Is there new drilling activity in POLK County, TX?

POLK County has 0 drilling permits filed in the last year and 255 producing wells on record with the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Have operators filed Rule 37 spacing exceptions in POLK County?

4 Rule 37/38 spacing exceptions are on record in POLK County — filings that let an operator drill closer to a lease line than standard spacing allows.

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POLK County, Texas

Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-07-10 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-07

Drilling permits

0 last year

Rule 37/38 exceptions

Horizontal permits

Producing wells

255

of 1,391 wellbores

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Recent permits, every Rule 37/38 exception, completions, active operators, horizontal mix, nearby producing wellbores, and production on matched leases — in one report, with sources.

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Recent drilling permits in POLK County

Filed	Operator	Lease	Type	Flags
2024-12-05	VENTEX OPERATING CORP.	TOMCAT	Drill
2023-12-18	ARCADIA OPERATING, LLC	KING SWD	Drill
2022-11-17	NADSOILCO LLC	DAVIS & HOLMES	Recompletion
2020-12-11	PRIME OPERATING COMPANY	WING, SARAH F.	Recompletion
2020-12-02	NADSOILCO LLC	DAVIS & HOLMES	Recompletion
2020-10-06	SQUARE MILE ENERGY, L.L.C.	HOCKLEY A	Drill	Rule 37
2019-12-16	ARCADIA OPERATING, LLC	EASTSIDE	Drill
2019-11-04	ARCADIA OPERATING, LLC	RIDGEPOINT	Drill	Rule 37
2019-11-04	ARCADIA OPERATING, LLC	BLUE BRANCH	Drill	Rule 37
2017-12-12	UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY	WING	Drill
2017-12-11	VISION OPERATING COMPANY, L.L.C.	BLACKSTONE MINERALS	Drill
2017-12-06	ARCADIA OPERATING, LLC	WATERHOLE CREEK UNIT	Drill	Rule 37

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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 operator-filed permit surface location (NAD27, precision disclaimed by the RRC), not your 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.