Buckhead Energy buys Kit Carson County, Colorado mineral rights and royalties.
Kit Carson County drilling right now — Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data, as of 2026-11-07:
Figures for Kit Carson County, Colorado. Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. A figure based on fewer than 3 wells is withheld.
Oil valued at the EIA WTI Cushing monthly average price; gas at the EIA Henry Hub monthly average × 1.037 MMBtu per mcf. This is historical gross value at benchmark prices, before price differentials, deductions, and taxes — not an estimate of any owner's income or a valuation.
| Year | Oil | Gas | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | $58,000 | — |
| 2024 | — | $33,000 | — |
| 2023 | — | $43,000 | — |
"—" marks a commodity with at least one month in that year withheld (fewer than 3 contributing wells) or without a benchmark price; the total is shown only when both oil and gas cover all 12 months.
This page covers Kit Carson County. For the statewide guide — every county, live drilling data, and how selling works across the state — see Colorado Mineral Rights.
Own a royalty rather than the minerals themselves? See selling oil & gas royalties in Colorado — severance tax, property-tax treatment, and whether a dormancy statute applies.
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Quick answer — Does Buckhead Energy buy mineral rights in Kit Carson County, Colorado?
Kit Carson County lies along the Kansas line in east-central Colorado, with Burlington as its county seat and Stratton, Flagler, Seibert, Vona and Bethune strung along Interstate 70. It sits on the Las Animas Arch at the southeastern edge of the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin, between the DJ Basin's Cretaceous gas to the north and the Pennsylvanian oil trends of western Kansas to the east. Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data counts about 400 wells of record, nearly three in four of them wildcats, and fewer than 50 that have ever produced. Only a handful of wells were active producers as of October 2026.
Kit Carson County has been explored for oil and gas since the 1950s, with drilling peaking in the 1980s, when more than 110 wells were spudded, and continuing through the 1990s. First production of record in the county dates to 1975. Most wells that have produced are in small Pennsylvanian Morrow and Keyes sandstone fields near 5,800 feet, such as Smoky Hill, Speaker, Lookout and Pennypacker, while shallow Niobrara gas wells in the Bonny field near the Yuma County line account for most of the county's active producing wells as of October 2026. Only about 11 wells have been drilled in the county since 2010.
Cities and communities: Burlington, Stratton, Flagler, Seibert, Vona, Bethune.
Kit Carson County, Colorado
Burlington (county seat)
3 producing formations
Depth: ~1,700 ft
Shallow Upper Cretaceous chalk producing dry natural gas in the county's northeast, an extension of the Yuma County gas trend and the source of most of the county's active producing wells as of October 2026.
Depth: ~5,100 ft
Pennsylvanian carbonates, part of the same trend produced across western Kansas.
Depth: ~5,800 ft
Lower Pennsylvanian sandstones and the most common producing zone in the county's oil and gas fields, including Smoky Hill, Speaker and Lookout.
Kit Carson County has very little current production. By count of active producing wells, Own Resources Operating runs nearly all of them, mainly Niobrara gas wells in the Bonny field. Most of the county's wells of record were wildcats that never produced.
Fewer than 50 Kit Carson County wells have ever produced, and only a handful were active producers as of October 2026, mostly shallow Niobrara gas wells in the northeast near the Yuma County line. Whether a particular interest is producing, leased or open depends on the recorded deeds, leases and reservations for that tract. Buckhead Energy buys mineral rights and royalties in Kit Carson County, Colorado.
Related guides: DJ Basin mineral rights, Colorado mineral rights by county, Colorado mineral rights law, Colorado formations by well count, Yuma County, Lincoln County, Washington County, Cheyenne County.
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