New Mexico
New Mexico produced 805.1 MMbbl of oil and 4.03 Tcf of natural gas in 2025. 55,917 producing wells tracked, 12 months to Aug 2026.
- Second-largest oil-producing state among the US regions we publish, 2025.
- 16.1% of the oil produced in the United States, 2025.
- Oil production rose 8% in 2025 from 2024.
Production
- filling in (est. · provisional) . Hatching marks our estimate of the volume still to be filed. That estimate draws on our own production forecast. This estimate is published as our best figure. No miss stands against it. It updates as filings arrive
- estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our estimate of each whole month, built on any filings already in. Beyond the last filings it is our forecast.
In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our estimate, from any filings already in and then from our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months cover existing wells only. How our methods work
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 65.4% Reported by the official source by well
- 4.1% Reported by the official source for a longer period, spread across its months. The period total is the reported number.
- 30.5% A series adjusted to match official published figures: a well's cumulative, a later correction netted into the months before it, a field's oil volume from the royalty file for a month missing from the production report, or a state's yearly total from a second official source.
Every barrel through June 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1929 to June 2026.
- filling in (est. · missed) . Hatching marks our estimate of the volume still to be filed. That estimate draws on our own production forecast. A check on the forecast behind this estimate measured a miss. It updates as filings arrive
- estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our estimate of each whole month, built on any filings already in. Beyond the last filings it is our forecast.
In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our estimate, from any filings already in and then from our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months cover existing wells only. How our methods work
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 64.4% Reported by the official source by well
- 3.0% Reported by the official source for a longer period, spread across its months. The period total is the reported number.
- 32.6% A series adjusted to match official published figures: a well's cumulative, a later correction netted into the months before it, a field's oil volume from the royalty file for a month missing from the production report, or a state's yearly total from a second official source.
Every cubic foot through June 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1929 to June 2026.
The bands group wells by when they first produced.
About this chart
The stack shows what is holding today's rate up and how much of it is new drilling. In the reported months the bands draw the filings already in. The months still filling in are marked.
Annual table (full history)
best estimate incl. allocated
| Year | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 805.1 | 4,028 |
| 2024 | 744.6 | 3,540 |
| 2023 | 672.3 | 3,131 |
| 2022 | 590.1 | 2,705 |
| 2021 | 463.8 | 2,251 |
| 2020 | 377.9 | 1,966 |
| 2019 | 337.0 | 1,795 |
| 2018 | 249.3 | 1,517 |
| 2017 | 172.3 | 1,294 |
| 2016 | 146.6 | 1,264 |
| 2015 | 148.1 | 1,275 |
