powder river: oil and gas lease holders (companies)

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Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage

 

Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 1 Yates Petroleum Corp Artesia, NM 88210   539     384,719   2 Western Gas Resources Inc Denver, CO 80202   418     306,849   3 The Williams Companies Tulsa, OK 74172   423     256,907   4 Maurice W Brown Cheyenne, WY 82007   537     239,662   5 Devon Energy Corporation Oklahoma City, OK 73102   358     217,901   6 Pennaco Energy Inc Denver, CO 80202   159     137,770   7 Cimarex Energy Co Denver, CO 80203   234     120,540   8 Prima Oil & Gas Co Denver, CO 80202   178     114,283   9 Marathon Oil Co Houston,   124     110,331   10 Encana Oil & Gas Inc Calgary, Alberta, Canada   205     109,609   11 J M Huber Corp Edison, NJ 08837   111     101,884   12 Bonnie J Brown Cheyenne, WY 82007   189     96,469   13 Nance Petroleum Inc Billings, MT 59101   169     90,966   14 Trend Expl I LLC Midland, TX 79701   171     88,216   15 Ellogen Property Management Casper, WY 82601   73     83,061   16 R K O’Connell Casper, WY 82602   91     74,799   17 Westport Oil & Gas Co LP Denver, CO 80202   145     71,096   18 Swift Energy Company Houston, TX 77060   91     66,790   19 Kennedy Oil Gillette, WY 82716   76     66,173   20 Wellstar Corp Platteville, CO 80651   128     65,123   Next ->>

 

Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.

 

 

Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage

 

Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 1 Yates Petroleum Corp Artesia, NM 88210   539     384,719   2 Western Gas Resources Inc Denver, CO 80202   418     306,849   3 The Williams Companies Tulsa, OK 74172   423     256,907   4 Maurice W Brown Cheyenne, WY 82007   537     239,662   5 Devon Energy Corporation Oklahoma City, OK 73102   358     217,901   6 Pennaco Energy Inc Denver, CO 80202   159     137,770   7 Cimarex Energy Co Denver, CO 80203   234     120,540   8 Prima Oil & Gas Co Denver, CO 80202   178     114,283   9 Marathon Oil Co Houston,   124     110,331   10 Encana Oil & Gas Inc Calgary, Alberta, Canada   205     109,609   11 J M Huber Corp Edison, NJ 08837   111     101,884   12 Bonnie J Brown Cheyenne, WY 82007   189     96,469   13 Nance Petroleum Inc Billings, MT 59101   169     90,966   14 Trend Expl I LLC Midland, TX 79701   171     88,216   15 Ellogen Property Management Casper, WY 82601   73     83,061   16 R K O’Connell Casper, WY 82602   91     74,799   17 Westport Oil & Gas Co LP Denver, CO 80202   145     71,096   18 Swift Energy Company Houston, TX 77060   91     66,790   19 Kennedy Oil Gillette, WY 82716   76     66,173   20 Wellstar Corp Platteville, CO 80651   128     65,123   Next ->>

 

Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.

 

 

nked by leased acreage

 

Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 41 Questar Corporation Salt Lake City, UT 84145   67     29,499   42 RWM 1988 Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   57     29,290   43 DNR O&G Inc Englewood, CO 80111   36     28,583   44 C B Moncrief Fort Worth, TX 76102   57     27,994   45 Bill Barrett Corporation Denver, CO 80202   50     27,691   46 Michael J Moncrief Grntrs Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   54     27,394   47 Monty Brennan Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   53     27,234   48 True Oil LLC Casper, WY 82601   47     26,929   49 CH4 Energy LLC Gillette, WY 82717   42     26,760   50 C S Oconnell Casper, WY 82602   24     26,616   51 Providence Ene Corp Dallas, TX 75206   35     26,359   52 Vegas Production Co Denver, CO 80231   43     24,971   53 W A Moncrief III Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   50     24,675   54 Tom E Swanson Casper, WY 82609   20     24,027   55 Burlington Resources Fort Worth, TX 76102   39     23,888   56 Tom Brown Inc Denver, CO 80202   46     23,823   57 JPC LLC Fort Worth, TX 76102   27     22,883   58 Jetta Production Co Inc Fort Worth, TX 76102   27     22,883   59 GPM Inc Dallas, TX 75240   27     22,883   60 Rincon Oil & Gas LLC Denver, CO 80202   43     22,746   <<- Previous | Next ->>

 

Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.

