Oil & gas wells in Eddy County, NM
41,536 catalogued wells in Eddy County, New Mexico, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Eddy County, New Mexico has 41,536 catalogued oil & gas wells: 13,177 active (32%), 12,686 plugged & abandoned (31%) and 788 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 26 New Mexico counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 29% of the state's 141,088 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
41,536
Active
13,177
Plugged
12,686
Documented orphans
788
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Eddy County?
32% of Eddy County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the New Mexico share of 37%. 31% are plugged & abandoned, against 36% statewide and 47% nationally. 788 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across New Mexico and 4% nationally. The remaining 14,885 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Eddy County?
By product class, 30,130 of the county's wells (73%) are oil wells, 9,498 (23%) gas wells and 1,830 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 59% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Eddy County well is 27,890 ft, against 28,133 ft for New Mexico as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Eddy County compare with other New Mexico counties?
Eddy County has the 2nd-most catalogued wells of the 26 New Mexico counties with at least 25. The median New Mexico county on WellCensus has 81 wells. The largest, Lea County, has 48,524. By documented orphans it ranks 2nd in New Mexico.
Who operates wells in Eddy County?
603 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Eddy 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 Eddy County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-015-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-015-00052 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Gorman State #001 | 30-015-00054 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lindenmuth & Associates Inc |
| Mimosa Ahs Federal #005 | 30-015-00055 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eog Y Resources, Inc. |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-015-00067 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Donahue Federal Swd #001 | 30-015-00087 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Eog Resources Inc |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-015-00456 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #020 | 30-015-00487 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #011 | 30-015-00529 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #013 | 30-015-00531 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-015-00536 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-015-00544 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-015-01083 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Empire Abo Unit #006a | 30-015-00835 | Active | Oil | Apache Corporation |
| Hitchcock 27 Federal #002 | 30-015-00572 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marbob Energy Corp |
| Pre-Ongard Well #005 | 30-015-00576 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #011 | 30-015-00606 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Empire Abo Unit #008j | 30-015-00771 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bp America Production Company |
| Empire Abo Unit #007k | 30-015-00776 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Apache Corporation |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-015-01188 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| State 648 Ac 811 #064 | 30-015-02201 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ameristate Exploration, L.L.C. |
| Artesia Unit #054 | 30-015-01801 | Active | Injection | OLEUM Energy LLC |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-015-02433 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| State 648 Ac 811 #072 | 30-015-02204 | Active | Oil | Stephens & Johnson Op Co |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-015-02057 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 41,536 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 Eddy County, NM?
Eddy County, New Mexico has 41,536 catalogued oil & gas wells: 13,177 active, 12,686 plugged and 788 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Eddy County?
788 wells in Eddy County, New Mexico are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among New Mexico counties.
What share of wells in Eddy County are plugged?
12,686 of Eddy County's 41,536 catalogued wells (31%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 36% across New Mexico.
Which New Mexico county has the most oil and gas wells?
Lea County has the most catalogued wells of any New Mexico county on WellCensus (48,524); Eddy County ranks 2nd with 41,536.
How many companies operate wells in Eddy County?
603 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Eddy County, New Mexico.
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About this data
Source: EMNRD Oil Conservation Division 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 Eddy County, New Mexico”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-mexico/eddy (data as of October 10, 2026).