Is there new drilling activity in Young County, TX?

Young County has 14 drilling permits filed in the last year and 1,810 producing wells on record with the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Who is drilling in Young County, TX?

18 operators have drilling permits on record in Young County, Texas. The most recent permit was filed 2026-10-26. Every operator, lease name and filing date is listed free on this page from Railroad Commission of Texas records.

Have operators filed Rule 37 spacing exceptions in Young County?

1 Rule 37/38 spacing exceptions are on record in Young County through mid-2024, when the Railroad Commission stopped publishing the flag in its permit feed. A Rule 37 exception lets an operator drill closer to a lease line than standard spacing allows.

Who owns the minerals under a new drilling permit in Young County, TX?

The Young County Appraisal District's certified mineral roll lists the taxpayers of record on producing mineral interests at each legal description, with a mailing address. The Permit Owner File matches each new permit's abstract, block and section to that roll every week. Appraisal-roll listings are prospecting candidates, not title; a permit on a tract with no existing production returns no roll match.

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Young County, Texas

Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-10-29 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-11

Drilling permits

14 last year

Rule 37/38 exceptions

Horizontal permits

Producing wells

1,810

of 15,949 wellbores

The mineral owners under these permits

Young County is not in a standing Permit Owner File package yet. Packages are named counties: each new drilling permit is matched by abstract, block and section to the county appraisal district's certified mineral roll and the listed owners are delivered weekly with mailing addresses. How it works, with a two-week Martin County sample → To add Young County, email ryan@texasmineralradar.com.

Recent drilling permits in Young County

Filed	Operator	Lease	Type	Flags
2026-10-26	RUTHSON ENERGY, INC.	S HUGHES UNIT	Drill
2026-10-21	KEATING ENERGY, INC.	DAWS 759	Drill
2026-09-10	TOMSHA LLC	MCKINLEY	Drill
2026-09-10	TOMSHA LLC	MCKINLEY	Drill
2026-08-19	BORDERLINE OPERATING CORP.	LOVING RANCH	Drill
2026-08-17	RUTHSON ENERGY, INC.	S HUGHES UNIT	Drill
2026-07-29	B.O.L.D. OIL AND GAS, LLC	BULLOCK 280	Drill
2026-07-16	RIDGE OIL COMPANY	SECTION 606 'A'	Recompletion
2026-07-13	MAMMOTH OPERATING LLC	MCCLURG, M. L.	Drill
2026-07-07	ROGERS DRILLING CO., INC.	S. R. DOZIER	Drill
2026-06-19	BORDERLINE OPERATING CORP.	SLATER UNIT	Re-enter
2026-05-05	KORNYE-TILLMAN COMPANY	PETTUS	Re-enter
2026-04-24	B.O.L.D. OIL AND GAS, LLC	DUKE	Drill
2025-12-10	STOVALL OPERATING CO.	DEADMAN	Drill
2023-12-19	GANNETT OPERATING LLC	CHRISTIE	Drill
2023-12-15	S.B. STREET OPERATING, INC.	HARRISON	Drill
2023-11-28	STOVALL OPERATING CO.	GRAHAM-HARRISON	Drill
2021-12-24	LEWIS HEIRS 480, LLC	BOONE	Drill
2021-12-24	LEWIS HEIRS 480, LLC	BOONE	Drill
2021-12-03	STOVALL OPERATING CO.	GRAHAM-EDDLEMAN	Drill
2021-11-15	B.O.L.D. OIL AND GAS, LLC	STEWART DEEP	Drill	Rule 37
2020-12-21	ROGERS DRILLING CO., INC.	YARRUM	Drill
2020-12-07	RIDGE OIL COMPANY	IMU	Drill
2020-12-05	G. A. HAWKINS OPERATING, LLC	MOLLIE ELKINS	Recompletion
2020-12-02	PALMER, MIKE OIL	KAISER	Drill
2020-12-01	RIDGE OIL COMPANY	IMU	Drill
2020-11-21	CRAIG, CARL	WILLIAMS	Drill
2018-12-20	GUIDANCE OIL DEVELOPERS,INC.(1)	KUNKEL	Drill
2017-12-05	RAY HERRING OPERATING CO., LLC	WOODWARD FARMS	Recompletion

Who is drilling in Young County

18 companies hold drilling permits in Young County, Texas. These are the ones on record, by permits filed. Open a company to see every county it drills in and every permit it has filed.

Operator	Permits here	Last filed	Wells on record
B.O.L.D. OIL AND GAS, LLC	3	2026-07-29	35
RIDGE OIL COMPANY	3	2026-07-16	388
STOVALL OPERATING CO.	3	2025-12-10	252
RUTHSON ENERGY, INC.	2	2026-10-26	11
TOMSHA LLC	2	2026-09-10	90
BORDERLINE OPERATING CORP.	2	2026-08-19	252
ROGERS DRILLING CO., INC.	2	2026-07-07	84
LEWIS HEIRS 480, LLC	2	2021-12-24	27
KEATING ENERGY, INC.	1	2026-10-21	88
MAMMOTH OPERATING LLC	1	2026-07-13	—
KORNYE-TILLMAN COMPANY	1	2026-05-05	65
GANNETT OPERATING LLC	1	2023-12-19	49
S.B. STREET OPERATING, INC.	1	2023-12-15	444
G. A. HAWKINS OPERATING, LLC	1	2020-12-05	50
PALMER, MIKE OIL	1	2020-12-02	114
CRAIG, CARL	1	2020-11-21	50
GUIDANCE OIL DEVELOPERS,INC.(1)	1	2018-12-20	76
RAY HERRING OPERATING CO., LLC	1	2017-12-05	143

Owner files All Texas operators

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.