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Utah Drilling Activity Report — August 2026

Statewide permits, drilled-but-uncompleted inventory, recent spuds, newly producing wells, and the most active operators and counties — compiled monthly from Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining well-header records. Free to cite, quote, and embed with attribution.

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The Month in One Sentence

As of August 2, 2026, Utah has 171 drilling permits filed over the trailing 24 months, 82 drilled-but-uncompleted (DUC) wells in inventory, 66 wells spudded in the last 90 days, and 57 wells brought onto first production in the last six months, across 27 producing counties — per Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining records compiled by Buckhead Energy.

171
Permits · trailing 24 mo
82
DUC wells in inventory
66
Spudded · last 90 days
57
New producers · 6 mo
100
Active operators tracked
27
Producing counties

Most Active Operators

#OperatorWellsPermits 24moDUCs
1 Koda Gnb, LLC 3,703 157 179
2 Scout Energy Management 3,231 59 140
3 Koda Uinta, LLC 2,261 294 257
4 Berry Petroleum Company 2,022 29 101
5 Kerr Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore 1,521 0 1

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Hottest Counties

#CountyRecent PermitsDUCsProducing Wells
1 Uintah 708 1,649
2 Duchesne 439 792
3 San Juan 4 1,199
4 Grand 3 944
5 Carbon 0 222

All Utah counties →

Methodology & Downloads

Compiled from Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (DOGM) well-header and production filings: permits over a trailing 24-month window, current DUC inventory (spudded, not yet completed), spuds in the last 90 days, and wells with first production within six months. Refreshed monthly; every figure carries the as-of date above.

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Cite this report (CC BY 4.0): Buckhead Energy, "Utah Drilling Activity Report — August 2026," compiled from Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining records, August 2, 2026. https://www.buckheadenergy.com/utah-drilling-activity-report

Journalists and researchers: monthly figures, county-level breakdowns, and CSV extracts are available on request — [email protected].