Permian Basin Oil Fields: Every Well, County and Operator
The Permian Basin holds 389,187 wells on record across West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Counts, counties, operators, and 2024 production, on one map.
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New Mexico Oil and Gas
In New Mexico, oil and gas wells and drilling permits are regulated by the Oil Conservation Division, while air emissions fall to the New Mexico Environment Department. The two keep separate systems, so the answer to a question about a well is often split between them.
These posts explain how to search the Oil Conservation Division for wells and permits, how an application for permit to drill moves through the system, and what the state air rules, including the ozone-season provisions, ask of operators in the Permian and San Juan basins.
The New Mexico posts also cover the state's abandoned and orphaned wells and how to map them from the public records. Each post links to the agency tool it describes, so any record can be checked at its source.
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New Mexico Ozone Season O&G Rules: NMED Requirements
NMED 20.2.82 NMAC requires heightened LDAR surveys and equipment controls for New Mexico oil and gas facilities during the May through October ozone season.
UIC Well Classes: Class II, Class VI, and Where to Look
What a UIC well is, how EPA's six injection well classes differ, why Class II dominates and Class VI carries carbon storage, and where records live.
NMOCD Permitting: Find and Map New Mexico Drilling Permits
NMOCD permitting explained: how New Mexico's OCD drilling permit (C-101) works, where permit records live, and how to map every permitted well on Atlas.
Abandoned Gas Wells: What They Are and Where to Find Them
Abandoned and orphaned gas wells are a methane and cleanup-liability concern. Learn what they are and how Atlas maps them, with New Mexico as the live example.
NMOCD Well Search: Map Every New Mexico Oil & Gas Well
NMOCD well search, mapped: find any New Mexico oil & gas well by operator, county, or well name, with wellhead gas composition and statewide analytics. Free.