Oil and gas field · Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States
Piceance Horizontal Niobrara
Piceance Horizontal Niobrara is an oil and gas field in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States, with 4,167 boe/day of production in 2025, operated by SG Interests I Ltd (43.6%), QB Energy Operating LLC (30.7%), Laramie Energy LLC (8.9%) and 2 others.
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 HORIZONTAL NIOBRARA | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Rio Blanco County, Mesa County, Garfield County, Delta 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 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SG Interests I Ltd (43.6%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | QB Energy Operating LLC (30.7%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Laramie Energy LLC (8.9%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Anschutz Exploration Corp (8.6%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | TEP Rocky Mountain LLC (7.8%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 4,167 boe/day (153 barrels of oil a day, 24,086 Mcf of gas a day, in 2025) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 39.2949, -107.8839 | 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 Horizontal Niobrara is the 18th-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 231st-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 4,167 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 | 18th of 32 |
| United States | 231st of 319 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this oil and gas field: 10 water rights, 1 power plant and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vega Reservoir water right 7203844 37486.00000 | Water right | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Jerry Creek Res No 2 water right 7203962 40013.38847 | Water right | — | — | 22 km |
| Rifle Generating Station | Power plant | 84 MW | Closed | 28 km |
| NOSR E Parachute CR Res water right 3904013 24446.00000 | Water right | — | — | 34 km |
| Bowie No 3 Mine | Mine | — | Closed | 48 km |
Operators and place
- SG Interests I LtdOperator · 43.6%
- QB Energy Operating LLCOperator · 30.7%
- Laramie Energy LLCOperator · 8.9%
- Anschutz Exploration CorpOperator · 8.6%
- TEP Rocky Mountain LLCOperator · 7.8%
- Oil and gas fields in Colorado, United States32
- Oil and gas fields in the United States676
- The United States: country profile
More from SG Interests I Ltd
- Piceance Horizontal Mancos1,182 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 (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.