Lea County, NM Oil & Gas Activity

Lea County, NM ranks #1 in the state for BOE produced in the most recent month (Dec 2022). The information below is the summary of oil and gas data that goes back to 1973 and contains information on the 20,706 wells that have been drilled from Jul 1973 to Dec 2022.

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Lea County, NM
County Income: $189,115,298,407
National Energy Production Rank: #2

Lea County, NM Map of Current Permits and Wells

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Lea County, NM Frequently Asked Questions

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How does Lea County, NM rank in the nation for oil and gas production? Lea County, NM currently ranks #2 in the nation based on barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) production.
How many wells were drilled in Lea County, NM so far this year? Lea County, NM has had 20,706 wells drilled this year.
How many approved permits are there in Texas? There have been 1,988 permits approved in Lea County, NM.
What is the average boe produced by well in Lea County, NM? 3,167 BBLs of oil equivalent (BOE) is the average amount produced by a single well in Lea County, NM
How many active producers are there in Lea County, NM? There are currently 180 active producers in the county of Lea County, NM.
What is the average depth an oil or gas well is drilled in Lea County, NM? 9,650 feet is the average depth of a well in Lea County, NM.

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Lea County, NM Oil & Gas Activity Stats

Category Last Year Value Current Year Value YoY Trend YoY % Change
Total Wells 13,250 20,706 Up 56.27%
Total Producing Wells 12,723 13,171 Up 3.52%
Percentage of Wells Producing 96% 64% Up 51%
Active Producers 206 180 Down -13%
Total Permits 2,537 1,988 Down -22%
Average Well Depth 10,136 9,650 Down -5%
Average BOE per Well 1,925 2,143 Up 11%

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Lea County, NM Oil & Gas Production by Year

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Lea County, NM Oil & Gas Wells Completed by Year

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Lea County, NM Oil & Gas Permits by Year

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Top Producers by BOE Production in Lea County, NM

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Producer Name Location Production Date Oil Produced Gas Produced BOE Produced
ADVANCE ENERGY PARTNERS HAT MESA, LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 711.3K BBL 1.1M MCF 762K BOE
APACHE CORPORATION Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 219.8K BBL 1.1M MCF 270.6K BOE
BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 821.1K BBL 2.4M MCF 933.5K BOE
CHEVRON U S A INC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 608.6K BBL 1.6M MCF 682.1K BOE
CIMAREX ENERGY CO. Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 455K BBL 1.6M MCF 531.5K BOE
CIMAREX ENERGY CO. OF COLORADO Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 444.8K BBL 1.1M MCF 495.2K BOE
COG OPERATING LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 1.8M BBL 4.1M MCF 2M BOE
COG PRODUCTION, LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 135.5K BBL 1.4M MCF 201.1K BOE
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 277.6K BBL 1.1M MCF 328.1K BOE
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, LP Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 2.9M BBL 10.8M MCF 3.4M BOE
EOG RESOURCES INC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 8.2M BBL 25.9M MCF 9.4M BOE
KAISER-FRANCIS OIL CO Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 357.4K BBL 1.3M MCF 420.4K BOE
LEGACY RESERVES OPERATING, LP Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 89.5K BBL 301K MCF 103.2K BOE
MACK ENERGY CORP Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 14.9K BBL 56.4K MCF 17.5K BOE
MARATHON OIL PERMIAN LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 155K BBL 329.5K MCF 170K BOE
MATADOR PRODUCTION COMPANY Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 1.1M BBL 2.3M MCF 1.2M BOE
MEWBOURNE OIL CO Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 1.2M BBL 2.8M MCF 1.3M BOE
OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 479.9K BBL 933.6K MCF 522.3K BOE
OXY USA INC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 1M BBL 3M MCF 1.1M BOE
Permian Resources Operating, LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 924.2K BBL 1.7M MCF 1M BOE
Spur Energy Partners LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 97.2K BBL 342.4K MCF 112.8K BOE
TAP ROCK OPERATING, LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 2M BBL 5.5M MCF 2.2M BOE
WPX Energy Permian, LLC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 50 BBL 12 MCF 51 BOE
XTO ENERGY, INC Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 129.2K BBL 246.4K MCF 140.4K BOE
XTO PERMIAN OPERATING LLC. Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 48.3K BBL 113.7K MCF 53.5K BOE

