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Runnels County, Texas
A full read of activity around your Runnels 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 Runnels 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. Runnels County has 3 new drilling permits in the last year, 260 producing wells, 0 horizontal permits and 9 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 Runnels County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | NODDING DONKEY RESOURCES LLC | EVANS | Drill | |
| 2026-08-03 | CEDAR OIL COMPANY | RICHARD | Re-enter | |
| 2026-05-14 | ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC | SE-196 | Drill | |
| 2024-12-16 | HARVEST PETROLEUM INC. | RISE BULLSEYE | Drill | |
| 2023-12-18 | DALLAS PETROLEUM GROUP, LLC | HARRELL | Drill | |
| 2022-12-08 | GOLDEN OIL AND RANCH, LLC | DEIKE | Drill | |
| 2020-12-15 | CEDAR OIL COMPANY | SAAM B | Drill | |
| 2019-12-06 | CEDAR OIL COMPANY | SAAM | Drill | |
| 2018-11-28 | WINDOW OPERATING CO., THE | COLBURN | Drill | Rule 37 |
| 2017-12-07 | FOSSIL PETROLEUM LLC | GAREY RANCH | Drill | |
| 2017-12-07 | FOSSIL PETROLEUM LLC | GAREY RANCH | Drill | |
| 2017-11-09 | HILLCREST PETROLEUM, LLC | SNELSON | Recompletion |
Who is drilling in Runnels County
9 companies hold drilling permits in Runnels 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEDAR OIL COMPANY | 3 | 0 | 2026-08-03 | 59 |
| FOSSIL PETROLEUM LLC | 2 | 0 | 2017-12-07 | 53 |
| NODDING DONKEY RESOURCES LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-08-07 | — |
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-05-14 | 50 |
| HARVEST PETROLEUM INC. | 1 | 0 | 2024-12-16 | 5 |
| DALLAS PETROLEUM GROUP, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2023-12-18 | 150 |
| GOLDEN OIL AND RANCH, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2022-12-08 | 68 |
| WINDOW OPERATING CO., THE | 1 | 0 | 2018-11-28 | 101 |
| HILLCREST PETROLEUM, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2017-11-09 | 11 |