Oil & gas wells in Santa Fe County, NM
27 catalogued wells in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Santa Fe County, New Mexico has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 27 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 26 New Mexico counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 141,088 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
27
Active
0
Plugged
27
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Santa Fe County?
0% of Santa Fe County's wells are active, 37 percentage points below the New Mexico share of 37%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 36% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Santa Fe County; New Mexico as a whole has 3,366.
What kinds of wells are in Santa Fe County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (4%) are oil wells, 26 (96%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 59% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Santa Fe County well is 3,696 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 Santa Fe County compare with other New Mexico counties?
Santa Fe County has the 24th-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.
Who operates wells in Santa Fe County?
2 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-049-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-049-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Black Ferrill #001 | 30-049-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tecton Energy Operating, LLC |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-049-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-049-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #003 | 30-049-20031 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20033 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #005 | 30-049-20036 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #003 | 30-049-20038 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20040 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-049-20041 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 27 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 Santa Fe County, NM?
Santa Fe County, New Mexico has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 27 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Santa Fe County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
What share of wells in Santa Fe County are plugged?
27 of Santa Fe County's 27 catalogued wells (100%) 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); Santa Fe County ranks 24th with 27.
How many companies operate wells in Santa Fe County?
2 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
Nearby in the New Mexico rankings
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 Santa Fe County, New Mexico”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-mexico/santa-fe (data as of October 10, 2026).