Oil & gas wells in Valencia County, NM
26 catalogued wells in Valencia County, New Mexico, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Valencia County, New Mexico has 26 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 25 plugged & abandoned (96%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 26th 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
26
Active
0
Plugged
25
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Valencia County?
0% of Valencia County's wells are active, 37 percentage points below the New Mexico share of 37%. 96% are plugged & abandoned, against 36% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Valencia County; New Mexico as a whole has 3,366. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Valencia County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 26 (100%) 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 Valencia County well is 7,441 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 Valencia County compare with other New Mexico counties?
Valencia County has the 26th-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 Valencia County?
2 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Valencia 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 Valencia County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-061-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #002 | 30-061-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #003 | 30-061-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #004 | 30-061-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #005 | 30-061-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Nft #001 | 30-061-20023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Twining Drilling Corporation |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20029 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20032 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
| Pre-Ongard Well #001 | 30-061-20033 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pre-Ongard Well Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 26 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 Valencia County, NM?
Valencia County, New Mexico has 26 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 25 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Valencia County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Valencia County, New Mexico.
What share of wells in Valencia County are plugged?
25 of Valencia County's 26 catalogued wells (96%) 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); Valencia County ranks 26th with 26.
How many companies operate wells in Valencia County?
2 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Valencia 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 Valencia County, New Mexico”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-mexico/valencia (data as of October 10, 2026).