The Anadarko Basin of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle hosts the SCOOP and STACK plays and a deep, long-lived stack of gas and liquids-rich reservoirs.
The Anadarko Basin has approximately 219,995 wells operated by 6,181 companies. Below are the largest operators by well count. Data as of 2026-09-03.
| # | Operator | Wells | Have produced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eiger Operating Company, LLC | 7,660 | 7,170 |
| 2 | Chesapeake Energy | 5,677 | 1,929 |
| 3 | Scout Energy Management | 4,276 | 3,841 |
| 4 | Diversified Production LLC | 4,177 | 3,986 |
| 5 | Burk Royalty | 4,131 | 3,988 |
| 6 | Bcemach Iii LLC | 3,869 | 3,529 |
| 7 | Large Operating LLC | 3,411 | 3,191 |
| 8 | Presidio Petroleum | 3,218 | 3,152 |
| 9 | Bcemach | 2,999 | 2,852 |
| 10 | Unbridled Resources LLC | 2,897 | 2,807 |
| 11 | Mewbourne Oil Company | 2,508 | 1,933 |
| 12 | Sandridge Exploration & Production | 2,263 | 1,786 |
| 13 | Oxy | 2,085 | 987 |
| 14 | Anadarko Petroleum | 1,978 | 929 |
| 15 | Devon Energy Production Company | 1,956 | 1,526 |
| 16 | American Warrior | 1,900 | 1,025 |
| 17 | Unit Petroleum Company | 1,717 | 1,223 |
| 18 | Continental Resources | 1,671 | 1,051 |
| 19 | EOG Resources | 1,567 | 484 |
| 20 | Pantera Energy Company | 1,498 | 1,356 |
| 21 | Mmgl Txph LLC | 1,483 | 1,455 |
| 22 | Latigo Oil & Gas | 1,462 | 1,166 |
| 23 | Apache | 1,458 | 498 |
| 24 | Exxon Mobil | 1,414 | 690 |
| 25 | Bpx Operating Company | 1,406 | 696 |
The largest operators in the Anadarko Basin by well count in this snapshot are Eiger Operating Company, LLC (7,660 wells), Chesapeake Energy (5,677 wells), Scout Energy Management (4,276 wells), Diversified Production LLC (4,177 wells), Burk Royalty (4,131 wells). The snapshot includes 6,181 operators and is dated 2026-09-03.
No. “Have produced” counts wells with a recorded first-production date. It does not confirm current production or current royalty payments. The “Wells” column counts well records associated with each operator in this basin snapshot.
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Well counts come from Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data (data as of 2026-09-03); reflect wells where each company is the current operator of record in the Anadarko Basin. Informational only.
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