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By Brad James, Founder · Production data through Jul 2026
Production data through Jul 2026
as of Jul 2026
as of Jul 2026
as of Jul 2026
as of Jul 2026
Over the twelve most recent reported months, San Juan County wells produced about 6.9 million barrels of oil and 243.8 million Mcf of gas — an average of 18,791 barrels and 667,982 Mcf per day. That output comes from roughly 11,824 active wells, with 363 permitted locations on file. The latest six months are running below the prior six, the profile of a position weighted toward legacy production.
6,858,603 barrels of oil, Aug 2025 → Jul 2026
243,813,272 Mcf of natural gas, Aug 2025 → Jul 2026
Rates shown as barrels of oil per day and Mcf of natural gas per day, computed from monthly totals reported to NM OCD. Aug 2016 through Jul 2026. Download CSV · See methodology · All county data.
| Month | Oil (Bbl) | Gas (Mcf) |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2016 | 341,825 | 31,859,214 |
| Sep 2016 | 347,142 | 30,959,255 |
| Oct 2016 | 340,407 | 31,932,302 |
| Nov 2016 | 352,014 | 30,067,035 |
| Dec 2016 | 350,208 | 30,364,717 |
| Jan 2017 | 350,990 | 28,473,084 |
| Feb 2017 | 301,211 | 26,193,343 |
| Mar 2017 | 294,772 | 30,088,504 |
| Apr 2017 | 307,598 | 29,461,453 |
| May 2017 | 399,836 | 30,087,520 |
| Jun 2017 | 373,403 | 29,764,057 |
| Jul 2017 | 413,791 | 30,762,579 |
| Aug 2017 | 477,668 | 18,653,227 |
| Sep 2017 | 501,664 | 30,372,906 |
| Oct 2017 | 495,162 | 31,117,718 |
| Nov 2017 | 481,344 | 30,007,879 |
| Dec 2017 | 616,226 | 30,056,492 |
| Jan 2018 | 498,288 | 29,580,682 |
| Feb 2018 | 513,587 | 27,186,318 |
| Mar 2018 | 545,749 | 30,238,302 |
| Apr 2018 | 505,470 | 28,399,439 |
| May 2018 | 526,757 | 29,224,883 |
| Jun 2018 | 466,734 | 29,521,729 |
| Jul 2018 | 415,257 | 31,005,179 |
| Aug 2018 | 488,584 | 30,828,781 |
| Sep 2018 | 445,726 | 29,369,804 |
| Oct 2018 | 466,453 | 31,080,670 |
| Nov 2018 | 467,225 | 29,410,544 |
| Dec 2018 | 445,115 | 29,519,326 |
| Jan 2019 | 432,319 | 28,326,737 |
| Feb 2019 | 382,200 | 26,161,803 |
| Mar 2019 | 416,265 | 29,054,235 |
| Apr 2019 | 384,246 | 27,927,556 |
| May 2019 | 371,757 | 27,827,696 |
| Jun 2019 | 342,334 | 27,727,323 |
| Jul 2019 | 332,422 | 28,536,471 |
| Aug 2019 | 367,701 | 28,852,263 |
| Sep 2019 | 408,764 | 27,762,074 |
| Oct 2019 | 411,332 | 28,405,755 |
| Nov 2019 | 391,342 | 27,157,640 |
| Dec 2019 | 500,927 | 27,055,801 |
| Jan 2020 | 505,924 | 26,736,189 |
| Feb 2020 | 450,149 | 25,223,764 |
| Mar 2020 | 459,221 | 26,907,581 |
| Apr 2020 | 404,808 | 25,556,773 |
| May 2020 | 267,778 | 26,028,361 |
| Jun 2020 | 410,497 | 25,321,774 |
| Jul 2020 | 413,049 | 26,040,331 |
| Aug 2020 | 404,901 | 25,627,340 |
| Sep 2020 | 383,653 | 25,453,851 |
| Oct 2020 | 396,511 | 26,489,683 |
| Nov 2020 | 375,544 | 25,441,961 |
