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Jim Wells County, Texas
A full read of activity around your Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells 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. Jim Wells County has 4 new drilling permits in the last year, 71 producing wells, 0 horizontal permits and 7 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 Jim Wells County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | PALADIN PETROLEUM III, L.L.C. | RUSSELL | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-31 | PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | KOEHN | Drill | |
| 2026-05-01 | PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | MYRA SUE | Drill | |
| 2025-12-22 | CIMARRON ENGINEERING, LLC | EDELEN | Drill | |
| 2024-12-17 | PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | MEISCHEN | Drill | |
| 2022-12-14 | CIMARRON ENGINEERING, LLC | MOSSER | Drill | |
| 2021-12-21 | MODERN EXPLORATION, INC. | SUZANNE BELL | Drill | |
| 2021-12-10 | PALEO OIL COMPANY LLC | DIAMONDBACK | Drill | |
| 2019-12-02 | EVEREST RESOURCE COMPANY | TREJO | Drill | |
| 2017-12-10 | CIMARRON ENGINEERING, LLC | SEIDEL | Drill | |
| 2017-12-05 | RINCON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | BUEGELER | Drill |
Who is drilling in Jim Wells County
7 companies hold drilling permits in Jim Wells 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | 3 | 0 | 2026-07-31 | — |
| CIMARRON ENGINEERING, LLC | 3 | 0 | 2025-12-22 | 71 |
| PALADIN PETROLEUM III, L.L.C. | 1 | 0 | 2026-08-06 | 19 |
| MODERN EXPLORATION, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2021-12-21 | 102 |
| PALEO OIL COMPANY LLC | 1 | 0 | 2021-12-10 | 17 |
| EVEREST RESOURCE COMPANY | 1 | 0 | 2019-12-02 | 52 |
| RINCON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 1 | 0 | 2017-12-05 | 134 |