The largest oil and gas operators active in Utah — ranked by total well count, with producing-well counts for each. Click any operator to see their full profile.
Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Refreshed daily. Data current as of 2026-11-01.
Quick answer: By wells operated, Koda Gnb, LLC is the largest oil and gas operator in Utah with 3,749 wells on record, followed by Scout Energy Management (3,235) and Koda Uinta, LLC (2,324). Ranked from Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data (as of 2026-11-01). This is an operated-well-count ranking, not a revenue or market-cap ranking.
As of 2026-11-01, the largest operator by wells on record in Utah is Koda Gnb, LLC with 3,749 wells on record, across the top 100 ranked operators, per Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data.
| # | Operator | Wells | Producing | Top Formation | Top County |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koda Gnb, LLC | 3,749 | 3,320 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 2 | Scout Energy Management | 3,235 | 3,035 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 3 | Koda Uinta, LLC | 2,324 | 1,422 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 4 | Berry Petroleum Company | 2,022 | 1,392 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 5 | Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore | 1,521 | 0 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 6 | Greylock Production | 1,476 | 1,356 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 7 | Uinta Wax Operating LLC | 1,329 | 660 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 8 | Ovintiv USA INC | 1,139 | 13 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 9 | Finley Resources | 1,019 | 585 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 10 | Fourpoint Resources, LLC | 1,003 | 711 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 11 | Urban Oil & Gas Group | 959 | 918 | Manning Canyon | Carbon |
| 12 | Elk Operating Company | 832 | 792 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 13 | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 810 | 719 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 14 | Utah Gas Op | 666 | 653 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 15 | Crescent Point Energy | 610 | 0 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 16 | Sm Energy Company | 584 | 415 | Uinta Basin | Duchesne |
| 17 | Eog Resources | 563 | 3 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 18 | Qep Energy Company | 546 | 21 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 19 | High River Resources Operating LLC | 533 | all but <3 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Carbon |
| 20 | Enduring Resources | 501 | 19 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 21 | Xto Energy | 449 | 85 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 22 | Xcl Assetco LLC | 428 | 17 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 23 | Orphanno Responsible Operator | 243 | 129 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 24 | Questar Exploration & Production Company | 222 | 61 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 25 | Vaquero Uinta LLC | 220 | 161 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 26 | Anschutz Exploration | 217 | 101 | Uinta Basin | Uintah |
| 27 | Bill Barrett | 210 | 15 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 28 | Chevron | 194 | 106 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 29 | Wesgra | 191 | 126 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 30 | Conocophillips Company | 184 | 4 | Manning Canyon | Carbon |
| 31 | Wexpro Company | 176 | 101 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 32 | Enervest Operating | 168 | 3 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Carbon |
| 33 | Gulf Oil | 168 | 39 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 34 | Ep Energy E And P Company | 162 | 60 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 35 | Amoco Production Company | 157 | 12 | Central Western Overthrust | Summit |
| 36 | Star Oil Operating Company LLC | 136 | 132 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 37 | Shell Oil Company | 133 | 5 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 38 | Belco Energy | 132 | 22 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 39 | Shenandoah Energy | 126 | 73 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 40 | Forest Oil | 126 | 0 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 41 | Gasco Production Company | 125 | 5 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 42 | Arb Energy Utah LLC | 124 | 120 | Mancos-Dakota | Grand |
| 43 | Harken Energy | 121 | 13 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 44 | Coastal Oil & Gas | 116 | 20 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 45 | Lomax Exploration Company | 114 | 5 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 46 | Texaco | 111 | 38 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 47 | Superior Oil Company | 111 | 9 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 48 | Westport Oil & Gas Company | 110 | <3 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 49 | Mobil Oil | 108 | 77 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 50 | Bainbridge Uinta | 106 | 0 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 51 | Dominion Exploration & Production | 106 | 17 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 52 | Wem Operating LLC | 102 | 28 | Uinta Basin | Duchesne |
| 53 | Ultra Resources | 102 | 0 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 54 | Fiml Natural Resources | 99 | <3 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 55 | Citation Oil & Gas | 99 | 82 | Paradox Basin | Garfield |
