Is there new drilling activity in Hemphill County, TX?

Hemphill County has 13 drilling permits filed in the last year and 2,043 producing wells on record with the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Who is drilling in Hemphill County, TX?

10 operators have drilling permits on record in Hemphill County, Texas. The most recent permit was filed 2026-09-23. 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 Hemphill County?

15 Rule 37/38 spacing exceptions are on record in Hemphill 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 Hemphill County, TX?

The Hemphill 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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Hemphill County, Texas

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

Drilling permits

13 last year

Rule 37/38 exceptions

Horizontal permits

Producing wells

2,043

of 5,398 wellbores

The mineral owners under these permits

Hemphill 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 Hemphill County, email [email protected].

Recent drilling permits in Hemphill County

Filed	Operator	Lease	Type	Flags
2026-09-23	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	DEQUASIE 46/48 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-09-16	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	RIPKOWSKI 46/48 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-09-16	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	BOZ 46/44 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-08-11	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	JONES TRUST 21/22 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-08-11	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	JONES TRUST 21/20 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-08-10	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	HAMMER 56/55 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-07-29	FX ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	YOUNG -2-	Recompletion
2026-06-29	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	NIX 73/74 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-06-29	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	NIX 72/71 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-05-14	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	SUPERMAN 38/39 A	Drill	Horiz
2026-03-24	SANGUINE GAS EXPLORATION, LLC	THREEMILE CREEK 8805	Drill	Horiz
2026-03-11	SANGUINE GAS EXPLORATION, LLC	THREEMILE CREEK 8805	Drill	Horiz
2025-11-21	MMGL TXPH, LLC	WEBB, ET AL -P-	Recompletion
2024-11-26	UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY	ISAACS	Recompletion
2023-11-27	MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	URSCHEL 49/3	Drill	Horiz
2023-10-20	EHVI EXPLORATION, LLC	HARPER 32-232	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-12-28	BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC	ZYBACH	Drill
2019-12-09	PRESIDIO PETROLEUM LLC	WASHITA RIVER 34	Recompletion
2019-07-13	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	HEFLEY-PRATER 32-33 ME CX	Drill	HorizRule 37
2019-07-13	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	HEFLEY-PRATER 32-33 MD CX	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-12-12	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	MATHERS RANCH 26-159 CL WX	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-12-05	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	MATHERS RANCH 159-148 CL EX	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-12-03	UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY	FRANCIS 5859 EXL	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-12-03	UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY	FRANCIS 5859 EXL	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-11-14	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	MEADOWS-SINGLETON 4-89 MD CX	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-11-13	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	MEADOWS-SINGLETON 4-89 MD WX	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-11-08	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	HOBART PRESCOTT MG WX	Drill	Horiz
2018-11-08	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	HOBART PRESCOTT MG CX	Drill	Horiz
2018-11-07	TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	HOBART PRESCOTT MG EX	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-22	UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY	CARR 1312 EXL	Drill	HorizRule 37

Who is drilling in Hemphill County

10 companies hold drilling permits in Hemphill 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
TECOLOTE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	11	11	2019-07-13	26
MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY	10	10	2026-09-23	1,101
UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY	6	5	2024-11-26	1,284
SANGUINE GAS EXPLORATION, LLC	2	2	2026-03-24	100
FX ENERGY OPERATING, LLC	1	0	2026-07-29	9
MMGL TXPH, LLC	1	0	2025-11-21	—
EHVI EXPLORATION, LLC	1	1	2023-10-20	—
BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC	1	0	2021-12-28	6,058
PRESIDIO PETROLEUM LLC	1	0	2019-12-09	1,221
ENERVEST OPERATING, L.L.C.	1	0	2016-02-15	323

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.