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Lea County, NM Top Wells by BOE Production for Dec 2022

Well Name API # Well Location Reported Production Date BOE Produced
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #706H 30-025-47752 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 132.5K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #703H 30-025-48880 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 130.8K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #702H 30-025-47724 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 119.4K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #722H 30-025-50462 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 113.6K BOE
CONVOY 28 STATE COM #204H 30-025-50191 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 102.9K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #726H 30-025-47757 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 99K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #707H 30-025-47763 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 96.4K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #708H 30-025-47754 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 94.6K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #721H 30-025-47726 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 94.4K BOE
CONVOY 28 STATE COM #102H 30-025-50186 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 87K BOE
CONVOY 28 STATE COM #203H 30-025-50190 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 85.9K BOE
PARSELTONGUE 15 10 STATE COM #020H 30-025-48503 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 79.7K BOE
CONVOY 28 STATE COM #201H 30-025-50188 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 79K BOE
CONVOY 28 STATE COM #202H 30-025-50189 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 78.3K BOE
RUTHLESS 11 FEDERAL COM #724H 30-025-47756 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 77.8K BOE
PARSELTONGUE 15 10 STATE COM #021H 30-025-48504 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 77.4K BOE
PARSELTONGUE 15 10 STATE COM #029H 30-025-49653 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 71.6K BOE
CONVOY 28 STATE COM #101H 30-025-50185 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 70.2K BOE
DR PI FEDERAL UNIT 17 8 DA #031H 30-025-49147 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 69.3K BOE
RESOLUTE 12 FEDERAL COM #753H 30-025-47604 Lea County, New Mexico Dec 2022 60K BOE
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Lea County, NM Township-Ranges

