Oil and gas field · Weld County, Colorado, United States
Wattenberg
Wattenberg is an oil and gas field in Weld County, Colorado, United States, with 882,693 boe/day of production in 2025, operated by Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP (26.8%), PDC Energy Inc (24.9%), Noble Energy Inc (23.1%) and 1 other.
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 | WATTENBERG | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Weld 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, oil (mainly gas) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Discovered | 1970 | 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 | Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP (26.8%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | PDC Energy Inc (24.9%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Noble Energy Inc (23.1%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Extraction Oil & Gas Inc (5.7%, of the field's production) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 882,693 boe/day (375,047 barrels of oil a day, 3,045,876 Mcf of gas a day, in 2025) | Colorado ECMC (formerly COGCC) · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 268,536 boe/day (129,477 barrels of oil a day, 834,356 Mcf of gas a day, no. 4 of EIA's top 100 US oil fields, no. 9 of EIA's top 100 US gas fields, in 2013) | EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.2701, -104.7062 | 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
Wattenberg is the largest of 32 oil and gas fields in Colorado and the 3rd-largest of 319 in the United States by production, with 882,693 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 | 1st of 32 |
| United States | 3rd of 319 |
Timeline
Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.
- Discovered
- Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP (26.8%), PDC Energy Inc (24.9%), Noble Energy Inc (23.1%) and 1 other on record as operators
Nearby
Within 50 km of this oil and gas field: 47 water rights, 5 power plants (3 operating, 1,934 MW), 2 data centers and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Res water right 0203876 21698.00000 | Water right | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Fort St Vrain | Power plant | 1,149 MW | Operating | 15 km |
| Evans No 2 Ditch water right 0200817 21698.00000 | Water right | — | — | 18 km |
| Fort Lupton | Power plant | 101 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Rocky Mountain Energy Center | Power plant | 685 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Empire Ditch water right 0100501 20226.00000 | Water right | — | — | 22 km |
| Keenesburg #2 | Mine | — | Operating | 26 km |
| JPMorgan Chase | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Google - Thornton | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Operators and place
- Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LPOperator · 26.8%
- PDC Energy IncOperator · 24.9%
- Noble Energy IncOperator · 23.1%
- Extraction Oil & Gas IncOperator · 5.7%
- Oil and gas fields in Colorado, United States32
- Oil and gas fields in the United States676
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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.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.