Every active oil and gas formation and play in Utah — Mesaverde-Wasatch, Paradox Basin, Uinta Basin, Manning Canyon, Hermosa, Mancos, and more — ranked by well count, with the top operators and primary counties for each.
Refreshed monthly from DOGM well records. Data current as of 2026-08-23.
Quick answer: The most-targeted oil and gas formations in Utah are the Mesaverde-Wasatch, Paradox Basin, Uinta Basin, Manning Canyon and Hermosa, led by the Mesaverde-Wasatch with 26,656 wells on record. Ranked by well count across 12 tracked formations from Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (DOGM) well-header records (as of 2026-08-23) and refreshed monthly.
As of 2026-08-23, the most-developed Utah formation is the Mesaverde-Wasatch with 26,656 wells on record, across 12 tracked formations, per Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (DOGM) well records.
Top Operators:
Koda Gnb, LLC (3,472), Scout Energy Management (3,072), Berry Petroleum Company (1,925), Koda Uinta, LLC (1,539), Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore (1,495), Greylock Production (1,467), Ovintiv USA INC (1,121), Uinta Wax Operating LLC (1,053), Finley Resources (877), Crescent Energy Operating, LLC (705)
Primary counties: Uintah, Duchesne, Carbon, Grand, Wasatch
Top Operators:
Elk Operating Company (832), Wesgra (191), Star Oil Operating Company LLC (136), Harken Energy (121), Orphanno Responsible Operator (107), Superior Oil Company (104), Mobil Oil (97), Texaco (86), Running Foxes Petroleum (82), US Oil & Gas (80)
Primary counties: San Juan, Grand, Emery, Garfield, Wayne
Top Operators:
Koda Uinta, LLC (749), Sm Energy Company (334), Fourpoint Resources, LLC (310), Uinta Wax Operating LLC (258), Koda Gnb, LLC (223), Scout Energy Management (153), Finley Resources (129), Anschutz Exploration (102), Crescent Energy Operating, LLC (101), Wem Operating LLC (88)
Primary counties: Uintah, Duchesne, Daggett, Carbon, Wasatch
Top Operators:
Urban Oil & Gas Group (905), Conocophillips Company (142), Xto Energy (85), Coastal Plains Energy (40), Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore (24), Orphanno Responsible Operator (23), Texas Eastern Transmission (20), River Gas (17), Whitmar Exploration Company (16), Bill Barrett (14)
Primary counties: Carbon, Emery, Uintah
Top Operators:
Wesco Operating (69), Union Oil CO Of California (31), American Helium Operating LLC (25), Delta Petroleum (22), Crownquest Operating (19), Fidelity E And P Company (17), Orphanno Responsible Operator (17), Wexpro Company (15), Megadon Enterprises (13), Paradox Upstream (13)
Primary counties: San Juan, Grand, Emery
Top Operators:
Urban Oil & Gas Group (43), Enduring Resources (37), Pioneer Natural Resources (36), Orphanno Responsible Operator (34), Leif Exploration, LLC (30), Xto Energy (30), Anadarko Petroleum (26), Price River Energy LLC (20), J W Operating Company (18), Marion Energy (17)
Primary counties: Uintah, Carbon, Grand, Emery, Sanpete
Top Operators:
Arb Energy Utah LLC (119), Utah Gas Op (58), National Fuel Gas Supply (37), Txo Production (34), Beartooth Oil & Gas Company (31), Medallion Exploration (28), Enduring Resources (25), Retamco Operating (21), Coseka Resources (21), Hancock Burton W (21)
Primary counties: Grand, Uintah
Top Operators:
Amoco Production Company (88), North Shore Exploration & Production (56), American Quasar Petroleum Company (38), Citation Oil & Gas (33), Rme Petroleum Company (29), Mountain West Oil Company (21), Anschutz (17), Quaneco (16), Exxon Mobil (12), Champlin Petroleum Company (11)
Primary counties: Summit, Rich, Morgan
Top Operators:
Utacal Oil Company (27), Diamond Oil Company (21), Utah Parks Petroleum Company (13), Chevron (12), 5m Incorporated (11), Bardwell E R (10), Placid Oil Company (10), Burnham Oil Company (8), Zion Crude Oil Company (7), Toney W W (7)
Primary counties: Washington, Millard, Utah, Juab, Iron
Top Operators:
Wolverine Gas & Oil Company Of Utah (59), Wolverine Operations (9), Uinta Wax Operating LLC (7), Mountain Fuel Supply Company (6), Phillips Petroleum Company (6), Amoco Production Company (4), Dosecc (4), Wem Petroleum (4), Chandler & Associates (4), Warner Valley Oil (3)
Primary counties: Sevier, Sanpete, Cache, Davis, Salt Lake
Top Operators:
Amoco Production Company (18), Utah Petrochemical (12), Premier Technology (10), Lab Energy (9), Orphanno Responsible Operator (8), Stoddard Drilling Company (8), Pixley Kenneth (7), Liberty Pioneer Energy Source (7), Chemical Oil (5), Southern Community (5)
Primary counties: Box Elder, Tooele, Uintah
Top Operators:
Legend Energy (7), Houston Oil & Gas (3), Mcdermott J R (3), Burnett Oil (2), G C Bingham (2), Tenneco Oil Company (2), Pan American Petroleum (2), Conocophillips Company (2), Amerada Hess (1), Tidewater (1)
Primary counties: Kane
Source: Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (DOGM) well-header records, aggregated by primary play / interpreted formation / basin.
Threshold: Only formations with at least 50 wells are listed (excludes one-off wildcat plays).
Why it matters: Knowing which formation underlies your tract — and which operators are actively drilling that formation — is the foundation of mineral-rights valuation. Stacked-pay plays carry materially different upside than mature single-bench plays.
Refresh cadence: Monthly. Data current as of 2026-08-23.
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The most-developed formations and plays in Utah are the Mesaverde-Wasatch, Paradox Basin, Uinta Basin, Manning Canyon and Hermosa, among others. This directory tracks 12 active formations ranked by well count, per Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (DOGM) records.
The Mesaverde-Wasatch has the most wells on record in Utah — 26,656 wells, worked by 376 active operators, per DOGM well-header data. This is a well-count ranking, not a reserves or value ranking.
The most active operators in the Mesaverde-Wasatch are Koda Gnb, LLC, Scout Energy Management, Berry Petroleum Company, Koda Uinta, LLC, Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore. Each formation card below lists its top operators by well count.
About 1,237 drilling permits were filed across the tracked Utah formations in the last 24 months, per DOGM records — a rough measure of where new activity is concentrated.
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Active formations: 12
Total wells: 40,149
Recent permits: 1,237
Last refresh: 2026-08-23
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