County Township-Range Producers Oil Produced Monthly Gas Produced Monthly BOE Produced Daily Production Date
Lea County 13S-32E 29 17.2M BBL 44.3M MCF 822K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 16S-36E 61 58.6M BBL 109.5M MCF 2.5M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 19S-35E 121 65.4M BBL 56.5M MCF 2.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 22S-35E 87 33.9M BBL 86M MCF 1.6M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 22S-36E 189 57.7M BBL 656.3M MCF 5.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 25S-37E 168 42.8M BBL 379.9M MCF 3.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 10S-32E 41 15.1M BBL 44.6M MCF 752.8K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 9S-32E 28 5.2M BBL 26.7M MCF 321.9K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 9S-33E 100 26.6M BBL 33.1M MCF 1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 9S-34E 15 4.5M BBL 13.8M MCF 229.1K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 9S-35E 20 23M BBL 29.9M MCF 935.9K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 9S-36E 20 57.1M BBL 22.9M MCF 2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 9S-37E 49 8.6M BBL 27.8M MCF 442.6K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 9S-38E 40 2.6M BBL 22.5M MCF 212.5K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 10S-33E 20 5.4M BBL 25M MCF 320.7K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 10S-34E 56 7.4M BBL 94.3M MCF 772.5K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 10S-36E 25 3.6M BBL 2.5M MCF 135.9K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 10S-37E 28 4.1M BBL 1M MCF 143.4K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 11S-32E 13 2.6M BBL 8.8M MCF 137.5K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 11S-33E 128 37.9M BBL 160.1M MCF 2.1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 11S-34E 68 3.4M BBL 130.4M MCF 839.9K BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 11S-35E 16 736.8K BBL 12.9M MCF 96.2K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 12S-32E 15 31.9M BBL 27.9M MCF 1.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 12S-33E 42 25.5M BBL 51.6M MCF 1.1M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 12S-34E 48 10.6M BBL 80.4M MCF 800.3K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 12S-35E 16 259K BBL 16M MCF 97.8K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 12S-37E 12 9.7M BBL 4.1M MCF 348.4K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 12S-38E 36 16.1M BBL 15.9M MCF 626.1K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 13S-33E 24 6.5M BBL 13.9M MCF 295.7K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 13S-34E 8 385.3K BBL 3.4M MCF 31.8K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 13S-35E 4 222.7K BBL 18.1M MCF 108.3K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 13S-36E 8 1M BBL 3.6M MCF 56.9K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 13S-37E 4 2.5M BBL 2.5M MCF 99.1K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 13S-38E 60 21.2M BBL 19M MCF 812.5K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 14S-32E 24 6.9M BBL 10.3M MCF 290.2K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 14S-33E 28 18.6M BBL 44.2M MCF 868.3K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 14S-34E 32 7.9M BBL 16.9M MCF 358K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 14S-35E 20 1.4M BBL 13.6M MCF 122.9K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 14S-36E 8 890.4K BBL 19.1M MCF 136.2K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 14S-37E 60 113.9M BBL 69.5M MCF 4.1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 14S-38E 24 8.4M BBL 12M MCF 347.7K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 15S-32E 36 8.8M BBL 54.2M MCF 595.1K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 15S-33E 23 44.2M BBL 26.7M MCF 1.6M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 15S-34E 32 3.5M BBL 49.5M MCF 393K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 15S-35E 56 31M BBL 157.9M MCF 1.9M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 15S-36E 28 5.2M BBL 30.7M MCF 347.5K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 15S-37E 48 94.1M BBL 70M MCF 3.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 15S-38E 8 2.6M BBL 1.9M MCF 99.6K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 16S-32E 94 14.1M BBL 40M MCF 694.8K BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 16S-33E 57 21.2M BBL 102.4M MCF 1.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 16S-34E 80 35.6M BBL 300.1M MCF 2.8M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 16S-35E 193 35.8M BBL 407.1M MCF 3.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 16S-37E 69 41.1M BBL 52.8M MCF 1.6M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 16S-38E 40 6.2M BBL 6.5M MCF 244.4K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 16S-39E 4 1M BBL 1.6M MCF 43.7K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 17S-31E 5 231.1K BBL 193.6K MCF 8.7K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 17S-32E 171 253.2M BBL 535.9M MCF 11.4M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 17S-33E 120 67.9M BBL 97.4M MCF 2.8M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 17S-34E 181 259M BBL 784.2M MCF 12.9M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 17S-35E 123 286.5M BBL 1B MCF 15.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 17S-36E 42 50.8M BBL 26.1M MCF 1.8M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 17S-37E 32 27.1M BBL 49.2M MCF 1.1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 17S-38E 11 5.3M BBL 2.3M MCF 190K BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 17S-39E 3 4.6M BBL 2.6M MCF 168.1K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 18S-31E 4 1.8M BBL 1.2M MCF 68.4K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 18S-32E 263 112.5M BBL 290.7M MCF 5.3M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 18S-33E 184 72.8M BBL 236M MCF 3.7M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 18S-34E 143 174.5M BBL 320.7M MCF 7.5M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 18S-35E 112 178.1M BBL 299.1M MCF 7.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 18S-36E 27 2.7M BBL 11.2M MCF 154.9K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 18S-37E 22 73.2M BBL 158.4M MCF 3.3M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 18S-38E 66 279.7M BBL 478.8M MCF 11.9M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 18S-39E 12 10.9M BBL 17.3M MCF 461.3K BOE Dec 2022