| 56 | Weststar Exploration Company | 95 | 88 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 57 | Tenneco Oil Company | 94 | 15 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 58 | Humble Oil And Refining Company | 90 | 12 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 59 | Petroglyph Operating Company | 88 | 13 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 60 | Diamond Shamrock Exploration Company | 88 | 22 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 61 | Phillips Petroleum Company | 84 | 24 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 62 | Running Foxes Petroleum | 82 | 42 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 63 | US Oil & Gas | 80 | all but <3 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 64 | Wesco Operating | 71 | 38 | Hermosa | Grand |
| 65 | Txo Production | 71 | 5 | Mancos-Dakota | Grand |
| 66 | Union Oil CO Of California | 70 | 17 | Hermosa | San Juan |
| 67 | Rosewood Resources | 69 | 18 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 68 | Robert L Bayless Producer | 69 | 47 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 69 | Pan American Petroleum | 68 | 6 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 70 | Inland Producers | 66 | 0 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 71 | Mountain West Oil Company | 66 | 8 | Uinta Basin | Daggett |
| 72 | Davis Oil Company | 66 | 5 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 73 | Broadhead Walter | 65 | 0 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 74 | Continental Oil Company | 65 | 6 | Paradox Basin | Uintah |
| 75 | American Helium Operating LLC | 64 | all but <3 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 76 | Nnogc Exploration & Production | 63 | 34 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 77 | Anschutz | 63 | 9 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 78 | Axia Energy Ii | 62 | <3 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 79 | Exxon Mobil | 62 | 8 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 80 | Mountain Fuel Supply Company | 60 | 6 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 81 | Wolverine Gas & Oil Company Of Utah | 59 | 37 | Overthrust&Wasatch Uplift | Sevier |
| 82 | Enron Oil & Gas Company | 58 | 17 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 83 | Natural Gas CORP Of Calif | 58 | 4 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 84 | North Shore Exploration & Production | 56 | 53 | Central Western Overthrust | Summit |
| 85 | Koch Exploration Company | 55 | 20 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 86 | Anr Production Company | 54 | 39 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Duchesne |
| 87 | Pioneer Natural Resources | 54 | 6 | Mancos | Uintah |
| 88 | Arco Oil & Gas Company | 53 | 7 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 89 | Coastal Plains Energy | 50 | 41 | Manning Canyon | Emery |
| 90 | Beartooth Oil & Gas Company | 49 | 30 | Mancos-Dakota | Grand |
| 91 | National Fuel Gas Supply | 49 | 40 | Mancos-Dakota | Grand |
| 92 | Wapiti Operating | 48 | 3 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Carbon |
| 93 | Pease Oil & Gas Company | 48 | 7 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 94 | Snyder Oil Company | 48 | 0 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
| 95 | San Juan Minerals Explor | 47 | 7 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 96 | Ambra Oil & Gas Company | 47 | 7 | Paradox Basin | Grand |
| 97 | Tribar Resources LLC | 47 | 13 | Uinta Basin | Uintah |
| 98 | Anadarko Petroleum | 47 | 20 | Mancos | Carbon |
| 99 | Hf Sinclair Corporation | 45 | 3 | Paradox Basin | San Juan |
| 100 | Cobra Oil & Gas | 45 | 41 | Mesaverde-Wasatch | Uintah |
Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data.
Ranking: Operators ranked by total well count under their current operator-of-record. Producing-well count is wells with a first-production date on file. Drilling activity (permits, spuds, DUCs) is published only as state and county counts, never attributed to an operator.
Why it matters: Knowing who operates the most wells in Utah helps mineral owners understand who they're dealing with at the lease level.
Refresh cadence: Daily. Data current as of 2026-11-01.
By wells operated, Koda Gnb, LLC is the largest oil and gas operator in Utah, with 3,749 wells on record per Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. Note that "biggest" by revenue or market capitalization can rank differently — this measures operated well count.
The top 10 operators by operated well count are: Koda Gnb, LLC, Scout Energy Management, Koda Uinta, LLC, Berry Petroleum Company, Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore, Greylock Production, Uinta Wax Operating LLC, Ovintiv USA Inc., Finley Resources, Fourpoint Resources, LLC. The full top-100 ranking with well and producing-well counts is in the leaderboard below.
Koda Gnb, LLC operates the most wells in Utah at 3,749, per Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data.
This leaderboard ranks the top 100 operators active in Utah by total well count. Many more file with the regulator; these are the largest by operated wells.
By wells operated — the count of wells under each company's current operator-of-record designation in the public oil and gas data Buckhead Energy analyzes. It is not a revenue, production-volume, or market-capitalization ranking.
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Operators ranked: 100
Total wells: 33,955
Last refresh: 2026-11-01