 

Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage

 

Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 61 Anderman Oils LLC Denver, CO 80203   42     22,288   62 Inexco Oil Co Midland, TX 79710   36     21,756   63 Rim Operating Inc Englewood, CO 80112   75     21,583   64 T O Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   46     21,435   65 Captiva Resources Inc Denver, CO 80217   31     20,926   66 Dominion Resources Richmond, VA 23219   32     20,255   67 Gunlikson Petro Inc Denver, CO 80231   45     20,179   68 Medallion Exploration Midvale, UT 84047   18     19,205   69 Shadco Worland, WY 82401   12     19,184   70 Samson Resources Co Denver, CO 80202   30     18,707   71 Morse Acq LLC Denver, CO 80202   65     18,230   72 Richard J Moncrief 1988 Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   30     18,181   73 Quaneco LLC Sheridan, WY 82801   7     17,793   74 Niwot Resources LLC Denver, CO 80112   38     17,492   75 Western Gas Res Inc Denver, CO 80202   36     16,928   76 Michael T Guthrie Jackson, MS 39211   27     16,758   77 Daube Co Ardmore, OK 73402   31     16,401   78 RBC Exploration Co Tulsa, OK 74114   37     16,160   79 John P Strang New York, NY 10022   25     16,127   80 Read & Stevens Inc Roswell, NM 80202   27     16,117   <<- Previous | Next ->>

 

Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.

 

 

Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage   Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 81 Fidelity Exploration & Production Company Denver, CO 80203   17     15,764   82 Sunshine Valley Corp Casper, WY 82609   24     15,762   83 Hallador Petro Co Denver, CO 80264   15     15,621   84 Mindyanne E Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   35     15,553   85 Davis Oil Company Denver, CO 80202   24     15,537   86 William G Helis Estate New Orleans, LA 70130   24     15,506   87 Kaiser Francis Oil Tulsa, OK 74136   19     15,328   88 Four G Oil Co Casper, WY 82602   13     15,238   89 Kerr-McGee Corporation Oklahoma City, OK 73102   29     15,198   90 Chisholm Trail Ventures LP Fort Worth, TX 76102   29     15,159   91 Flying J Oil & Gas Inc North Salt Lake, UT 84054   27     15,066   92 Osborn Heirs Co San Antonio, TX 78217   49     14,988   93 Abraxas Petro Corp San Antonio, TX 78270   22     14,855   94 Sun Oper Ltd Ptnrshp Dallas, TX 75221   39     14,801   95 G F Collins Jr Trust Tulsa, OK 74114   35     14,798   96 Ryder Stilwell Oil Tulsa, OK 74114   39     14,645   97 Cig Resources Co Colorado Sprngs, CO 80903   14     14,561   98 Lee Wiley Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   28     14,003   99 Stone & Wolf LLC Sheridan, WY 82801   38     13,569   100 Club Oil & Gas Ltd Denver, CO 80210   21     13,523   <<- Previous | Next ->>   Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.   Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage   Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 101 Liberty Petro Corp Dix Hills, NY 11746   22     13,476   102 L W Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   26     13,392   103 North Finn LLC Casper, WY 82609   25     12,754   104 Credo Petroleum Corporation Denver, CO 80202   13     12,733   105 AG Andrikopoulos Res Cheyenne, WY 82003   20     12,702   106 ChevronTexaco Corporation San Ramon, CA 94583   16     12,606   107 Carpenter & Sons Inc Casper, WY 82601   17     12,298   108 Richard B Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76116   20     12,081   109 Paseo Resources LLC Denver, CO 80237   45     11,974   110 Princeton Res Ltd Littleton, CO 80160   17     11,971   111 DAB Resources Denver, CO 80203   17     11,971   112 Robert P Vernon Denver, CO 80202   16     11,929   113 R & M O&G Ltd Golden, CO 80402   16     11,929   114 Burnett Oil Co Ft Worth, TX 76102   15     11,887   115 Muirfield Resources Company Tulsa, OK 74101   31     11,874   116 Donald B Anderson Englewood, CO 80111   15     11,566   117 Dodson Expl Co Evergreen, CO 80437   13     11,487   118 Tipperary Oil & Gas Corp Denver, CO 80202   15     11,370   119 Redstone Resources Inc Denver, CO 80202   15     11,282   120 Matrix Production Co Houston,   26     11,282   <<- Previous | Next ->>   Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.   Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage   Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 121 KAB Acquisitions LLP Denver, CO 80202   28     11,274   122 Jim’s Water Service Gillette, WY 82717   20     11,068   123 Gregor Klurfeld New York, NY 10028   10     11,062   124 Kinder Morgan CO2 Co LP Houston, TX 77002   20     11,020   125 Preston Reynolds & Co Inc Denver, CO 80202   15     10,850   126 Westech Energy Corp Denver, CO 80237   23     10,839   127 Black Bear Oil Corp Las Vegas, NV 89134   17     10,836   128 Headington Oil Ltd Ptnrshp Dallas, TX 75231   13     10,341   129 High Plains Assoc Denver, CO 80218   11     10,177   130 Andex Resources LLC Houston, TX 77002   13     10,168   131 Trans Energy Inc Saint Marys, WV 26170   19     10,028   132 Prospective Invsts & Trade Co Tulsa, OK 74170   17     10,008   133 Pioneer Oil & Gas Co South Jordan, UT 84095   8     10,001   134 Torch O&G Co Houston, TX 77010   19     9,891   135 M & K Oil Co Inc Gillette, WY 82716   31     9,741   136 Star Acquis LLC Englewood, CO 80155   14     9,666   137 Pioneer Natural Resources Company Irving, TX 75039   11     9,511   138 Petrogulf Corp Denver, CO 80202   21     9,485   139 Case Pomeroy Oil New York, NY 10017   13     9,377   140 Flehmer Properties LLC Boulder, CO 80302   14     9,283   <<- Previous | Next ->>   Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.   Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage   Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 141 Blackjack Oil Inc Las Vegas, NV 89149   12     9,160   142 Anschutz Corp Denver, CO 80202   12     9,130   143 Gulf Exploration LLC Oklahoma City, OK 73114   14     9,000   144 Robert L Haynie Revoc Trust Englewood, CO 80111   17     8,951   145 ECC Energy Corp Dewey, OK 74029   6     8,848   146 Hanson & Strahn Inc Cheyenne, WY 82003   12     8,732   147 Providence Minerals LLC Dallas, TX 75254   18     8,708   148 Soccoro Properties LLC Littleton, CO 80127   13     8,696   149 Berenergy Corp Denver, CO 80217   18     8,688   150 Len A Mayer Estate Denver, CO 80209   15     8,652   151 Bellevue Resources Inc Calgary, AB T2P3M   18     8,573   152 Maxim Drlg & Expl Gillette, WY 82717   15     8,541   153 ZAB Inc Denver, CO 80202   17     8,527   154 Sport Resources Inc Denver, CO 80202   17     8,527   155 Zalman Res Inc Denver, CO 80202   16     8,448   156 Daven Corp Denver, CO 80217   16     8,407   157 Wilbanks Acquisitions I LLC Denver, CO 80202   20     8,370   158 Richard Jason Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   20     8,335   159 Rex Monahan Sterling, CO 80751   10     8,323   160 John P Ellbogen Estate Casper, WY 82602   13     8,276   <<- Previous | Next ->>   Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.     Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage   Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 161 Powder River Coal Co Gillette,   23     8,199   162 Helm Energy LLC Englewood, CO 80111   8     8,186   163 W E Jeffers Revocable Trust Artesia, NM 88211   25     8,145   164 Coleman O&G Inc Farmington, NM 87499   18     8,101   165 Gulf Coast OG Co Pensacola, FL 32503   18     7,826   166 Energen Resources Corp Birmingham, AL 35203   13     7,754   167 Oilfield Salvage & Service Co Littleton, CO 80123   13     7,672   168 Celeste C Grynberg Greenwood Vlg, CO 80111   14     7,538   169 Raymond T Duncan Oil Prop Ltd Denver, CO 80210   13     7,122   170 DCD Inc Gillette, WY 82716   16     7,042   171 Plaza Resources Co Denver, CO 80246   16     7,032   172 H Gordon Beamguard Denver, CO 80224   6     6,951   173 Apache Corp Houston, TX 77056   9     6,816   174 Laramide LLC Casper, WY 82602   23     6,711   175 Forest Oil Corp Denver, CO 80202   19     6,699   176 George Dolezal Jr Denver, CO 80202   6     6,671   177 Camwest Ltd Ptnrshp Denver, CO 80202   8     6,662   178 Wildmere Resources Inc Calgary, AB T2P3T   6     6,626   179 Tika Energy Inc Calgary, AB T2P0L   6     6,626   180 Bluerock Energy Inc Calgary, AB T2P3H   6     6,626   <<- Previous | Next ->>   Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.   Oil and Gas Lease Holders of Powder River Basin land, ranked by leased acreage   Rank Name City/State Number of Leases Acres Currently Leased 181 Robin A Forte Dallas, TX 75229   5     6,551   182 R T Duncan Inc Denver, CO 80210   18     6,537   183 Klabzuba Oil & Gas Fort Worth, TX 76102   6     6,523   184 Independent Prod Co Denver, CO 80202   4     6,349   185 Tom O Moncrief Trust Fort Worth, TX 76102   10     6,279   186 Eland Energy Inc Dallas, TX 75206   12     6,256   187 APC Operating Minneapolis, MN 55402   5     6,170   188 James E Sullivan Denver, CO 80201   10     6,160   189 Pendragon Resources Ii LP Denver, CO 80293   17     6,150   190 Patricia Harison Tulsa, OK 74136   10     6,098   191 Mark F Harison Tulsa, OK 74136   10     6,098   192 E Craig Thompson Oceanside, CA 92057   10     6,098   193 Victoria F Thompson Oceanside, CA 92057   10     6,098   194 William F Von Drehle Wheat Ridge, CO 80033   10     6,098   195 Exco Resources Inc Dallas, TX 75231   13     6,054   196 TOC Rocky Mountains Denver, CO 80201   12     6,044   197 Reliance Res Inc Houston, TX 77042   9     6,042   198 Lindenmuth & Assoc Austin, TX 78703   6     5,979   199 Costilla Energy Inc Midland, TX 79702   12     5,958   200 Gordon K Amsbary Tulsa, OK 74114   6     5,922   <<- Previous | Next ->>   Source: EWG analysis of leasing and drilling records in 12 western states, contained in the Bureau of Land Management’s Land and Mineral Records 2000 database, acquired by EWG May 15 2004.