Oil and gas field · Broomfield County, Colorado, United States
DJ Horizontal Codell
DJ Horizontal Codell is an oil and gas field in Broomfield County, Colorado, United States, with 3,870 boe/day of production in 2025, operated by PDC Energy Inc (25.2%), Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP (25.1%) and Extraction Oil & Gas Inc (21.9%).
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 | DJ HORIZONTAL CODELL | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Broomfield County, Weld County | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | gas, oil (mainly gas) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | PDC Energy Inc (25.2%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP (25.1%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Extraction Oil & Gas Inc (21.9%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 3,870 boe/day (1,276 barrels of oil a day, 15,564 Mcf of gas a day, in 2025) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.2948, -104.7845 | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 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
DJ Horizontal Codell is the 20th-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 238th-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 3,870 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 | 20th of 32 |
| United States | 238th of 319 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this oil and gas field: 51 water rights, 6 power plants (4 operating, 1,994 MW), 2 data centers and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St Vrain | Power plant | 1,149 MW | Operating | 9.3 km |
| Milton Res water right 0203876 21698.00000 | Water right | — | — | 15 km |
| Evans No 2 Ditch water right 0200817 21698.00000 | Water right | — | — | 19 km |
| Fort Lupton | Power plant | 101 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Spindle BESS | Power plant | 199 MW | Under construction | 25 km |
| Union Res water right 0503905 19271.00000 | Water right | — | — | 25 km |
| Keenesburg #2 | Mine | — | Operating | 33 km |
| JPMorgan Chase | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Google - Thornton | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Operators and place
- PDC Energy IncOperator · 25.2%
- Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LPOperator · 25.1%
- Extraction Oil & Gas IncOperator · 21.9%
- Oil and gas fields in Colorado, United States32
- Oil and gas fields in the United States676
- The United States: country profile
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- 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 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 (Apr 2015). EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields, Public domain.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.