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Howard County, Texas
Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-10-29 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-11
Drilling permits
653
184 last year
Producing wells
3,860
of 14,274 wellbores
The mineral owners under these permits
Howard County is in the Midland Basin package of the Permit Owner File. Every Monday, each new drilling permit filed here is matched by abstract, block and section to the Howard County Appraisal District's certified mineral roll, and the appraisal-roll listed owners under it are delivered as a CSV with mailing addresses and CAD interest decimals. In a two-week Martin County sample, 22 permits produced 84 individual and trust recipients.
Recent drilling permits in Howard County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|
| 2026-10-28 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | GLASS 38D | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-26 | HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC | WILLIS WINTERS | Re-enter | |
| 2026-10-15 | ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC | WILDCAT | Drill | |
| 2026-10-14 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | MIYAGI A 38-35 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM G | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM F | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM F | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM F | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM F | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM E | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM E | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM E | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | BLUESTEM | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-14 | HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC | MR EAST 36-24 A UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-06 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | TUBB 39 | Recompletion | |
| 2026-10-06 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | TUBB 39 | Recompletion | |
| 2026-09-28 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | MIYAGI E 38-35 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-28 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | MIYAGI D 38-35 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-17 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | NEWDGE B 06-43 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-17 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | NEWDGE A 06-43 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-04 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | MIDDLETON UNIT A 47-38 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-04 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | MIDDLETON UNIT A 47-38 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-04 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | MIDDLETON UNIT A 47-38 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-28 | R.D.S. RANCH-WATER SVS, INC. | JAZ | Drill | |
| 2026-08-26 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | PALPATINE B 46-03 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-26 | SURGE OPERATING, LLC | PALPATINE A 46-03 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-24 | SM ENERGY COMPANY | WILLIE SCOTT AA | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-24 | SM ENERGY COMPANY | WILLIE SCOTT AA | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-21 | SM ENERGY COMPANY | JACUZZIE A | Drill | Horiz |
Who is drilling in Howard County
40 companies hold drilling permits in Howard County, Texas. These are the 40 most active, by permits filed. Open a company to see every county it drills in and every permit it has filed.
| Operator | Permits here | Horizontal | Last filed | Wells on record |
|---|
| SURGE OPERATING, LLC | 105 | 103 | 2026-10-28 | 741 |
| HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC | 92 | 78 | 2026-10-26 | 67 |
| SM ENERGY COMPANY | 87 | 86 | 2026-08-24 | 1,900 |
| OXY USA INC. | 46 | 45 | 2026-08-18 | 3,785 |
| CALLON PETROLEUM OPERATING CO | 35 | 35 | 2023-11-30 | 824 |
| CROWNQUEST OPERATING, LLC | 33 | 32 | 2023-11-27 | 1,175 |
| BAYSWATER OPERATING COMPANY LLC | 31 | 31 | 2026-06-24 | 58 |
| DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | 27 | 27 | 2026-03-19 | 3,669 |
| OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | 26 | 26 | 2026-10-14 | — |
| LAREDO PETROLEUM, INC. | 25 | 25 | 2022-12-06 | 1,611 |
| OVINTIV USA INC. | 19 | 19 | 2026-05-05 | 2,365 |
| ENCANA OIL & GAS(USA) INC. | 18 | 10 | 2019-12-17 | 208 |
| ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION | 13 | 13 | 2018-12-11 | 155 |
| GRENADIER ENERGY PARTNERS II,LLC | 10 | 10 | 2020-12-10 | 35 |
| APACHE CORPORATION | 9 | 9 | 2026-05-14 | 14,846 |
| MURCHISON OIL AND GAS, LLC | 8 | 8 | 2022-12-08 | 33 |
| CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. | 8 | 8 | 2021-12-15 | 8,022 |
| LANGFORD & BRIGHAM OPERATING LLC | 7 | 7 | 2026-06-09 | — |
| SABALO OPERATING, LLC | 7 | 7 | 2018-12-13 | 130 |
| SINCLAIR OIL & GAS COMPANY | 6 | 6 | 2021-11-24 | 18 |
| PARSLEY ENERGY OPERATIONS, LLC | 6 | 6 | 2019-12-11 | 1,794 |
| ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES L.P. | 6 | 6 | 2018-11-28 | 6,625 |
| ROVER PETROLEUM OPERATING, LLC | 4 | 0 | 2018-12-12 | 2,228 |
| SPIRIT O&G OPERATING, LLC | 3 | 3 | 2023-12-07 | — |
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-10-15 | 50 |
| OUTLAW WATER SERVICES LLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-05-13 | — |
| TREK RESOURCES, INC. | 2 | 0 | 2026-05-05 | 533 |
| ATMOS ENERGY CORP., MID-TEX DIV. | 2 | 0 | 2022-12-15 | — |
| HANNATHON PETROLEUM, LLC | 2 | 1 | 2017-12-20 | 154 |
| ON POINT OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC | 2 | 0 | 2017-12-13 | 15 |
| R.D.S. RANCH-WATER SVS, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2026-08-28 | 2 |
| PARTEE DRILLING INC. | 1 | 0 | 2023-11-17 | 58 |
| RHB EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,LLC | 1 | 0 | 2022-12-19 | 43 |
| VELOCITY WATER SOLUTIONS, LP | 1 | 0 | 2021-12-10 | 14 |
| HEXP OPERATING, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2021-12-06 | 412 |
| PILOT WATER SOLUTIONS PERMIANLLC | 1 | 0 | 2019-12-13 | 25 |
| H2O MIDSTREAM PERMIAN LLC | 1 | 0 | 2017-12-19 | 12 |
| DE OPERATING LLC | 1 | 0 | 2017-12-01 | 1 |
| LEGACY RESERVES OPERATING LP | 1 | 1 | 2017-12-01 | 3,126 |
| LONE STAR NGL MONT BELVIEU LP | 1 | 0 | 2017-11-10 | 64 |
This report compiles and structures publicly available oil & gas records from the Railroad Commission of Texas — drilling permits, completions, well status, and lease production. We monitor development activity and public filings near a location you tell us about; we do NOT determine mineral ownership, confirm what you own, or provide legal, tax, or investment advice. Nothing here replaces a title opinion, a landman, or reading the official RRC filing. Activity is mapped to the locations the operator filed with the RRC: the permit surface location (NAD27, precision disclaimed by the RRC) and, for horizontal permits in owner files, the W-1H terminus tract. Neither is a title-verified mineral tract. Data is current only as of the source vintage shown on the page. Our total liability for any report is capped at the amount you paid for it. Found an error? Reply to any email and a human will correct it.