Oil & gas wells in Lea County, NM
48,524 catalogued wells in Lea County, New Mexico, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lea County, New Mexico has 48,524 catalogued oil & gas wells: 15,486 active (32%), 18,293 plugged & abandoned (38%) and 1,022 documented orphans. It ranks 1st of the 26 New Mexico counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 34% of the state's 141,088 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
48,524
Active
15,486
Plugged
18,293
Documented orphans
1,022
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lea County?
32% of Lea County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the New Mexico share of 37%. 38% are plugged & abandoned, against 36% statewide and 47% nationally. 1,022 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across New Mexico and 4% nationally. The remaining 13,723 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lea County?
By product class, 39,495 of the county's wells (81%) are oil wells, 4,078 (8%) gas wells and 4,767 (10%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 59% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Lea County well is 28,133 ft, the deepest published anywhere in New Mexico. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Lea County compare with other New Mexico counties?
Lea County has the most catalogued wells of the 26 New Mexico counties with at least 25. The median New Mexico county on WellCensus has 81 wells. By documented orphans it ranks 1st in New Mexico.
Who operates wells in Lea County?
922 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lea 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 Lea County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-00595 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-01678 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| W H Peckham #001 | 30-025-00890 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mack Energy Corp |
| Caprock Maljamar Unit #096 | 30-025-01536 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Linn Operating, LLC. |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-01627 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| State Bf #002 | 30-025-01741 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Trilogy Operating Inc |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-01742 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-01842 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| State 17-20 #001 | 30-025-01872 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Breck Operating Corp |
| Pre-Ongard Well #004 | 30-025-01959 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| East Vacuum (Gsa) Unit #023 | 30-025-02878 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conocophillips Company |
| East Vacuum (Gsa) Unit #030 | 30-025-02879 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conocophillips Company |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-02686 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| West Vacuum Unit #034 | 30-025-02210 | Active | Injection | MorningStar Operating LLC |
| Bridges State #044 | 30-025-02130 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico |
| West Vacuum Unit #045 | 30-025-02283 | Active | Oil | MorningStar Operating LLC |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-02362 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Cruces Federal #003 | 30-025-02459 | Active | Injection | Flat Top Operating, LLC |
| B V Lynch A Federal #006 | 30-025-02508 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Olsen Energy Inc |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-025-02530 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Record #002 | 30-025-03307 | Active | Oil | Amtex Energy Inc |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-025-03350 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #011 | 30-025-03430 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-025-03481 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Crossroads Siluro Devonian Unit #202 | 30-025-03612 | Active | Oil | Southwest Royalties Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 48,524 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 Lea County, NM?
Lea County, New Mexico has 48,524 catalogued oil & gas wells: 15,486 active, 18,293 plugged and 1,022 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lea County?
1,022 wells in Lea County, New Mexico are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 1st-highest count among New Mexico counties.
What share of wells in Lea County are plugged?
18,293 of Lea County's 48,524 catalogued wells (38%) 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, with 48,524.
How many companies operate wells in Lea County?
922 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lea 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 Lea County, New Mexico”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-mexico/lea (data as of October 10, 2026).