New Mexico Drilling Activity by County

New Mexico is the second-most-active drilling state in the country. Lea and Eddy counties in the Delaware Basin carry the western half of the Permian.

1,139

Drilling permits · last 90 days

Rigs running now

Counties with drilling records

Where New Mexico is drilling right now

County	Permits · 90 days	Rigs now
Lea County	574	46
Eddy County	532	36
Rio Arriba County	22	1
San Juan County	7	1
Chaves County	3	1
Taos County	1	–

Who's drilling New Mexico right now

Operator	Rigs
MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	10
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P.	9
MATADOR PRODUCTION COMPANY	8
XTO PERMIAN OPERATING, LLC.	7
PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC	6
EOG RESOURCES, INC.	5
OXY USA INC.	4
XTO ENERGY, INC.	4
MARATHON OIL PERMIAN LLC	3
AVANT OPERATING II, LLC	2
CIVITAS PERMIAN OPERATING LLC	2
COTERRA ENERGY OPERATING CO	2
COTERRA ENERGY OPERATING CO.	2
BURK ROYALTY COMPANY LTD	1
CHEVRON U S A INC	1
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.	1
CIMAREX ENERGY CO.	1
CIVITAS PERMIAN OPERATING, LLC	1
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY	1
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY LP	1

All New Mexico counties with drilling records

Bernalillo Catron Cibola Colfax Curry De Baca Dona Ana Grant Guadalupe Harding Hidalgo Lincoln Luna McKinley Mora Otero Quay Roosevelt San Miguel Sandoval Santa Fe Sierra Socorro Torrance Union Valencia

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