| 2014 | 125.1 | 1,243 |
| 2013 | 102.8 | 1,228 |
| 2012 | 85.6 | 1,253 |
| 2011 | 71.5 | 1,264 |
| 2010 | 65.6 | 1,314 |
| 2009 | 61.2 | 1,400 |
| 2008 | 60.2 | 1,469 |
| 2007 | 59.2 | 1,536 |
| 2006 | 59.5 | 1,589 |
| 2005 | 61.0 | 1,592 |
| 2004 | 64.5 | 1,611 |
| 2003 | 66.6 | 1,598 |
| 2002 | 67.6 | 1,628 |
| 2001 | 69.2 | 1,684 |
| 2000 | 68.8 | 1,681 |
| 1999 | 65.8 | 1,669 |
| 1998 | 69.4 | 1,632 |
| 1997 | 73.8 | 1,596 |
| 1996 | 74.1 | 1,563 |
| 1995 | 71.0 | 1,498 |
| 1994 | 66.1 | 1,459 |
| 1993 | 68.4 | 1,417 |
| 1992 | 70.0 | 1,289 |
| 1991 | 70.4 | 1,058 |
| 1990 | 67.2 | 984 |
| 1989 | 68.7 | 878 |
| 1988 | 71.2 | 812 |
| 1987 | 72.3 | 845 |
| 1986 | 75.7 | 721 |
| 1985 | 78.5 | 926 |
| 1984 | 79.3 | 978 |
| 1983 | 75.2 | 917 |
| 1982 | 71.0 | 1,010 |
| 1981 | 71.6 | 1,153 |
| 1980 | 75.3 | 1,168 |
| 1979 | 79.7 | 1,200 |
| 1978 | 83.4 | 1,199 |
| 1977 | 87.2 | 1,223 |
| 1976 | 92.1 | 1,240 |
| 1975 | 95.1 | 1,227 |
| 1974 | 98.7 | 1,254 |
| 1973 | 101.0 | 1,224 |
| 1972 | 110.5 | 1,222 |
| 1971 | 118.4 | 1,170 |
| 1970 | 128.2 | 1,142 |
| 1969 | 129.2 | 1,143 |
| 1968 | 128.5 | 1,171 |
| 1967 | 126.1 | 1,075 |
| 1966 | 124.2 | 469 |
| 1965 | 119.2 | 437 |
| 1964 | 113.9 | 403 |
| 1963 | 109.9 | 378 |
| 1962 | 109.3 | 357 |
| 1961 | 112.6 | 336 |
| 1960 | 107.4 | 312 |
| 1959 | 31.1 | 285 |
| 1958 | 28.7 | 263 |
| 1957 | 27.1 | 237 |
| 1956 | 25.6 | 207 |
| 1955 | 24.4 | 175 |
| 1954 | 23.2 | 152 |
| 1953 | 21.7 | 122 |
| 1952 | 19.7 | 89 |
| 1951 | 17.9 | 69 |
| 1950 | 16.8 | 59 |
| 1949 | 15.7 | 52 |
| 1948 | 15.0 | 45 |
| 1947 | 14.4 | 39 |
| 1946 | 14.1 | 34 |
| 1945 | 13.9 | 32 |
| 1944 | 13.6 | 30 |
| 1943 | 13.3 | 29 |
| 1942 | 13.1 | 29 |
| 1941 | 12.7 | 28 |
| 1940 | 12.0 | 27 |
| 1939 | 10.7 | 25 |
| 1938 | 8.8 | 21 |
| 1937 | 7.1 | 17 |
| 1936 | 5.2 | 11 |
| 1935 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 1934 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 1933 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 1932 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 1931 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 1930 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 1929 | 0.1 | <1 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Monthly table (last 24 months)
| Month | Oil (Mbbl) | Gas produced (MMcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 73,544.2 | 400,851 |
| 2026-07 | 73,092.4 | 394,505 |
| 2026-06 | 69,820.5 | 361,962 |
| 2026-05 | 72,673.5 | 368,207 |
| 2026-04 | 68,965.8 | 350,112 |
| 2026-03 | 70,089.3 | 363,373 |
| 2026-02 | 63,967.0 | 332,346 |
| 2026-01 | 64,936.8 | 349,762 |
| 2025-12 | 69,306.9 | 361,589 |
| 2025-11 | 68,894.7 | 349,608 |
| 2025-10 | 71,982.4 | 352,675 |
| 2025-09 | 68,455.1 | 345,028 |
| 2025-08 | 69,538.1 | 352,150 |
| 2025-07 | 69,289.1 | 346,575 |
| 2025-06 | 65,369.4 | 324,770 |
| 2025-05 | 67,383.9 | 334,842 |
| 2025-04 | 64,641.9 | 320,998 |
| 2025-03 | 68,027.9 | 336,809 |
| 2025-02 | 59,209.1 | 290,615 |
| 2025-01 | 62,969.8 | 312,509 |
| 2024-12 | 65,638.7 | 324,379 |
| 2024-11 | 63,883.4 | 307,958 |
| 2024-10 | 65,818.8 | 316,423 |
| 2024-09 | 62,358.6 | 297,302 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · New Mexico, data through October 2026.
Well map
- Oil 72,009
- Natural gas 46,225
- Undetermined 4,283
About this map
Undetermined means not enough signal to settle it. Producing wells are the ones that reported oil or gas in the 12 months to Aug 2026.
