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Jones County, Texas
A full read of activity around your Jones 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 Jones 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. Jones County has 9 new drilling permits in the last year, 579 producing wells, 0 horizontal permits and 12 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 Jones County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | STAR PRODUCTION, INC. | BAUCUM | Drill | |
| 2026-08-04 | DELTA OIL & GAS LTD. | PITTARD | Drill | |
| 2026-05-28 | WBI ENERGY MIDSTREAM, LLC | HF SINCLAIR | Drill | |
| 2026-05-21 | STAR PRODUCTION, INC. | HALL 40 | Drill | |
| 2026-05-20 | STAR PRODUCTION, INC. | BAUCUM | Drill | |
| 2026-04-09 | ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY | TP #1.75 | Drill | |
| 2026-04-01 | ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY | TP #9.75 | Drill | |
| 2026-04-01 | ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY | TP #9 | Drill | |
| 2025-12-05 | SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION | SWANN, W.D. | Drill | |
| 2024-12-04 | ICS ENERGY LLC | OLIVER SWENSON | Drill | |
| 2023-12-01 | STAR PRODUCTION, INC. | MCCASLIN | Drill | |
| 2023-11-27 | NBX ENERGY, LLC | RISLEY 'B' | Drill | |
| 2021-11-30 | ICS ENERGY LLC | MCLELLAN | Drill | |
| 2020-12-28 | BLUFF CREEK PETROLEUM, LLC | DOUBLE NICKEL | Drill | |
| 2020-12-15 | NBX ENERGY, LLC | RISLEY 'B' | Drill | |
| 2020-12-15 | D.J. & T. ENERGY | WATTS | Drill | |
| 2020-11-30 | ECHO PRODUCTION, INC. | HTB FARMS A | Drill | |
| 2019-10-22 | STRAWN PARTNERS OPERATING, LLC | WRIGHT B | Drill | |
| 2017-12-01 | OVERLAND OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | GREEN | Drill | |
| 2017-11-29 | ICS ENERGY LLC | SMITH | Drill |
Who is drilling in Jones County
12 companies hold drilling permits in Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STAR PRODUCTION, INC. | 4 | 0 | 2026-08-07 | 131 |
| ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY | 3 | 0 | 2026-04-09 | 34 |
| ICS ENERGY LLC | 3 | 0 | 2024-12-04 | 6 |
| NBX ENERGY, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2023-11-27 | 27 |
| DELTA OIL & GAS LTD. | 1 | 0 | 2026-08-04 | 412 |
| WBI ENERGY MIDSTREAM, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-05-28 | — |
| SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION | 1 | 0 | 2025-12-05 | 831 |
| BLUFF CREEK PETROLEUM, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2020-12-28 | 116 |
| D.J. & T. ENERGY | 1 | 0 | 2020-12-15 | 160 |
| ECHO PRODUCTION, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2020-11-30 | 344 |
| STRAWN PARTNERS OPERATING, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2019-10-22 | 11 |
| OVERLAND OPERATING COMPANY, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2017-12-01 | 78 |