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Brazos County, Texas

Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-08-26 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-09
Drilling permits
34
6 last year
Rule 37/38 exceptions
4
Horizontal permits
34
Producing wells
581
of 2,326 wellbores
Mineral Activity Report · $79

A full read of activity around your Brazos County tract

Recent permits, completions, active operators, horizontal mix, nearby producing wellbores, production on matched leases, and the Rule 37/38 exceptions on record through 2024 — in one report, with sources.

Weighing an offer to sell your Brazos County minerals?

Buyers make unsolicited offers on mineral rights constantly, and the activity on record here is the context that tells you whether an offer is well-timed. Brazos County has 6 new drilling permits in the last year, 581 producing wells, 34 horizontal permits and 5 active operators on record. New drilling — especially horizontal wells that can drain a tract from a mile away — is what moves both a mineral tract's value and your leverage in a sale. This page shows that activity free; watching the county tells you the moment it changes, so an offer never lands before you know what's driving it.

This is public Railroad Commission activity — the same data a mineral buyer looks at, in your hands. It is not an appraisal, and not a record of who owns the minerals.

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Recent drilling permits in Brazos County

FiledOperatorLeaseTypeFlags
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
2017-12-12 WILDHORSE RESOURCES MNGT CO, LLC S. BUCKMAN A J.H. BUCKMAN E 2 Drill HorizRule 37

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.

OperatorPermits hereHorizontalLast filedWells 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 1 1 2025-06-17 418
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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 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.