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Lea County, New Mexico

Lea County has 20,415 active wells of 39,618 drilled, under 294 operators, in OCD's Hobbs district.

Its wells reported 429,603,531 bbl of oil, 1,670,173,277 Mcf of gas, and 1,348,772,621 bbl of produced water in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 1% on the twelve months before.

1,674 APDs were approved and 675 wells spudded here in the last twelve months; 4,327 approved wells have no spud date yet.

518,722,578 bbl of water were injected in the twelve months through August 2026, across 2,214 active injection and disposal wells.

EOG Resources Inc operates the wells behind 25% of that oil.

20,415
active wells · 294 operators
430M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −1%
1.67B
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +10%
1,674
APDs approved in 12 months · 675 wells spudded

All 49,249 wells on file in Lea 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 429,603,531 · prior 12 435,174,286(-1%)

020M40M2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Lea County: Oil by month.

Wells spudded, by year

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Operators by oil

BBL · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. EOG Resources Inc2,512 active wells

    106M bbl

  2. Devon Energy Production Company, LP874 active wells

    45.9M bbl

  3. Coterra Energy Operating Co.837 active wells

    40.6M bbl

  4. Matador Production Company753 active wells

    40.1M bbl

  5. Mewbourne Oil Co593 active wells

    27.2M bbl

  6. Permian Resources Operating, LLC425 active wells

    27.2M bbl

  7. COG Operating LLC614 active wells

    26.6M bbl

  8. OXY USA Inc361 active wells

    19.1M 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
EOG Resources Inc wells2,512364106M565M294M
Devon Energy Production Company, LP wells87418945.9M199M129M
Coterra Energy Operating Co. wells8377640.6M123M97.5M
Matador Production Company wells75316840.1M113M104M
Mewbourne Oil Co wells5936227.2M72.7M68.0M
Permian Resources Operating, LLC wells42515827.2M86.7M71.1M
COG Operating LLC wells6147226.6M66.6M57.7M
OXY USA Inc wells3615319.1M76.6M39.8M
Chevron U S A Inc wells2116612.7M36.7M29.3M
Civitas Permian Operating, LLC wells1842810.7M26.3M24.4M
BTA Oil Producers, LLC wells2781810.6M41.1M25.6M
Earthstone Operating, LLC wells236178.8M26.3M19.9M
Kaiser-Francis Oil Co wells184798.1M49.7M20.8M
COG Production, LLC wells13105.1M24.1M12.8M
Occidental Permian Ltd wells51804.8M9.8M95.2M
XTO Energy, Inc wells7004.7M17.7M8.9M
Marathon Oil Permian LLC wells106214.6M8.9M8.5M
Conocophillips Company wells59154.4M16.3M11.2M
Jonah Energy LLC wells16933.5M42.0M12.2M
3R Operating, LLC wells131332.2M6.0M6.5M

Pools

Every pool with a completion here →
PoolActive wellsOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
WC-025 G-08 S243217P; Upr Wolfcamp18916.4M71.8M
Bilbrey Basin; Bone Spring12113.7M44.2M
Red Hills; Lower Bone Spring24513.6M61.2M
Bobcat Draw; Upper Wolfcamp29512.1M31.9M
WC-025 G-08 S253235G; LWR Bone Sprin25110.1M56.3M
WC-025 G-09 S253309P; Upr Wolfcamp2849.0M53.1M
Red Hills; Bone Spring, North2298.3M41.6M
WC025 G09 S243532M; Wolfbone1488.1M12.9M
WC-025 G-08 S253534O; Bone Spring1017.6M30.2M
Bilbrey Basin; Bone Spring, South737.3M31.6M
WC-025 G-08 S213304D; Bone Spring1507.0M16.0M
WC-025 G-09 S243310P; Upper Wolfcamp1416.6M29.3M
Triple X; Bone Spring, West1886.5M44.2M
Bradley; Bone Spring1016.4M25.0M
Triste Draw; Bone Spring1296.3M43.6M

