Oil and gas field · Garfield County, Colorado, United States
Grand Valley
Grand Valley is an oil and gas field in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, with 70,415 boe/day of production in 2025, operated by QB Energy Operating LLC (67.1%), TEP Rocky Mountain LLC (19.7%) and Laramie Energy LLC (13.3%).
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 | GRAND VALLEY | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Garfield County, Rio Blanco 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 | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 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 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | QB Energy Operating LLC (67.1%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | TEP Rocky Mountain LLC (19.7%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Laramie Energy LLC (13.3%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 70,415 boe/day (956 barrels of oil a day, 416,758 Mcf of gas a day, in 2025) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 60,425 boe/day (362,548 Mcf of gas a day, no. 28 of EIA's top 100 US gas fields, gas only, oil not ranked, in 2013) | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 39.5889, -108.1392 | 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
Grand Valley is the 5th-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 33rd-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 70,415 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 | 5th of 32 |
| United States | 33rd of 319 |
Timeline
Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.
- Discovered
- QB Energy Operating LLC (67.1%), TEP Rocky Mountain LLC (19.7%) and Laramie Energy LLC (13.3%) on record as operators
Nearby
Within 50 km of this oil and gas field: 7 water rights and 1 power plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOSR E Parachute CR Res water right 3904013 24446.00000 | Water right | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Rifle Gap Reservoir water right 3903508 37503.36899 | Water right | — | — | 33 km |
| Rifle Generating Station | Power plant | 84 MW | Closed | 36 km |
| Jerry Creek Res No 2 water right 7203962 40013.38847 | Water right | — | — | 44 km |
Operators and place
- QB Energy Operating LLCOperator · 67.1%
- TEP Rocky Mountain LLCOperator · 19.7%
- Laramie Energy LLCOperator · 13.3%
- 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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- Wattenberg882,693 boe/day in 2025
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- Rulison34,252 boe/day in 2025
- Yellowjacket28,484 boe/day in 2013
- Parachute North23,857 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 (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.