Texas Mineral Radar → owner files
The sample file
New drilling permits in the Midland Basin, matched to the mineral owners already on the county roll for the tracts each well develops. One workbook every Monday with the owner, mailing address, operator, permit, surface and development tract, recorded interest, and appraised value.
Martin, Midland, Howard, Glasscock, Upton, Andrews, Ector counties. One firm's internal use. Not for resale.
Want to open a whole county's file first? The Martin County sample has every owner under the fortnight's 22 Martin permits, with the workbook and mail list to download.
Two weeks, seven counties
Drilling permits the Railroad Commission received or amended September 30 to October 13, 2026, matched against each county's mineral appraisal roll. These are the numbers in the delivered file.
| Permits | 49 (39 new, 10 amendments of earlier permits) |
|---|---|
| Permit groups | 13 (one operator, one surface pad, one terminus) |
| Groups with owners on record on the tracts they develop | 11 |
| Owner-to-permit rows | 680 (417 individuals and trusts, 263 companies) |
| Mail list recipients | 261 individuals and trusts, one row each, every address field present as the county holds it, 62 out of state |
| How they were matched | Where the lateral ends (the permit's W-1H) and, when the operator wrote that section into the lease name, the section it starts on, against the roll's legal description: abstract plus section, or block, township and section. Each row says which. |
The permit groups with owners on record
| County | Operator | Lease | Permits | Surface pad | Tracts matched | Recipients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ector | Ovintiv USA | Buzz Hurt 36F, 36G | 3 | A-556, Blk 42 T1S, Sec 36 | Sec 36 (lateral starts; named in lease) and A-558, Sec 48 (ends) | 87 |
| Ector | Ovintiv USA | Buzz Hurt 36X | 1 | A-96, Blk 42 T1S, Sec 25 | A-558, Blk 42 T1S, Sec 48 (ends) | 81 |
| Upton | Mewbourne Oil | Halff Full 6/18 A and B | 2 | A-931, Sec 6 | Sec 6 (starts; named in lease) and A-673, Blk 2, Sec 18 (ends) | 46 |
| Martin | Diamondback E&P | Tate 11-10 H to O | 8 (amended) | A-241, Blk 37 T2N, Sec 11 | Sec 11 (starts; named in lease) and A-907, Sec 10 (ends) | 40 |
| Upton | Apache | Latzel 34 | 1 (2015 permit, amended) | A-436, Blk 39 T5S, Sec 27 | A-1245, Blk 39 T5S, Sec 34 (ends) | 34 |
| Howard | Surge Operating | Tubb 39 | 2 | A-377, Blk 33 T1S, Sec 39 | same tract (vertical wells) | 26 |
| Ector | Ovintiv USA | Buzz Hurt 36A | 2 | A-96, Blk 42 T1S, Sec 25 | A-67, Blk 41 T1S, Sec 43 (ends) | 22 |
| Martin | DE V Operating | Jaguar East, West C/E/G 40-45 | 12 | A-153, Blk 36, Sec 5 (township conflict, flagged) | A-193, Blk 36 T4N, Sec 45 (ends) | 15 |
| Martin | DE V Operating | Jaguar West A, F 40-45 | 2 | A-153, Blk 36 T4N, Sec 33 | A-193, Blk 36 T4N, Sec 45 (ends) | same 15 |
| Glasscock | Diamondback E&P | Cobra 39-34 A to P | 12 | A-1105, Blk 36 T4S, Sec 46 | A-1083, Blk 36 T4S, Sec 34 (ends) | 13 |
| Midland | Ovintiv USA | Fasken Tr 7X | 2 | A-244, Blk 40 T1S, Sec 7 | A-250, Blk 40 T1S, Sec 19 (ends) | 0 (one company) |
Recipients are individuals and trusts with every address field present. The same owner under two pads is one recipient; 99 of the 261 sit under more than one group. Companies are in their own tab.
