Oil and gas field · Colorado, United States
Raton Basin Gas Area
Raton Basin Gas Area is an oil and gas field in Colorado, United States, with 50,453 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 | RATON BASIN GAS AREA | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Colorado, New Mexico | 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 | 1998 | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 50,453 boe/day (302,715 Mcf of gas a day, no. 37 of EIA's top 100 US gas fields by proved reserves, gas only, oil not ranked, in 2013) | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Raton Basin Gas Area is the 6th-largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 46th-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 50,453 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 | 6th of 32 |
| United States | 46th 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
- 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 ECMC (formerly COGCC). Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC), Free reuse.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Apr 2015). EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields, Public domain.