Is there new drilling activity in Brazos County, TX?

Brazos County has 7 drilling permits filed in the last year and 581 producing wells on record with the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Who is drilling in Brazos County, TX?

5 operators have drilling permits on record in Brazos County, Texas. The most recent permit was filed 2026-08-06. 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 Brazos County?

4 Rule 37/38 spacing exceptions are on record in Brazos 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 Brazos County, TX?

The Brazos 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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Brazos County, Texas

Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-10-15 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-10

Drilling permits

7 last year

Rule 37/38 exceptions

Horizontal permits

Producing wells

581

of 2,326 wellbores

The mineral owners under these permits

Brazos 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 Brazos County, email [email protected].

Recent drilling permits in Brazos County

Filed	Operator	Lease	Type	Flags
2026-08-06	CML EXPLORATION, LLC	PETERS	Recompletion	Horiz
2026-06-03	WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	GOLDEN	Drill	Horiz
2026-05-01	WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	GOLDEN	Drill	Horiz
2026-04-23	WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	LOTT-LEE WB UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2026-04-21	WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	LOTT-LEE A WB	Drill	Horiz
2026-04-13	WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	VENUS	Drill	Horiz
2025-11-25	WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	PORTERFIELD A	Drill	Horiz
2025-06-17	CML EXPLORATION, LLC	URSO	Recompletion	Horiz
2022-11-17	APACHE CORPORATION	BELL UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2022-11-16	APACHE CORPORATION	BELL UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2022-11-15	APACHE CORPORATION	BELL UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2022-10-24	WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	OLIVE	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-12-21	APACHE CORPORATION	BELL UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-21	APACHE CORPORATION	BELL UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-07	APACHE CORPORATION	PETERS UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-12-07	APACHE CORPORATION	PETERS UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-06	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	TRIPLE SAL B	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-06	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	TRIPLE SAL A	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-06	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	TRIPLE SAL A	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-02	APACHE CORPORATION	PETERS UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2019-12-12	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	BRAZOS FARMS D	Drill	Horiz
2019-12-12	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	BRAZOS FARMS D	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-21	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	MCDONALD LYS UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-21	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	CLOSS WEST WB	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-19	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	HARRISON UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-19	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	HARRISON UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-19	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	GRAY UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-11	HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	CLOSS WEST	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-12	WILDHORSE RESOURCES MNGT CO, LLC	S. BUCKMAN B J.H. BUCKMAN E	Drill	HorizRule 37
2017-12-12	WILDHORSE RESOURCES MNGT CO, LLC	S. BUCKMAN B	Drill	Horiz

Who is drilling in Brazos County

5 companies hold drilling permits in Brazos 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	Horizontal	Last filed	Wells on record
HAWKWOOD ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	11	11	2021-12-06	337
APACHE CORPORATION	8	8	2022-11-17	14,846
WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC	7	7	2026-06-03	—
WILDHORSE RESOURCES MNGT CO, LLC	7	7	2017-12-12	8
CML EXPLORATION, LLC	2	2	2026-08-06	418

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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 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.