| Dec 2020 | 359,446 | 25,085,894 |
| Jan 2021 | 361,614 | 25,150,451 |
| Feb 2021 | 298,071 | 23,022,676 |
| Mar 2021 | 327,842 | 25,318,603 |
| Apr 2021 | 324,446 | 24,534,306 |
| May 2021 | 376,374 | 25,255,217 |
| Jun 2021 | 421,923 | 24,320,155 |
| Jul 2021 | 418,667 | 25,336,048 |
| Aug 2021 | 394,029 | 25,474,491 |
| Sep 2021 | 371,344 | 24,168,519 |
| Oct 2021 | 387,484 | 25,125,106 |
| Nov 2021 | 374,334 | 24,411,383 |
| Dec 2021 | 379,622 | 24,618,196 |
| Jan 2022 | 360,649 | 24,478,927 |
| Feb 2022 | 326,834 | 21,900,540 |
| Mar 2022 | 369,418 | 24,703,627 |
| Apr 2022 | 436,464 | 23,626,552 |
| May 2022 | 629,483 | 23,982,698 |
| Jun 2022 | 605,953 | 24,052,225 |
| Jul 2022 | 636,926 | 24,776,171 |
| Aug 2022 | 657,804 | 24,809,369 |
| Sep 2022 | 789,656 | 24,071,314 |
| Oct 2022 | 846,075 | 25,049,502 |
| Nov 2022 | 757,127 | 23,853,586 |
| Dec 2022 | 722,212 | 24,009,519 |
| Jan 2023 | 646,850 | 23,232,809 |
| Feb 2023 | 643,242 | 21,006,325 |
| Mar 2023 | 711,094 | 23,672,505 |
| Apr 2023 | 675,119 | 22,761,957 |
| May 2023 | 656,259 | 23,694,887 |
| Jun 2023 | 605,682 | 23,188,525 |
| Jul 2023 | 576,960 | 23,714,217 |
| Aug 2023 | 649,856 | 24,014,629 |
| Sep 2023 | 614,017 | 23,145,550 |
| Oct 2023 | 611,105 | 23,823,386 |
| Nov 2023 | 567,612 | 22,739,243 |
| Dec 2023 | 556,469 | 23,051,292 |
| Jan 2024 | 505,563 | 22,193,094 |
| Feb 2024 | 487,336 | 21,374,375 |
| Mar 2024 | 468,258 | 22,527,116 |
| Apr 2024 | 499,857 | 21,513,856 |
| May 2024 | 610,372 | 22,076,570 |
| Jun 2024 | 502,105 | 21,087,945 |
| Jul 2024 | 652,061 | 22,139,014 |
| Aug 2024 | 668,117 | 22,181,574 |
| Sep 2024 | 605,850 | 21,378,397 |
| Oct 2024 | 542,910 | 21,451,684 |
| Nov 2024 | 641,796 | 21,868,334 |
| Dec 2024 | 643,276 | 23,752,578 |
| Jan 2025 | 606,867 | 23,351,581 |
| Feb 2025 | 547,356 | 21,101,818 |
| Mar 2025 | 711,962 | 23,634,658 |
| Apr 2025 | 740,830 | 22,801,391 |
| May 2025 | 737,745 | 23,367,151 |
| Jun 2025 | 682,564 | 22,018,214 |
| Jul 2025 | 665,185 | 22,842,798 |
| Aug 2025 | 638,001 | 22,965,911 |
| Sep 2025 | 536,425 | 22,076,714 |
| Oct 2025 | 557,405 | 25,382,558 |
| Nov 2025 | 628,458 | 26,471,941 |
| Dec 2025 | 717,937 | 26,812,311 |
| Jan 2026 | 660,283 | 25,796,407 |
| Feb 2026 | 649,511 | 23,132,741 |
| Mar 2026 | 802,766 | 24,737,169 |
| Apr 2026 | 814,282 | 23,368,767 |
| May 2026 | 852,032 | 22,879,829 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,503 | 188,924 |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Operator | Parent | Ticker | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilcorp Energy | — | Private | Houston, TX |
| ConocoPhillips | — | COP(NYSE) | Houston, TX |
| BP America | BP plc | BP(NYSE) | Houston, TX |
Public-company tickers link to investor relations. Private operators are marked as such and do not carry a ticker.