Preview · largest recorded interests
| Mineral owner | Mailing city | Recorded interest | Type | Appraised value 2026 | Roll records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubb 39, Howard · 3 of 26 recipients | |||||
| Young George Marshall Jr | Fort Worth, TX | 0.022059 | RI | $100k to $1M | 4 |
| Eubanks Kenneth Ray | Big Spring, TX | 0.018667 | RI | $100k to $1M | 5 |
| Hanson Gloria | Big Spring, TX | 0.018667 | RI | $100k to $1M | 5 |
| Tate 11-10, Martin · 3 of 40 recipients | |||||
| Tate Newell & Frances | Tarzan, TX | 0.093750 | RI | $10k to $100k | 2 |
| Nichols Linda | Seminole, TX | 0.046875 | RI | $10k to $100k | 1 |
| Yates Nancy | Tarzan, TX | 0.046875 | RI | $10k to $100k | 1 |
| Cobra 39-34, Glasscock · 3 of 13 recipients | |||||
| Garno Lucy C Revoc Trust | Gladwyne, PA | 0.020831 | RI | $10k to $100k | 1 |
| Meadors Martha Frances | Odessa, TX | 0.016928 | RI | $10k to $100k | 1 |
| Bennett Priscilla Diane P | Fort Worth, TX | 0.002605 | RI | under $10k | 1 |
| Jaguar 40-45, Martin · 3 of 15 recipients | |||||
| Cook Carroll | Friona, TX | 0.012500 | RI | under $10k | 1 |
| Porter Della J Trust | Colorado Springs, CO | 0.012500 | RI | under $10k | 1 |
| Richards Rita Sue | Westbrook, TX | 0.012500 | RI | under $10k | 1 |
| Buzz Hurt 36X, Ector · 3 of 81 recipients | |||||
| Sprague Charlotte C R | Brookhaven, GA | 0.015625 | RI | under $10k | 5 |
| Sprague David C | Temple, TX | 0.015625 | RI | under $10k | 5 |
| Hurt Sam F III | Austin, TX | 0.014323 | RI | under $10k | 5 |
Recorded interest is the owner's largest royalty or overriding-royalty decimal on an existing appraised property in that section, with the account number beside it in the file. It is not their interest in the new well. Ector's 2026 roll reports $0 on many older unit interests; the file says so rather than hiding the row. Roll records counts every account the person holds across the tracts matched. The full file carries street addresses and exact values; this preview does not. Open the Martin County sample to see every owner under one county's permits and download the workbook.
What stays out of the mail list
A horizontal well starts on one tract and ends on another. We match where the lateral ends, from the permit's own W-1H, and the section it starts on when the operator wrote that section into the lease name. Diamondback's Cobra 39-34 pad in Glasscock County sits on Section 46, which the lease does not name; the laterals end in Section 34. The 49 owners on record for Section 46 alone are in the file on the research tab, not mailed. Section 39 is named in the lease but on no RRC record for these permits, so its 33 owners are research too.
Two groups had no roll record on the tract they develop: Zarvona's University Misty Red in Upton (the survey is University Lands and the county roll has no record there) and an Enterprise Products permit in Ector with no section on the permit. Each is listed with the observed reason and the RRC link.
One pad is flagged: the DE V Jaguar permits carry T2N in the block field and T4N in the township field for the surface tract. The tract the laterals end on matched on its own identifiers, so those owners are in the mail list; the surface question is written out on the Exceptions tab. Sixteen owners with a missing or placeholder address are on the same tab, out of the mail list, and two rows that look like one person under two accounts are flagged for you to merge.
Delivered every Monday
One workbook covering the prior week's permits across Martin, Midland, Howard, Glasscock, Upton, Andrews, Ector counties, plus the mail list as a CSV. The first file covers the prior two weeks and arrives within two business days. Each week after, a What's new tab shows new groups, new recipients, and recipients you already have with new activity, so you can skip anyone you already mailed. Cancel any month.
$299/month. One firm's internal use. Not for resale. Want other counties? Email [email protected].
What the file can and can’t tell you
The owner data comes from county mineral appraisal rolls, so it is strongest where there is already a producing mineral interest on the development tract. A first well on acreage with no production may have no roll owners yet, and the file says so.
A roll interest on the development tract means a recorded producing interest in that section. It does not establish participation in the new well. Ownership reflects the latest certified county roll and may not include very recent transfers. Addresses are as the district has them; postal verification is not performed.
This is a prospecting dataset, not a title opinion.
Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permits (15,673 on record), with each permit's W-1 and W-1H linked in the file; county appraisal district certified mineral rolls, 2026. Public records, compiled. Not legal advice.