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Henderson County, Texas
A full read of activity around your Henderson 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 Henderson 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. Henderson County has 1 new drilling permits in the last year, 319 producing wells, 1 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.
Recent drilling permits in Henderson County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | CAMERON EXPLORATION, INC. | MALAKOFF SOUTH (BACON LIME) UNIT | Drill | |
| 2022-11-30 | HIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING, LLC | C.P. DICKERSON | Recompletion | Rule 37 |
| 2020-12-07 | DOUGHTIE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | HIGHTOWER | Drill | |
| 2020-11-24 | DOUGHTIE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | COX | Drill | |
| 2019-12-10 | ATMOS PIPELINE - TEXAS | TRI CITIES GAS STORAGE UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2018-11-27 | WEATHERS EXPLORATION, INC. | ENSERCH PROCESSING, INC. | Recompletion | |
| 2018-11-27 | WEATHERS EXPLORATION, INC. | ENSERCH PROCESSING, INC. | Recompletion |
Who is drilling in Henderson County
5 companies hold drilling permits in Henderson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGHTIE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2020-12-07 | 2 |
| WEATHERS EXPLORATION, INC. | 2 | 0 | 2018-11-27 | 42 |
| CAMERON EXPLORATION, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2026-06-29 | 14 |
| HIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2022-11-30 | 53 |
| ATMOS PIPELINE - TEXAS | 1 | 1 | 2019-12-10 | 57 |