We also buy overriding royalty interests (ORRIs) and non-participating royalty interests (NPRIs) in San Juan County — common for tracts under leases held by major operators with carried-out royalty structures.
Yes. San Juan County is on our active buy list. We buy mineral interests, royalty interests, NPRI, and ORRI on both producing and non-producing tracts targeting the Mesaverde, Fruitland Coal, and Dakota formations.
The most active operators we track in San Juan County include Hilcorp Energy, ConocoPhillips, BP America. We regularly buy interests held under leases with these operators.
San Juan County sits in the San Juan Basin, where the primary target is mancos / pictured cliffs. Here we underwrite the Mesaverde, Fruitland Coal, and Dakota formations.
Last-six-month volumes in San Juan County are running below the prior six months, which is typical of an area weighted toward legacy production rather than fresh drilling. Offer values still reflect the remaining decline curve and any nearby permits.
Yes. San Juan County is on our active buy list. We respond to offer requests within 48 hours and underwrite producing tracts where the underlying decline curve and operator workover plans support a competitive offer.
San Juan County sits in the San Juan Basin (Four Corners region) and produces predominantly natural gas from the Mesaverde, Dakota, Fruitland Coal, and Mancos intervals. The basin has a very long history (development since the 1950s) and is mature, with thousands of legacy wells. Production economics are gas-dominated and sensitive to natural gas pricing at the Blanco Hub (the regional pricing point). Many interests are held by long-time families who inherited from earlier generations.
The Mancos Shale (a deeper, lower-permeability interval) has been actively redeveloped with horizontal drilling in the past decade, while the Mesaverde, Dakota, and Fruitland Coal are typically vertical conventional or coalbed methane production. Owners with leases covering the full San Juan Basin section may have royalty from multiple intervals at once. The Mancos redevelopment has been the source of much of the recent leasing and re-leasing activity in the basin.
Probably yes — New Mexico has no general dormant mineral statute, so unused mineral interests do not lapse to the surface owner over time. The interest persists indefinitely unless conveyed away or quieted by court action. The complication is usually the chain of title: many San Juan County interests have passed through multiple generations without probate, and reconstructing the chain to present-day owners can require affidavits of heirship or partial probates. We handle this title work as part of closing for San Juan County purchases.
Closings on San Juan County mineral rights typically take 7 to 30 days from the date you accept our offer, depending on title complexity. We handle county-level title work, PSA drafting, mineral deed preparation, and notary coordination at our expense.
Just a tract description (abstract or survey, section/township/range, or a legal description from your deed) and any recent royalty check stubs if the interest is producing. You do not need to gather deeds or title opinions up front.
San Juan County sits in the San Juan Basin, where operators are targeting mancos / pictured cliffs. Activity is led by names like Hilcorp Energy, ConocoPhillips, BP America, and new drilling continues to shape the play across the Mesaverde, Fruitland Coal, and Dakota formations.
If you hold mineral rights, royalty interests, NPRI, or ORRI anywhere in the county, we'd like to put a written offer in front of you. Every offer we send is funded from our own balance sheet — there's no auction, no broker markup, and no third-party capital waiting to approve the deal.
San Juan County is an active buying area for us. The play is mature with significant legacy production rather than a fresh drilling wave, and we're prepared to make offers on producing tracts that other buyers overlook.
Production has softened over the last six months compared with the prior six — typical of a county with more legacy production than fresh drilling.