Oil and gas field · Mesa County, Colorado, United States
Brush Creek
Brush Creek is an oil and gas field in Mesa County, Colorado, United States, with 3,387 boe/day of production in 2025, operated by Laramie Energy LLC.
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 | BRUSH CREEK | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Mesa 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 | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Discovered | 1985 | 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 | Laramie Energy LLC (100% of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 3,387 boe/day (29 barrels of oil a day, 20,150 Mcf of gas a day, in 2025) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 39.2670, -107.8293 | 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
Brush Creek is the 22nd-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 244th-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 3,387 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 | 22nd of 32 |
| United States | 244th of 319 |
Timeline
Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.
- Discovered
- Laramie Energy LLC (100%) on record as operator
Nearby
Within 50 km of this oil and gas field: 10 water rights, 2 mines (1 operating) and 1 power plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vega Reservoir water right 7203844 37486.00000 | Water right | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Jerry Creek Res No 2 water right 7203962 40013.38847 | Water right | — | — | 25 km |
| Rifle Generating Station | Power plant | 84 MW | Closed | 29 km |
| NOSR E Parachute CR Res water right 3904013 24446.00000 | Water right | — | — | 38 km |
| Bowie No 3 Mine | Mine | — | Closed | 43 km |
| West Elk Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 49 km |
Operator and place
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- Raton Basin Gas Area50,453 boe/day in 2013
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Data on this page
- BSEE Data Center. BSEE Data Center, Public domain.
- Colorado DWR REST API. Colorado DWR REST API, CDSS Terms of Use.
- 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.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.