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Martin County, Texas
Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-10-15 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-10
Drilling permits
1,058
510 last year
Producing wells
5,306
of 13,188 wellbores
The mineral owners under these permits
Martin County is in the Midland Basin package of the Permit Owner File. Every Monday, each new drilling permit filed here is matched by abstract, block and section to the Martin County Appraisal District's certified mineral roll, and the appraisal-roll listed owners under it are delivered as a CSV with mailing addresses and CAD interest decimals. In a two-week Martin County sample, 22 permits produced 84 individual and trust recipients.
Recent drilling permits in Martin County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|
| 2026-10-13 | DEEP BLUE CENTRAL LLC | MCKNIGHT SWD | Drill | |
| 2026-10-13 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 H | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-12 | PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | GLASS RANCH E22L | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-12 | PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | GLASS RANCH E22K | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-12 | PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | GLASS RANCH E22J | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-12 | PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | GLASS RANCH E22H | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-12 | PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | GLASS RANCH E22G | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-12 | PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | GLASS RANCH E22F | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-12 | PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | GLASS RANCH E22E | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-08 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 O | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-08 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 N | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-08 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 M | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-08 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 L | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-08 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 K | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-08 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 J | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-08 | DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | TATE 11-10 I | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST G 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST F 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST E 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST E 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST C 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST A 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST A 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST A 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR WEST A 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR EAST 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR EAST 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR EAST 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR EAST 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-01 | DE V OPERATING, LLC | JAGUAR EAST 40-45 | Drill | Horiz |
Who is drilling in Martin County
44 companies hold drilling permits in Martin County, Texas. These are the 40 most active, 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 |
|---|
| DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | 278 | 278 | 2026-10-13 | 3,669 |
| PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | 247 | 243 | 2026-10-12 | 11,443 |
| ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES L.P. | 67 | 56 | 2024-11-26 | 6,625 |
| OVINTIV USA INC. | 52 | 52 | 2026-07-06 | 2,365 |
| LARIO OIL & GAS COMPANY | 41 | 41 | 2022-12-08 | 203 |
| OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC | 39 | 39 | 2026-08-31 | — |
| BIRCH OPERATIONS, INC. | 32 | 32 | 2026-06-25 | 379 |
| ENCANA OIL & GAS(USA) INC. | 32 | 32 | 2019-12-12 | 208 |
| OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. | 28 | 28 | 2025-12-01 | 15,465 |
| QEP ENERGY COMPANY | 28 | 28 | 2019-12-13 | 936 |
| COG OPERATING LLC | 27 | 27 | 2026-08-31 | 4,268 |
| DE IV OPERATING, LLC | 20 | 20 | 2022-12-21 | — |
| PETROLEGACY ENERGY II, LLC | 20 | 20 | 2022-12-08 | 261 |
| XTO ENERGY INC. | 17 | 17 | 2022-12-20 | 18,548 |
| ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION | 17 | 17 | 2019-11-06 | 155 |
| DE V OPERATING, LLC | 14 | 14 | 2026-10-01 | — |
| CROWNQUEST OPERATING, LLC | 12 | 9 | 2023-12-01 | 1,175 |
| PARSLEY ENERGY OPERATIONS, LLC | 12 | 9 | 2019-12-12 | 1,794 |
| DEEP BLUE CENTRAL LLC | 6 | 0 | 2026-10-13 | — |
| CUTBOW OPERATING, LLC | 6 | 6 | 2024-12-11 | — |
| GUIDON ENERGY MGMT SERVICES LLC | 6 | 1 | 2020-12-07 | 281 |
| DEEP BLUE OPERATING I LLC | 5 | 0 | 2026-07-14 | — |
| SM ENERGY COMPANY | 5 | 5 | 2026-02-10 | 1,900 |
| VELOCITY WATER SOLUTIONS, LP | 4 | 0 | 2026-05-18 | 14 |
| HIBERNIA RESOURCES IV, LLC | 4 | 4 | 2026-04-10 | — |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DISPOSAL SYSTEMS | 4 | 0 | 2023-12-11 | 10 |
| RSP PERMIAN, LLC | 4 | 4 | 2017-12-11 | 31 |
| DEEP BLUE NORTH LLC | 3 | 0 | 2026-09-29 | — |
| CIVITAS PERMIAN OPERATING, LLC | 3 | 3 | 2024-12-04 | — |
| LEGACY RESERVES OPERATING LP | 3 | 3 | 2023-10-27 | 3,126 |
| DE3 OPERATING LLC | 3 | 3 | 2019-10-30 | 819 |
| EXL PETROLEUM OPERATING INC. | 3 | 3 | 2017-12-12 | 5 |
| SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC | 2 | 0 | 2022-12-14 | 8,649 |
| TEJAS PERMIAN OPERATING, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2022-12-12 | — |
| BLACK SWAN OPERATING, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2020-12-18 | 89 |
| FORTRESS OPERATING COMPANY LLC | 2 | 0 | 2020-12-01 | — |
| JUNCTION RESOURCES OP, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-05-28 | 1 |
| HOPE MIDSTREAM LLC | 1 | 0 | 2025-10-13 | — |
| TALL CITY BRINE LLC | 1 | 0 | 2023-12-08 | 23 |
| LAGOON WATER MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2022-12-21 | — |
This report compiles and structures publicly available oil & gas records from the Railroad Commission of Texas — drilling permits, completions, well status, and lease production. We monitor development activity and public filings near a location you tell us about; we do NOT determine mineral ownership, confirm what you own, or provide legal, tax, or investment advice. Nothing here replaces a title opinion, a landman, or reading the official RRC filing. Activity is mapped to the locations the operator filed with the RRC: the permit surface location (NAD27, precision disclaimed by the RRC) and, for horizontal permits in owner files, the W-1H terminus tract. Neither is a title-verified mineral tract. Data is current only as of the source vintage shown on the page. Our total liability for any report is capped at the amount you paid for it. Found an error? Reply to any email and a human will correct it.