Type curves
23 of the drawn cohorts’ wells are not in these curves yet: each is still producing and joins its curve once it carries a forecast.
23 of the drawn cohorts’ wells are not in these curves yet: each is still producing and joins its curve once it carries a forecast.
best estimate incl. allocated
Horizontal wells only. Average production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced.
How these curves are built
Horizontal wells only: 17,626 of the 21,537 wells in these cohorts. Average daily production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced. Includes every well of the cohort that is old enough at each month, except wells that are still active but not yet covered by our forecasts; those are left out of both the reported and forecast parts until they are. Wells that are shut in or have stopped producing count as zero, so the average reflects the whole group drawn, not just survivors. Rates are calendar-day (volume ÷ days in month). The cumulative axis accumulates those same monthly averages at the average month length. Months not yet fully reported are excluded. The 2010-2014 curve draws those years as one group. The chart opens on average daily rate against months on production, the rate on a log scale. The view control switches to rate against cumulative production per well, on the same log rate scale, or to cumulative production per well against months on production, on a linear scale. Every view draws the same cohorts from the same production history. Each cohort is solid through the last month all the wells in its curve sit inside fully reported data. Past it the dashed curve carries the same wells forward, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends, for up to five years. A dashed curve runs as far as at least nine in ten of its wells are accounted for. A well that is old enough but shut in still counts, as zero. The measured months are what these wells reported. In the forward months each well counts its own reported figure for each month it has one, our forecast for each month it has only that, and zero for the rest. The forward average counts every well in the curve. The drawn forecast runs up to five years past the measured months. Line thickness tracks how many wells each curve is drawn from.
Cohort summary table
| First produced | Wells in curve | Peak oil (bbl/d per well) | Month-12 oil (bbl/d per well) | Cum oil in series (Mbbl per well) | Peak gas (Mcf/d per well) | Month-12 gas (Mcf/d per well) | Cum gas in series (Bcf per well) | Months in series | Wells old enough at last month in series | Forecast months drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,371 | 462 | — | 14.0 | 1,110 | — | 0.0 | 1 | 100% | 60 |
| 2025 | 2,025 | 1,019 | — | 167 | 2,697 | — | 0.6 | 9 | 100% | 60 |
| 2024 | 1,906 | 1,069 | 280 | 252 | 2,815 | 1,308 | 1.0 | 21 | 100% | 60 |
| 2023 | 1,731 | 1,029 | 287 | 304 | 2,472 | 1,160 | 1.1 | 33 | 100% | 60 |
| 2022 | 1,920 | 1,088 | 286 | 349 | 2,809 | 1,153 | 1.4 | 45 | 100% | 60 |
| 2021 | 1,324 | 1,161 | 318 | 415 | 2,810 | 1,182 | 1.6 | 57 | 100% | 60 |
| 2020 | 846 | 1,135 | 319 | 438 | 2,776 | 1,199 | 1.7 | 69 | 100% | 60 |
| 2019 | 1,132 | 1,058 | 274 | 403 | 2,315 | 1,018 | 1.6 | 81 | 100% | 60 |
| 2018 | 980 | 914 | 250 | 377 | 2,027 | 954 | 1.5 | 93 | 100% | 60 |
| 2017 | 605 | 807 | 222 | 345 | 1,747 | 894 | 1.5 | 105 | 100% | 60 |
| 2016 | 417 | 674 | 190 | 313 | 1,356 | 708 | 1.2 | 117 | 100% | 60 |
| 2015 | 687 | 451 | 141 | 239 | 811 | 543 | 1.0 | 129 | 100% | 60 |
| 2010-2014 | 2,659 | 295 | 81.6 | 149 | 624 | 357 | 0.7 | 141 | 100% | 60 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · New Mexico type curves, per-well production by first-production cohort.
