The top 100 oil and gas lease holders on federal
lands by acres leased, as of March 2004, according to the Bureau of Land
Management:
|
| No. |
Lease Holder |
Acres |
| 1. |
Yates family companies, individuals |
2,738,222 |
| 2. |
Encana Oil and Gas |
1,004,845 |
| 3. |
Tom Brown Inc. |
856,887 |
| 4. |
Burlington Resources |
647,279 |
| 5. |
Devon Energy |
645,969 |
| 6. |
Conoco Phillips |
637,275 |
| 7. |
Exxon-Mobil |
624,987 |
| 8. |
EOG Resources |
591,879 |
| 9. |
Anadarko |
585,814 |
| 10. |
Questar |
558,378 |
| 11. |
Westport Oil and Gas |
496,561 |
| 12. |
BP Amoco |
446,615 |
| 13. |
Cabot Oil and Gas |
435,780 |
| 14. |
ChevronTexaco |
423,048 |
| 15. |
Marathon Oil |
358,611 |
| 16. |
NPC Inc. |
349,559 |
| 17. |
Kerr-McGee |
284,533 |
| 18. |
Williams Production Co. |
277,547 |
| 19. |
Clayton Williams |
276,535 |
| 20. |
Energy West |
269,869 |
| 21. |
Kirkwood Oil and Gas |
255,348 |
| 22. |
Brown, Maurice W. |
244,878 |
| 23. |
Strang, John P. |
241,421 |
| 24. |
Lockridge, John P. |
225,390 |
| 25. |
Lance Oil and Gas |
222,603 |
| 26. |
Prima Energy Co. |
212,830 |
| 27. |
Liberty Petroleum Corp. |
206,743 |
| 28. |
Fortuna |
204,246 |
| 29. |
Bill Barrett Corp. |
200,586 |
| 30. |
Quaneco LLC |
195,479 |
| 31. |
Samson Resources Co. |
193,754 |
| 32. |
Fidelity Exploration and Production Co |
191,259 |
| 33. |
Wolverine Gas and Oil |
189,195 |
| 34. |
White Energy Corp. |
180,026 |
| 35. |
Occidental Petroleum |
179,802 |
| 36. |
Dominion Exploration and Production |
177,565 |
| 37. |
Noble Energy Inc. |
168,231 |
| 38. |
Anderson Oil |
164,212 |
| 39. |
Omimex Canada LTD |
162,909 |
| 40. |
Pennaco Energy |
156,878 |
| 41. |
Brown, Bonnie J. |
144,380 |
| 42. |
Wold Oil Properties |
143,878 |
| 43. |
Hanson & Strahn Inc. |
140,093 |
| 44. |
Newark Valley Oil and Gas |
138,577 |
| 45. |
True Oil Co. |
137,249 |
| 46. |
Nance Petroleum Corp |
136,242 |
| 47. |
Howell Petroleum Corp |
130,923 |
| 48. |
El Paso Production |
128,635 |
| 49. |
Intrepid O&G LLC |
124,957 |
| 50. |
Merit Energy Partners |
124,531 |
| 51. |
Retamco Operating |
121,944 |
| 52. |
Bruce, James |
120,602 |
| 53. |
Andex Resources |
115,999 |
| 54. |
Klabzuba Oil and Gas |
115,796 |
| 55. |
Carbon Energy Corp (USA) |
115,554 |
| 56. |
Anschutz Corp |
115,157 |
| 57. |
XTO Energy |
113,581 |
| 58. |
Western Gas Resources |
112,028 |
| 59. |
Dugan Production Corp. |
109,265 |
| 60. |
J.M. Huber |
106,673 |
| 61. |
Donegan, Ben |
105,707 |
| 62. |
Chesapeake Exploration |
105,025 |
| 63. |
Savant Resources LLC |
100,701 |
| 64. |
Warren Resources Inc. |
96,195 |
| 65. |
Oconnell, R. K. |
95,798 |
| 66. |
Continental Resources |
94,762 |
| 67. |
Hunt Oil Co. |
93,974 |
| 68. |
Stephens Energy |
92,151 |
| 69. |
Shadco |
91,899 |
| 70. |
Gunnison Energy Corp. |
91,804 |
| 71. |
T Bar S Oil Co |
91,216 |
| 72. |
Energen Resources |
91,037 |
| 73. |
Robert L. Bayless Producer |
91,005 |
| 74. |
Ross Exploration Inc. |
90,689 |
| 75. |
PYR Energy Corp |
90,097 |
| 76. |
Great Northern Gas |
90,053 |
| 77. |
Citation Oil and Gas Corp |
89,925 |
| 78. |
Dolar Energy LLC |
89,868 |
| 79. |
Senich, Mike |
89,270 |
| 80. |
Shama Zoe LTD Partnership |
88,830 |
| 81. |
Winn Exploration Co |
88,730 |
| 82. |
Antelope Energy Co |
88,517 |
| 83. |
Stone Energy Corp |
87,387 |
| 84. |
Medallion Exploration |
86,930 |
| 85. |
CDX Gas |
86,215 |
| 86. |
Double Eagle Petroleum Co. |
84,559 |
| 87. |
Moncrief Partners and Trusts |
83,772 |
| 88. |
Condor Exploration LLC |
83,522 |
| 89. |
Lario Oil and Gas |
82,982 |
| 90. |
Decker Energy Investments |
82,699 |
| 91. |
Amerada Hess Corp. |
82,643 |
| 92. |
Swift Energy Co. |
82,224 |
| 93. |
Kennedy Oil |
80,407 |
| 94. |
Avalon Explorations II LLC |
80,142 |
| 95. |
Titan Resources Corp. |
79,970 |
| 96. |
Maralex Resources |
79,607 |
| 97. |
Palo Production Corp. |
77,654 |
| 98. |
Energy Investments |
77,268 |
| 99. |
Infinity Oil and Gas |
76,423 |
| 100. |
Ultra resources Inc. |
75,376 |