Oil & gas wells in Union County, NM
536 catalogued wells in Union County, New Mexico, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Union County, New Mexico has 536 catalogued oil & gas wells: 344 active (64%), 160 plugged & abandoned (30%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 26 New Mexico counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 141,088 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
536
Active
344
Plugged
160
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Union County?
64% of Union County's wells are active, 27 percentage points above the New Mexico share of 37%. 30% are plugged & abandoned, against 36% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Union County; New Mexico as a whole has 3,366. The remaining 32 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Union County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 78 (15%) gas wells and 2 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 59% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Union County well is 4,687 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 Union County compare with other New Mexico counties?
Union County has the 11th-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 Union County?
4 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Union 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 Union County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #022 | 30-059-20491 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #271g | 30-059-20551 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #081 | 30-059-20080 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #291 | 30-059-20246 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bp America Production Company |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-059-20433 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #331 | 30-059-20148 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #181 | 30-059-20110 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bp America Production Company |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #311 | 30-059-20275 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #321 | 30-059-20267 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #071 | 30-059-20317 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-059-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #071 | 30-059-20174 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #171 | 30-059-20170 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #051 | 30-059-20259 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #331 | 30-059-20031 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #161 | 30-059-20168 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #221 | 30-059-20256 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bp America Production Company |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #081x | 30-059-20145 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #171 | 30-059-20232 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #362 | 30-059-20493 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #332 | 30-059-20544 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-059-20436 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #311 | 30-059-20266 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #282 | 30-059-20386 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
| Bravo Dome Carbon Dioxide Gas Unit #351 | 30-059-20311 | Active | Other type | Oxy USA Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 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 Union County, NM?
Union County, New Mexico has 536 catalogued oil & gas wells: 344 active, 160 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Union County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Union County, New Mexico.
What share of wells in Union County are plugged?
160 of Union County's 536 catalogued wells (30%) 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); Union County ranks 11th with 536.
How many companies operate wells in Union County?
4 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Union 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 Union County, New Mexico”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-mexico/union (data as of October 10, 2026).