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King County, Texas
A full read of activity around your King 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 King 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. King County has 7 new drilling permits in the last year, 221 producing wells, 0 horizontal permits and 6 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 King County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC | BURNETT RANCH CO2 FLOOD 'PA1' | Drill | |
| 2026-06-09 | GEOSURVEYS, INC. | BOC 'A' | Drill | |
| 2026-06-05 | HALLIBURTON OPERATING COMPANY | CROTON CREEK | Drill | |
| 2026-06-03 | HALLIBURTON OPERATING COMPANY | PEARLS | Drill | |
| 2026-05-18 | HALLIBURTON OPERATING COMPANY | PEARLS | Drill | |
| 2026-04-28 | NBX ENERGY, LLC | FOUR SIXES QF | Drill | |
| 2026-04-28 | NBX ENERGY, LLC | FOUR SIXES ST | Drill | |
| 2024-12-20 | BURNETT OIL CO., INC. | SOMERVELL 6666 | Drill | |
| 2024-12-20 | BURNETT OIL CO., INC. | PITCHFORK | Drill | |
| 2022-12-13 | HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC | BURNETT RANCH CO2 FLOOD 'PA1' | Drill | |
| 2022-11-30 | SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION | SPRINGER 'A' | Drill |
Who is drilling in King County
6 companies hold drilling permits in King 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALLIBURTON OPERATING COMPANY | 3 | 0 | 2026-06-05 | 35 |
| HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-08-19 | 217 |
| NBX ENERGY, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-04-28 | 27 |
| BURNETT OIL CO., INC. | 2 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 133 |
| GEOSURVEYS, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2026-06-09 | 31 |
| SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION | 1 | 0 | 2022-11-30 | 831 |