Latest APDs

All of them →
ApprovedWellOperatorProposed formationTarget depthNow
Oct 29, 2026Laguna Deep 2 26 Federal Com #223HHZ 30-025-57100Coterra Energy Operating Co.Bone Spring25,693Not spudded
Oct 29, 2026Laguna Deep 2 26 Federal Com #224HHZ 30-025-57101Coterra Energy Operating Co.Bone Spring25,675Not spudded
Oct 29, 2026Laguna Deep 2 26 Federal Com #221HHZ 30-025-57102Coterra Energy Operating Co.Bone Spring—Not spudded
Oct 29, 2026Laguna Deep 2 26 Federal Com #222HHZ 30-025-57103Coterra Energy Operating Co.Bone Spring25,630Not spudded
Oct 28, 2026Philly 30 31 Federal Com #743HHZ 30-025-57095EOG Resources IncLower Wolfcamp20,870Not spudded
Oct 28, 2026Philly 30 31 Federal Com #744HHZ 30-025-57096EOG Resources IncUpper Wolfcamp20,311Not spudded
Oct 28, 2026Philly 30 31 Federal Com #745HHZ 30-025-57097EOG Resources IncUpper Wolfcamp20,219Not spudded
Oct 28, 2026Philly 30 31 Federal Com #741HHZ 30-025-57098EOG Resources IncLower Wolfcamp20,945Not spudded
Oct 27, 2026Co 15 22 Federal Com #436HHZ 30-025-57087Chevron U S A IncBone Spring21,719Not spudded
Oct 27, 2026Co 15 22 Federal Com #640HHZ 30-025-57088Chevron U S A IncUpper Wolfcamp23,353Not spudded

Largest wells

WellOperatorCountyField or poolOil, 12 moGas, 12 moWater, 12 mo
Macho Nacho State Com #604H 30-025-52431COG Operating LLCLeaWC-025 G-09 S243310P; Upper Wolfcamp451,0311,059,988415,438
Pretty Good 20 Federal Com #302H 30-025-53492EOG Resources IncLeaBilbrey Basin; Bone Spring, South392,000963,644839,742
Never Better 14 Federal Com #202H 30-025-53948EOG Resources IncLeaRed Tank; Bone Spring385,306598,084703,788
Macho Nacho State Com #606H 30-025-52432COG Operating LLCLeaWC-025 G-09 S243310P; Upper Wolfcamp383,617824,725488,829
Hognose Viper Federal Com #702H 30-025-52764Devon Energy Production Company, LPLeaBell Lake; Wolfcamp, North378,080800,648590,132
Senile Felines 18 7 State Com #011H 30-025-52116OXY USA IncLeaRed Tank; Bone Spring, East364,7891,574,347290,323
Dos Equis 12 13 Federal Com #052H 30-025-50124Coterra Energy Operating Co.LeaTriple X; Bone Spring, West354,113482,459641,936
Pegasus 3 Federal Com #213H 30-025-54797EOG Resources IncLeaTriste Draw; Bone Spring351,138780,211455,630
Macho Nacho State Com #605H 30-025-52428COG Operating LLCLeaTriple X; Bone Spring, West351,119743,792578,135
Thistle Unit #191H 30-025-53257Devon Energy Production Company, LPLeaBrinninstool; Wolfcamp, West348,8173,166,481661,912

Disposal and injection wells

BBL OF WATER INJECTED · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

WellOperatorCountyField or poolInjected, 12 mo
Trey SWD #001 30-025-45029NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLCLeaSWD; Devonian-Silurian11,266,407
Station SWD #001 30-025-43473NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLCLeaSWD; Devonian-Silurian9,381,945
Red Hills SWD #001 30-025-45028NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLCLeaSWD; Devonian-Montoya9,285,596
West Gramma Ridge SWD #001 30-025-43328NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLCLeaSWD; Devonian8,356,886
Deep Purple SWD #001 30-025-44106NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLCLeaSWD; Devonian-Silurian8,073,759
Sosa SA 17 SWD #002 30-025-47947Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLCLeaSWD; San Andres7,284,180
Pedro SWD #001 30-025-50079Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLCLeaSWD; San Andres-Glorieta7,025,596
Moomaw SWD #001 30-025-44661Solaris Water Midstream, LLCLeaSWD; Devonian-Silurian6,439,441
Okeanos SWD #001 30-025-44189Solaris Water Midstream, LLCLeaSWD; Devonian-Silurian5,754,194
Vaca Draw Federal SWD #001 30-025-23895NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLCLeaSWD; Silurian-Ordovician5,141,762

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/lea, documented in the API reference.