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Madison County, Texas
A full read of activity around your Madison 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 Madison 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. Madison County has 10 new drilling permits in the last year, 394 producing wells, 3 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 Madison County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | FORREST D STATE UNIT | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-30 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | FORREST C | Drill | |
| 2026-07-21 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | FT TRINIDAD UPPER GLEN ROSE UNIT | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-06 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | FORREST | Recompletion | |
| 2026-06-11 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | JOYCE D UNIT | Recompletion | |
| 2026-06-04 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | JOYCE D UNIT | Recompletion | |
| 2026-05-31 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | W.M. FORREST D | Recompletion | |
| 2026-05-04 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | WAKEFIELD & HARRISON GAS UNIT B | Recompletion | |
| 2026-04-09 | EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | W.M. FORREST D WELL NO. | Recompletion | |
| 2026-03-24 | BULL RUN RESOURCES, LLC | AUGUSTUS UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2021-12-27 | TEXAS PRESCO, INC. | ZEUS | Field Transfer | Horiz |
| 2017-12-14 | WHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION | SCHOLZ | Drill | |
| 2017-12-14 | WHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION | SCHOLZ | Drill | |
| 2017-12-12 | MD AMERICA ENERGY, LLC | COUNTY LINE | Drill | HorizRule 37 |
Who is drilling in Madison County
5 companies hold drilling permits in Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC | 9 | 0 | 2026-08-12 | — |
| WHEELER OPERATING CORPORATION | 2 | 0 | 2017-12-14 | 124 |
| BULL RUN RESOURCES, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2026-03-24 | — |
| TEXAS PRESCO, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2021-12-27 | 6 |
| MD AMERICA ENERGY, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2017-12-12 | 233 |