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Chaves County, New Mexico

Chaves County has 1,880 active wells of 6,328 drilled, under 56 operators, in OCD's Artesia district.

Its wells reported 1,402,016 bbl of oil, 7,882,844 Mcf of gas, and 6,706,284 bbl of produced water in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 27% on the twelve months before.

4 APDs were approved and 2 wells spudded here in the last twelve months; 51 approved wells have no spud date yet.

6,712,582 bbl of water were injected in the twelve months through August 2026, across 94 active injection and disposal wells.

Mack Energy Corp operates the wells behind 75% of that oil.

1,880
active wells · 56 operators
1.4M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −27%
7.9M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −15%
4
APDs approved in 12 months · 2 wells spudded

All 7,555 wells on file in Chaves County, searchable →

Reported production by month

Summed from the county's wells, through Aug 2026. A month still being filed is left out, not drawn low.

Last 12 months 1,402,016 · prior 12 1,930,042(-27%)

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Chaves County: Oil by month.

Wells spudded, by year

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Operators by oil

BBL · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Mack Energy Corp97 active wells

    1.1M bbl

  2. Ridgeway Arizona Oil Corp.83 active wells

    91,178 bbl

  3. BAM Permian Operating, LLC18 active wells

    72,862 bbl

  4. Harvard Petroleum Company, LLC31 active wells

    60,382 bbl

  5. Yates Industries LLC3 active wells

    16,835 bbl

  6. Quatro Osos E&P, LLC61 active wells

    14,494 bbl

  7. Texian Operating Company, LLC10 active wells

    12,742 bbl

  8. Opal Operating Company LLC9 active wells

    10,395 bbl

What the wells each operator runs today reported, whoever operated them at the time.

Operators

OperatorActive wellsAPDs, 12 moOil, 12 moGas, 12 moWater, 12 mo
Mack Energy Corp wells9731.1M1.7M4.9M
Ridgeway Arizona Oil Corp. wells83091,178170,538701,145
BAM Permian Operating, LLC wells18072,862124,946502,847
Harvard Petroleum Company, LLC wells31060,382290,65452,281
Yates Industries LLC wells3016,8357,84090,872
Quatro Osos E&P, LLC wells61014,49407,723
Texian Operating Company, LLC wells10012,74236,80211,421
Opal Operating Company LLC wells9010,39536,76914,641
Mulloy Operating, Inc. wells509,95366747,097
Tamaroa Operating, LLC wells408,89518,85656,031
Armstrong Energy Corp wells408,53949,8782,745
Hunt Cimarron Limited Partnership wells206,91741119,235
Hanson Operating Co Inc wells2305,338024,807
D.W.R. Oil Properties, Inc. wells504,0851,21148,177
North Fork Operating, LP wells903,70648,59634
Slayton Resources Inc wells8403,6940515
Marshall & Winston Inc wells302,85923,8862,674
3R Operating, LLC wells2202,420172,362602
Solis Partners, L.L.C. wells40202,1881.6M5,604
Riley Permian Operating Company, LLC wells201,65010,93941,343

Pools

Every pool with a completion here →
PoolActive wellsOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Round Tank; San Andres821.1M1.6M
Chaveroo; San Andres93100,853175,186
Wildcat G-05 S153117E; Abo-Wolfcamp2852,763243,903
Wildcat G-05 S153111O; Abo-Wolfcamp2548,405182,707
Sulimar; San Andres232,08943,101
Diablo; San Andres4717,094413
Race Track; Devonian316,8357,840
Chisum; San Andres, East337,521527
Milnesand; Penn, West17,0315,795
Tobac; Upper Penn46,9695,035
King Camp; Devonian, North16,91741
WC-005 G-06 S113115M; Wolfcamp14,2283,423
Bulls Eye Fusselman14,1735,697
Cedar Point; Permo Upper Penn14,0455,228
Elkins; San Andres13,1274,343

