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Nevada oil and gas wells
1,070 wells on record: 73 active, 674 plugged. Source: Nevada Division of Minerals, data as of 2026-10-17.
Top 50 operators by active wells
| Operator | Active | All wells |
|---|
| Makoil, Inc. | 16 | 60 |
| Kirkwood Oil and Gas LLC | 15 | 30 |
| Grant Canyon Oil and Gas, LLC | 8 | 12 |
| Makoil Incorporated | 7 | 9 |
| Petroleum Corporation of Nevada | 6 | 7 |
| FX Producing, Inc. | 6 | 6 |
| Western Avenue Properties | 5 | 9 |
| Texaco, Inc. | 2 | 20 |
| Apache Corporation | 1 | 14 |
| Andromeda Oil, LLC | 1 | 6 |
| Petroleum Corp. of Nevada | 1 | 2 |
| Trail Mountain, Inc. (Yates Petroleum) | 1 | 2 |
| FX Producing Co. | 1 | 1 |
| Northwest Exploration Co. | 0 | 35 |
| Amoco Production Co. | 0 | 34 |
| Gulf Oil Corp. | 0 | 19 |
| Foreland Corporation | 0 | 18 |
| Foreland Corp. | 0 | 17 |
| Shell Oil Co. | 0 | 17 |
| Pioneer Oil and Gas | 0 | 16 |
| Apache Corp. | 0 | 13 |
| Marathon Oil Co. | 0 | 13 |
| Tenneco Oil Co. | 0 | 13 |
| Noble Energy, Inc. | 0 | 12 |
| Churchill Drilling Corp. | 0 | 11 |
| J.R. Bacon Drilling, Inc. | 0 | 10 |
| Frontier Exploration Company | 0 | 9 |
| Western General, Inc. | 0 | 9 |
| Harper Oil Co. | 0 | 8 |
| Trail Mountain, Inc. | 0 | 8 |
| True Oil Co. | 0 | 8 |
| Voorhees, Jess H. | 0 | 8 |
| Gulf Refining Co. | 0 | 7 |
| Makoil Inc. | 0 | 7 |
| Mapco Oil & Gas Co. | 0 | 7 |
| Supron Energy Corp. | 0 | 7 |
| Arco Oil & Gas Co. | 0 | 6 |
| Exxon Corporation | 0 | 6 |
| Mobil Oil Corporation | 0 | 6 |
| New Haven Oil Co. | 0 | 6 |
| Ruby Drilling Co. | 0 | 6 |
| Sun Exploration & Production Co. | 0 | 6 |
| Texota Oil Co. | 0 | 6 |
| CENEX (Farmers Union Central Exchange) | 0 | 5 |
| Chadco, Inc. | 0 | 5 |
| Diamond Oil Co. | 0 | 5 |
| Dome Petroleum Corp. | 0 | 5 |
| Eagle Exploration, Inc. | 0 | 5 |
| Evans-Barton Ltd. | 0 | 5 |
| Gulf Oil Corp. of California | 0 | 5 |
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