Oil & gas wells in Sandoval County, NM
1,731 catalogued wells in Sandoval County, New Mexico, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Sandoval County, New Mexico has 1,731 catalogued oil & gas wells: 373 active (22%), 811 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 43 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 26 New Mexico counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 141,088 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,731
Active
373
Plugged
811
Documented orphans
43
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Sandoval County?
22% of Sandoval County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the New Mexico share of 37%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 36% statewide and 47% nationally. 43 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across New Mexico and 4% nationally. The remaining 504 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Sandoval County?
By product class, 1,064 of the county's wells (61%) are oil wells, 628 (36%) gas wells and 20 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 59% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Sandoval County well is 21,450 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 Sandoval County compare with other New Mexico counties?
Sandoval County has the 7th-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 8th in New Mexico.
Who operates wells in Sandoval County?
79 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Sandoval 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 Sandoval County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| San Ysidro #001 | 30-043-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pnm Gas Services |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-043-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #003 | 30-043-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001x | 30-043-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002x | 30-043-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #026 | 30-043-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-043-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-043-05032 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #1 | 30-043-05033 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-043-05034 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Darla #002 | 30-043-05035 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Coulthurst Mgt & Inv Inc |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-043-05036 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,731 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 Sandoval County, NM?
Sandoval County, New Mexico has 1,731 catalogued oil & gas wells: 373 active, 811 plugged and 43 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Sandoval County?
43 wells in Sandoval County, New Mexico are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among New Mexico counties.
What share of wells in Sandoval County are plugged?
811 of Sandoval County's 1,731 catalogued wells (47%) 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); Sandoval County ranks 7th with 1,731.
How many companies operate wells in Sandoval County?
79 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Sandoval 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 Sandoval County, New Mexico”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-mexico/sandoval (data as of October 10, 2026).