Lea County 19S-32E 251 112M BBL 346.2M MCF 5.6M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 19S-33E 128 43.6M BBL 262.8M MCF 2.9M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 19S-34E 169 78.4M BBL 265.5M MCF 4M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 19S-36E 115 68.4M BBL 201.7M MCF 3.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 19S-37E 132 81M BBL 336.4M MCF 4.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 19S-38E 72 174.3M BBL 219.9M MCF 7M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 21S-34E 148 78.5M BBL 445.9M MCF 5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 21S-35E 144 22.3M BBL 458.3M MCF 3.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 21S-36E 319 228.4M BBL 1.3B MCF 15M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 21S-37E 312 206.7M BBL 2.3B MCF 19.7M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 19S-39E 3 582K BBL 6.4M MCF 55K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20N-34E 4 923K BBL 3.2M MCF 49.1K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20N-35E 4 358.7K BBL 401.7K MCF 14.1K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20S-32E 62 22.6M BBL 82.2M MCF 1.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20S-33E 109 44.5M BBL 118.3M MCF 2.1M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 20S-34E 169 162.2M BBL 374.8M MCF 7.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20S-35E 98 65.6M BBL 147.4M MCF 3M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20S-36E 125 64.7M BBL 329.4M MCF 3.9M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20S-37E 240 115.1M BBL 822.1M MCF 8.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20S-38E 153 74.3M BBL 385.3M MCF 4.6M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 20S-39E 42 2.9M BBL 19.2M MCF 207K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 21S-32E 148 84.7M BBL 579M MCF 6M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 21S-33E 168 144.1M BBL 273.6M MCF 6.3M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 21S-38E 21 1.4M BBL 3.7M MCF 67.7K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 22S-32E 186 141.1M BBL 362.9M MCF 6.7M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 22S-33E 88 99.4M BBL 265.4M MCF 4.7M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 22S-34E 131 127.9M BBL 615.3M MCF 7.6M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 22S-37E 362 94M BBL 1.6B MCF 12.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 22S-38E 61 14.3M BBL 238.6M MCF 1.8M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 23S-32E 214 247.4M BBL 850.4M MCF 12.9M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 23S-33E 133 230.1M BBL 819.3M MCF 12.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 23S-34E 160 156.9M BBL 521M MCF 8.1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 23S-35E 55 31.6M BBL 58M MCF 1.3M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 23S-36E 119 19.5M BBL 497.7M MCF 3.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 23S-37E 163 62.8M BBL 319.4M MCF 3.8M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 23S-38E 23 3M BBL 8.2M MCF 146.8K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 24N-32E 4 2.1M BBL 6.1M MCF 105.4K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 24S-32E 165 312.1M BBL 1.2B MCF 17.1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 24S-33E 184 535.6M BBL 2B MCF 29M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 24S-34E 143 199.3M BBL 856.4M MCF 11.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 24S-35E 92 119.3M BBL 223.6M MCF 5.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 24S-36E 119 29.6M BBL 219.7M MCF 2.2M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 24S-37E 222 54.5M BBL 420.9M MCF 4.1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 24S-38E 23 40.9M BBL 37.3M MCF 1.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 25S-32E 132 328.1M BBL 1.1B MCF 17.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 25S-33E 148 476.2M BBL 1.5B MCF 24.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 25S-34E 112 196M BBL 582.4M MCF 9.7M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 25S-35E 118 155.8M BBL 208.6M MCF 6.3M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 25S-36E 76 45.1M BBL 128.9M MCF 2.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 25S-38E 15 12.8M BBL 11.8M MCF 494.6K BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 26S-32E 116 215M BBL 995.8M MCF 12.6M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 26S-33E 148 356.6M BBL 992.3M MCF 17.4M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 26S-34E 100 178.1M BBL 416.2M MCF 8.2M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 26S-35E 84 79.6M BBL 212.4M MCF 3.8M BOE Feb 2023
Lea County 26S-36E 44 18M BBL 82.9M MCF 1M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 26S-37E 94 69.4M BBL 215.2M MCF 3.5M BOE Jan 2023
Lea County 26S-38E 3 294K BBL 998.8K MCF 15.3K BOE Jan 2023