Top operators in New Mexico, 2025
Top operators in New Mexico, 2025: full table
| Operator | Oil (Mbbl/d, 2025) | Gas produced (MMcf/d, 2025) | Share of output |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOG Resources | 350.1 | 1,697.6 | 15.7% |
| Mewbourne Oil Company | 260.3 | 994.2 | 11.1% |
| Devon Energy | 229.6 | 1,103.4 | 10.3% |
| XTO Energy | 226.0 | 1,079.7 | 10.1% |
| Matador Resources Company | 150.6 | 613.5 | 6.5% |
| Permian Resources | 150.5 | 498.2 | 6.2% |
| Occidental Petroleum | 143.3 | 601.0 | 6.2% |
| Concho Resources | 117.2 | 532.5 | 5.2% |
| Chevron | 109.0 | 478.6 | 4.8% |
| Cimarex Energy | 66.7 | 303.4 | 3.0% |
| 313 other operators | 402.2 | 3,133.0 | 20.8% |
Mbbl/d = thousand barrels per day · MMcf/d = million cubic feet per day (units).
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Top counties by 2025 production
| County | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) | Share of 2025 output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lea County, New Mexico | 434.8 | 1576.7 | 47.2% |
| Eddy County, New Mexico | 356.3 | 1894.7 | 45.5% |
| San Juan County, New Mexico | 7.8 | 283.3 | 3.7% |
| Rio Arriba County, New Mexico | 1.8 | 243.5 | 2.9% |
| Sandoval County, New Mexico | 2.3 | 9.2 | 0.3% |
Share of output counts oil and gas together, gas at its market-value weight.
Recent permitting
About this chart
Approvals of every permit type per month, the 24 months to Nov 2026. The last bar is Nov 2026 through November 12, 2026 (18 so far), drawn hatched. All 3,480 approved in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 3,480 in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 and 807 in the last 90 days of that window. How permits are counted.
Most permits 365 days to November 12, 2026
- In New Mexico, 3,480 well permits were approved in the 365 days to November 12, 2026. Of those, 807 came in the last 90 days of that window. The latest approval on record is dated November 12, 2026.
- All 3,480 approved in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 3,480 in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 and 807 in the last 90 days of that window.
Well permits approved per month: full table
| Month | Permits approved |
|---|---|
| Nov 2026 (through November 12, 2026) | 18 |
| Oct 2026 | 224 |
| Sep 2026 | 287 |
| Aug 2026 | 503 |
| Jul 2026 | 404 |
| Jun 2026 | 394 |
| May 2026 | 212 |
| Apr 2026 | 228 |
| Mar 2026 | 219 |
| Feb 2026 | 243 |
| Jan 2026 | 318 |
| Dec 2025 | 330 |
| Nov 2025 | 189 |
| Oct 2025 | 218 |
| Sep 2025 | 345 |
| Aug 2025 | 308 |
| Jul 2025 | 281 |
| Jun 2025 | 366 |
| May 2025 | 188 |
| Apr 2025 | 256 |
| Mar 2025 | 225 |
| Feb 2025 | 339 |
| Jan 2025 | 276 |
| Dec 2024 | 380 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Active drilling rigs
Interactive chart. Focus it and use the left and right arrow keys to read each week, Page Up and Page Down to move a year, Home and End for the ends of the series. The full figures are also in the table below.
- In New Mexico, 101 drilling rigs were active in the week to November 6, 2026 (2 fewer than a year earlier).
- Since Nov 2016, the weekly count peaked at 117 in Mar 2020.
- The count covers land and inland-water rigs; rigs in US federal offshore waters are counted on the Gulf of Mexico page.
