Oil and gas field · Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States
Arapahoe
Arapahoe is an oil and gas field in Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States, with 1,234 boe/day of production in 2025, operated by Mull Drilling Company Inc (63.4%) and Citation Oil & Gas Corp (36.2%).
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | ARAPAHOE | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Cheyenne County | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | gas, oil (mainly gas) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Discovered | 1977 | EIA Oil and Gas Field Code Master List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Mull Drilling Company Inc (63.4% of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Citation Oil & Gas Corp (36.2% of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 1,234 boe/day (391 barrels of oil a day, 5,058 Mcf of gas a day, in 2025) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 38.8579, -102.1437 | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this oil and gas field and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its working-interest owners, their shares and its production by well, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares by production
Arapahoe is the 31st-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 307th-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 1,234 boe/day in 2025. Ranks and totals cover the oil and gas fields in our data that report their production, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 31st of 32 |
| United States | 307th of 319 |
Timeline
Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.
- Discovered
- Mull Drilling Company Inc (63.4%) and Citation Oil & Gas Corp (36.2%) on record as operators
Nearby
Within 50 km of this oil and gas field: 5 power plants (1 operating, 498 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm | Power plant | 498 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Cheyenne Ridge II | Power plant | 438 MW | Under construction | 24 km |
| Dry Land Prairie Energy Storage | Power plant | 250 MW | Permitted | 34 km |
Operators and place
Other oil and gas fields in Colorado
- Wattenberg882,693 boe/day in 2025
- San Juan Basin Gas Area468,019 boe/day in 2013
- DJ Horizontal Niobrara110,716 boe/day in 2025
- Ignacio Blanco97,199 boe/day in 2025
- Grand Valley70,415 boe/day in 2025
- Raton Basin Gas Area50,453 boe/day in 2013
- Rulison34,252 boe/day in 2025
- Yellowjacket28,484 boe/day in 2013
Data on this page
- BSEE Data Center. BSEE Data Center, Public domain.
- Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC). Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC), Free reuse.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Feb 2016). EIA Oil and Gas Field Code Master List, Public domain.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Apr 2015). EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields, Public domain.