Oil and gas field · Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States
Piceance Creek
Piceance Creek is an oil and gas field in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States, with 3,173 boe/day of production in 2025, operated by QB Energy Operating 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 | PICEANCE CREEK | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | 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 | 1930 | 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 (100%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 3,173 boe/day (92 barrels of oil a day, 18,482 Mcf of gas a day, in 2025) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 12,021 boe/day (72,126 Mcf of gas a day, no. 99 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 | 39.9016, -108.2459 | 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
Piceance Creek is the 23rd-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 248th-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 3,173 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 | 23rd of 32 |
| United States | 248th of 319 |
Timeline
Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.
- Discovered
- QB Energy Operating LLC (100%) on record as operator
Nearby
Within 50 km of this oil and gas field: 3 water rights, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOSR E Parachute CR Res water right 3904013 24446.00000 | Water right | — | — | 41 km |
| Taylor Draw PWR Conduit water right 4302571 41091.00000 | Water right | — | — | 46 km |
| Taylor Draw Res water right 4304433 41091.00000 | Water right | — | — | 46 km |
Operator and place
More from QB Energy Operating LLC
- Grand Valley70,415 boe/day in 2025
- Rulison34,252 boe/day in 2025
- Parachute22,727 boe/day in 2025
- Mamm Creek19,349 boe/day in 2025
- Love Ranch7,090 boe/day in 2025
- Piceance Horizontal Niobrara4,167 boe/day in 2025
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 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 (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.