An active buyer of Rio Blanco County, Colorado mineral rights. Buckhead Energy has been buying mineral and royalty interests since 2006.
Last updated: November 2026
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Start NowAs of 2026-11-06, Rio Blanco County, Colorado shows 91 recent drilling permits and 75 drilled-but-uncompleted (DUC) wells, with Scout Energy Management operating the most wells on record and the Piceance Basin the leading target formation.
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See any operator's well footprint in Rio Blanco County — wells operated, wells that have produced, and what it means if you own minerals under their wells.
Ground-truth your Rio Blanco County, Colorado minerals against current, dated, sourced market data before you decide to sell:
As of , Rio Blanco County, Colorado has the following records in this dataset: 91 recent drilling permits , 75 drilled-but-uncompleted (DUC) wells and 3,883 wells with reported production. By wells on record, the largest operator is Scout Energy Management (drilling activity is counted by state and county, never per operator). Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Refreshed daily.
Permits count wells with a permit date in the trailing 24 months. DUCs count wells spudded in the trailing three years with no reported first production. Wells with reported production may no longer be producing. These dataset counts are not a complete census of permits or currently producing wells.
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Figures for Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. A figure based on fewer than 3 wells is withheld.
100 means flat. The score multiplies two ratios: drilling permits in the last 12 months against the 12 months before, and oil-equivalent production (BOE, 6 mcf = 1 bbl) in the latest 12 reported months against the 12 before.
Permits: 41 in the last 12 months vs 24 in the prior 12 (×1.71)
Production: 12 months through 2026-07 vs the 12 months before (×1.06)
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 | $210,000,000 | $350,000,000 | $560,000,000 |
| 2024 | $230,000,000 | $240,000,000 | $470,000,000 |
| 2023 | $250,000,000 | $300,000,000 | $540,000,000 |
Median permit to spud: 435 days (68 wells)
Median spud to first production: 307 days (73 wells)
Drilled, not yet producing: 75 wells spudded in the last three years with no first production reported; median 195 days since spud
Rio Blanco County, Colorado includes 7 named oil & gas fields we buy in. Each field page carries well counts, active operators, and how to sell an interest there.
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Buckhead Energy purchases mineral rights and royalties in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The county lies in the Piceance Basin.
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