a whole has 1,302. The remaining 3 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Otero County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 Otero County well is 6,877 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 Otero County compare with other Colorado counties?
Otero County has the 43rd-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.
Who operates wells in Otero County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Otero 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 Otero County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe | 05-089-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Schneider | 05-089-05001 | Other status | Other type | Texaco Exploration And Production Inc |
| 1 Bloom | 05-089-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 Hall | 05-089-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Helium Co |
| 1 Fee | 05-089-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 D A Gaulke | 05-089-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taylor & Holman |
| 1 Craighead | 05-089-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Las Colinas Oil Corp |
| 1 J M Dunn | 05-089-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp |
| 1 W.S. Sidney | 05-089-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vaughey & Vaughey |
| 1 Arnold-Harriman Co Inc | 05-089-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp |
| 1 Cherow City | 05-089-05020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 State | 05-089-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Imperial Production Corporation |
| 1 Colorado B | 05-089-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Skelly Oil Company |
| 1 Champlin Et Al Gov | 05-089-06001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Champlin Petroleum Company |
| 1 Jordan-Gov | 05-089-06002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Champlin Petroleum Company |
| 1-X Jordan Gov | 05-089-06003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Champlin Petroleum Company |
| 1 Menden Hall | 05-089-06004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| 1 J W Mcnally | 05-089-06005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulton*r.H. |
| 1 Harriman | 05-089-06006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hewit* William D |
| 23-16 True State | 05-089-06007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | True Oil LLC |
| 1 Carey | 05-089-06008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Texas |
| 21-4 True State | 05-089-06009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | True Oil LLC |
| 1-3 State | 05-089-06010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lomax Exploration Company |
| 1 Federal | 05-089-06011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petersen* H C |
| 1 Federal | 05-089-06012 | Other status | Other type | Petersen* H C |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 33 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 Otero County, CO?
Otero County, Colorado has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 30 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Otero County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Otero County, Colorado.
What share of wells in Otero County are plugged?
30 of Otero County's 33 catalogued wells (91%) 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); Otero County ranks 43rd with 33.
How many companies operate wells in Otero County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Otero 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 Otero County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/otero (data as of October 10, 2026).