Latest APDs

All of them →
ApprovedWellOperatorProposed formationTarget depthNow
Sep 21, 2026Pincourt Federal #001HHZ 30-005-64421Mack Energy CorpSan Andres11,522Not spudded
Aug 26, 2026Pincourt Federal #002HHZ 30-005-64419Mack Energy CorpSan Andres11,788Not spudded
Aug 26, 2026Pincourt Federal #003HHZ 30-005-64420Mack Energy CorpSan Andres11,508Not spudded
Feb 6, 2026Meerkat State Com #001CHZ 30-005-64418Mack Energy CorpSan Andres10,300Cancelled
Jul 16, 2025Rooster SWD #001 30-005-64417Mack Energy CorpDevonian13,700Not spudded
Jun 12, 2025Winkler Federal #002HHZ 30-005-64415Mack Energy CorpSan Andres9,745Not spudded
Jun 12, 2025Manitoba SWD #001 30-005-64416Mack Energy CorpDevonian11,525Not spudded
Jun 2, 2025Castlegar Federal Com #002HHZ 30-005-64410Mack Energy CorpSan Andres8,343Not spudded
Jun 2, 2025Grand Forks Federal Com #003HHZ 30-005-64411Mack Energy CorpSan Andres9,276Not spudded
Jun 2, 2025Grand Forks Federal Com #004HHZ 30-005-64412Mack Energy CorpSan Andres9,458Not spudded

Largest wells

WellOperatorCountyPoolOil, 12 moGas, 12 moWater, 12 mo
Westmount Federal Com #002H 30-005-64394Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres109,95264,453302,194
Castlegar Federal Com #001H 30-005-64393Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres72,39368,846360,224
Markham State Com #002H 30-005-64365Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres46,13554,88266,969
Westmount Federal Com #001H 30-005-64381Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres31,31435,232359,277
Braelynn Federal Com #001H 30-005-64386BAM Permian Operating, LLCChavesRound Tank; San Andres30,73516,109165,549
Windsor Federal #002H 30-005-64391Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres28,20834,62662,371
Markham State Com #001H 30-005-64329Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres28,17540,78353,847
Cranbrook State Com #002H 30-005-64382Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres26,58635,03851,647
Campbell River Federal #001H 30-005-64353Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres24,87436,741102,115
Ottawa Federal Com #002H 30-005-64389Mack Energy CorpChavesRound Tank; San Andres23,81633,96158,760

Disposal and injection wells

BBL OF WATER INJECTED · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

WellOperatorCountyPoolInjected, 12 mo
Fraser SWD #001H 30-005-64388Mack Energy CorpChavesSWD; Devonian2,326,234
Runway #001 30-005-64109Mack Energy CorpChavesSWD; Devonian1,884,588
Round Tank SWD #001 30-005-64095Mack Energy CorpChavesSWD; Devonian1,548,514
Linley State SWD #001 30-005-64358BAM Permian Operating, LLCChavesSWD; San Andres-Glorieta372,454
Sam Federal SWD #003 30-005-29104Mack Energy CorpChavesSWD; Dev-Fus-Mon-Simp-Ell270,155
Abbey State SWD #001 30-005-62596D.W.R. Oil Properties, Inc.ChavesSWD; Fusselman124,403
Handicapper SWD #001 30-005-63307IACX Production LLCChavesWC SWD; Ordovician56,187
Hank State 1P SWD #001 30-005-64338Tamaroa Operating, LLCChavesSWD; Devonian-Silurian56,031
Hanlad State #001 30-005-62794Hanson Operating Co IncChavesSWD; Fusselman32,712
Griffin #004 30-005-20809DKD Production, LLCChavesSWD; San Andres16,280

About this data

New Mexico Oil Conservation Division. A well's county is the county code in its API number. Volumes are what operators filed on form C-115 for the county's wells, by month, through Aug 2026 for production and Aug 2026 for injection. Nothing is estimated.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/nm/chaves, documented in the API reference.