Average active rigs per month: full table
| Month | Oil-directed | Gas-directed | Miscellaneous | All rigs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 (through November 6, 2026) | 97 | 4 | 0 | 101 |
| Oct 2026 | 93.5 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 98 |
| Sep 2026 | 90 | 4.8 | 1 | 95.8 |
| Aug 2026 | 90.4 | 4.8 | 1 | 96.2 |
| Jul 2026 | 89.5 | 5 | 1 | 95.5 |
| Jun 2026 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 97 |
| May 2026 | 91 | 3.5 | 1 | 95.5 |
| Apr 2026 | 94.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 98.5 |
| Mar 2026 | 98.6 | 3 | 0 | 101.6 |
| Feb 2026 | 98.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 101.5 |
| Jan 2026 | 98.5 | 3 | 0 | 101.5 |
| Dec 2025 | 98.4 | 4.6 | 0 | 103 |
| Nov 2025 | 97.8 | 7.2 | 0 | 105 |
| Oct 2025 | 94 | 7.8 | 0 | 101.8 |
| Sep 2025 | 87 | 7.4 | 0 | 94.4 |
| Aug 2025 | 87 | 8 | 0 | 95 |
| Jul 2025 | 85.5 | 7.8 | 0 | 93.2 |
| Jun 2025 | 84.6 | 6.4 | 0 | 91 |
| May 2025 | 87.2 | 6 | 0 | 93.2 |
| Apr 2025 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 100 |
| Mar 2025 | 96.4 | 5.8 | 0 | 102.2 |
| Feb 2025 | 99.5 | 6 | 0 | 105.5 |
| Jan 2025 | 97.5 | 6 | 0 | 103.5 |
| Dec 2024 | 96.8 | 6.2 | 0 | 103 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Formations
Two cross-sections through New Mexico: one in the San Juan Basin and one in the Permian Basin.
7 formations along a 54-mile line, southwest to northeast.
10 formations along a 33-mile line, west-northwest to east-southeast.
Every depth drawn here is our own estimate, built from the curated formation tops of New Mexico wells across each basin. The pale ribbon along each boundary shows how certain that depth is. Where the ribbon is wider, the depth is less certain.
How these sections are built
Each section follows one straight line across its county, and the map beside it shows where that line runs.
West is on the left.
The depth of each formation along the line is estimated from the depths at which New Mexico wells across the basin met that formation, as recorded in the official source's formation-top records and in their operators' completion reports.
A formation is drawn where enough wells along the line place it and where it stands clear of the formation above or below.
What we cover here
Each row names the grain a region’s production is held at. Where a source publishes at a coarser grain, the page says so.
| Data | Grain | Since | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico production | well | 1924-01 | ~98–100% of EIA |
From 1960 through the early 1990s, each year's oil for New Mexico is scaled to the EIA's published state figure; the source's filed volumes are spread evenly across the months they cover. Earlier years, before the EIA's state series begins, carry the filed cumulative volumes the same way, at their filed level, so coverage steps at 1960.
From 1967 through the early 1990s, each year's natural gas for New Mexico is scaled to the EIA's published state figure; the source's filed volumes are spread evenly across the months they cover. Carbon dioxide wells carry no gas here. In a year whose scaling included their records, the state total sits below the EIA's figure by their share. Earlier years, before the EIA's state series begins, carry the filed cumulative volumes the same way, at their filed level, so coverage steps at 1967.
Benchmark cells compare our series with the EIA’s published estimates.
About the EIA comparison
The two are produced differently: the EIA estimates from a survey of the largest operators and a model built to anticipate late filings, while the series compared here are rebuilt from official records as they arrive. Recent months can differ without either being wrong; the methodology page explains both methods.
Coverage rows for New Mexico are regenerated at every build from the same catalog of sources the data is built from.
How our New Mexico production compares with the EIA
- Our New Mexico oil total is 0.4% below the EIA series over August 2023 to July 2026. Those are the last 36 months our own figures have settled.
- Our New Mexico natural gas total is 2.5% below the EIA series over September 2023 to August 2026. Those are our last 36 months of figures. The most recent is still filling in.
Why the two differ
The EIA estimates state totals from an operator survey. The series compared here are rebuilt from official records as they arrive. Recent months differ while filings are still arriving. Every region, beside the EIA series and why the two differ.
What the data shows
- New Mexico produced 805.1 MMbbl of oil and 4.03 Tcf of natural gas in 2025.
- New Mexico oil production reached its highest level on record in 2025 at 805.1 MMbbl.
- 55,917 producing wells tracked, 12 months to Aug 2026.
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