Operator ranking · 2026

Ranked by oil production summed over all leases where the operator is a current (status C) assignee. Uses a semi-join to avoid double-counting joint working interests — see examples/sample_queries.sql for working-interest-weighted variants. Tick 2-4 rows then click Compare to overlay them.

# Operator MMS # Active leases Oil (BBL) Gas (MCF) Water (BBL) Share of top
1 BP Exploration & Production Inc. 02481 46 80,435,951 68,232,305 40,554,450
2 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 00078 44 64,613,133 58,321,050 13,255,776
3 Shell Offshore Inc. 00689 58 64,418,062 76,214,491 26,162,599
4 Equinor US Offshore EP LLC 02748 17 38,155,842 23,420,907 6,611,816
5 Woodside Energy (Deepwater) Inc. 02277 13 30,748,557 14,835,601 10,491,278
6 Anadarko US Offshore LLC 02219 40 28,228,493 29,032,357 13,705,951
7 Union Oil Company of California 00003 14 27,396,431 7,816,911 4,121,682
8 TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc. 01500 5 19,741,333 14,559,473 3,485,065
9 MOBIL OIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING SOUTHEAST INC. 00540 6 18,757,154 15,719,291 14,335,281
10 Murphy Exploration & Production Company - USA 02647 20 12,708,151 20,776,740 5,112,604
11 INEOS Energy Petroleum Offshore USA Inc. 02079 9 12,689,620 8,732,015 3,122,469
12 Red Willow Offshore, LLC 02668 16 11,923,126 14,322,682 4,022,417
13 Eni Petroleum US LLC 02361 25 11,014,572 9,319,462 5,180,277
14 HEQ Blue Ridge, LLC 03631 1 9,808,930 10,353,415 412,302
15 Beacon II Exploration LLC 03669 1 9,808,930 10,353,415 412,302
16 ShenHai, LLC 03562 1 9,808,930 10,353,415 412,302
17 Beacon Offshore Energy Development LLC 03563 1 9,808,930 10,353,415 412,302
18 Ridgewood Rialto Holdings, LLC 03663 10 9,648,226 7,835,864 2,936,699
19 MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC 03575 21 9,619,188 5,871,612 3,133,840
20 Exxon Mobil Corporation 00276 5 8,965,581 1,733,491 579,461
21 Hess Corporation 00059 16 7,731,591 17,708,350 3,575,947
22 CL&F Offshore LLC 03394 7 7,473,056 7,942,689 2,818,600
23 Equinor USA E&P Inc. 02528 8 7,462,673 2,884,370 297,765
24 ECP GOM III, LLC 03746 6 6,980,980 9,025,497 3,381,382
25 Repsol OCS LLC 03794 8 6,838,096 2,224,153 3,257,368
26 Talos QN Exploration LLC 03672 19 6,322,684 12,631,701 4,607,486
27 Ridgewood KMS Holdings, LLC 03516 4 6,163,639 6,225,283 2,435,583
28 HEDV KLM, LLC 03661 3 5,749,665 5,706,326 2,414,614
29 Kosmos Energy Gulf of Mexico Operations, LLC 03362 12 5,585,770 7,018,538 1,347,645
30 Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA) LLC 02806 7 5,366,391 1,585,415 3,461,342
31 Ecopetrol America LLC 02990 11 5,149,261 3,661,331 1,465,300
32 TEP Jack, LLC 03058 3 5,075,228 1,251,066 595,509
33 Talos Energy Ventures, LLC 03026 26 5,038,301 5,880,104 5,061,628
34 Talos Exploration LLC 03618 12 4,914,656 6,730,935 2,669,309
35 TEP Anchor, LLC 03312 1 4,185,375 1,201,771 12,341
36 Calypso Exploration, LLC 02478 7 4,041,217 5,629,697 1,210,349
37 Repsol Oil & Gas Gulf of Mexico, LLC 03601 3 3,523,712 1,643,604 244,065
38 ILX Prospect Mormont, LLC 03485 1 3,132,854 2,233,041 291,271
39 Ridgewood Buckskin, LLC 03522 3 3,064,706 712,436 82,891
40 Buckstone Development Company, L.L.C. 03477 3 3,064,706 712,436 82,891
41 OGOG (Buckskin) LLC 03491 3 3,064,706 712,436 82,891
42 LLOG Deepwater Development Company I, L.L.C. 03505 3 3,064,706 712,436 82,891
43 Navitas Buckskin US, LLC 03496 3 3,064,706 712,436 82,891
44 ILX Prospect Buckskin, LLC 03524 3 3,064,706 712,436 82,891
45 ILX Prospect Katmai, LLC 03340 3 2,905,993 7,331,711 0
46 Ridgewood Katmai, LLC 03341 3 2,905,993 7,331,711 0
47 Talos Energy Offshore LLC 03247 13 2,886,703 4,599,669 3,756,399
48 Ridgewood Energy Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Fund, L.P. 03120 8 2,738,546 4,770,186 940,505
49 Beacon Growthco Operating Company, L.L.C. 03567 7 2,721,901 3,081,096 520,095
50 ILX Prospect Khaleesi, LLC 03467 2 2,616,811 3,473,285 2,123,343