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.

1,315

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
Eddy County	665	38
Lea County	608	47
San Juan County	19	2
Rio Arriba County	11	2
Sandoval County	9	—
Chaves County	2	—
Taos County	1	—

Who's drilling New Mexico right now

Operator	Rigs
MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	8
XTO PERMIAN OPERATING, LLC.	8
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P.	7
EOG RESOURCES, INC.	7
MATADOR PRODUCTION COMPANY	7
COTERRA ENERGY OPERATING CO.	5
PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC	5
OXY USA INC.	4
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.	3
AVANT OPERATING II, LLC	2
CIVITAS PERMIAN OPERATING LLC	2
COG OPERATING LLC	2
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, LP	2
DJR OPERATING, LLC	2
WPX ENERGY PERMIAN, LLC.	2
XTO ENERGY, INC.	2
AVANT OPERATING LLC	1
BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC	1
CHEVRON U S A INC	1
CIVITAS PERMIAN OPERATING, LLC	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 Santa Fe Sierra Socorro Torrance Union Valencia

New Mexico rig count →Latest drilling permits →

County

Permits · 90 days

Rigs now

665

608

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