Oil and gas field · Garfield County, Colorado, United States
Parachute North
Parachute North is an oil and gas field in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, with 23,857 boe/day of production in 2013.
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 | PARACHUTE NORTH | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Garfield County | EIA Oil and Gas Field Code Master List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Colorado | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | gas | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Discovered | 2007 | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 EIA Oil and Gas Field Code Master List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 23,857 boe/day (143,142 Mcf of gas a day, no. 50 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 |
Research on this oil and gas field and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its working-interest owners, their shares and its production by well, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares by production
Parachute North is the 9th-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 96th-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 23,857 boe/day in 2013. Ranks and totals cover the oil and gas fields in our data that report their production, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 9th of 32 |
| United States | 96th of 319 |
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 (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.