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Shelby County, Texas
A full read of activity around your Shelby 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 Shelby 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. Shelby County has 32 new drilling permits in the last year, 526 producing wells, 49 horizontal permits and 10 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 Shelby County
Who is drilling in Shelby County
10 companies hold drilling permits in Shelby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILVER HILL ENERGY OPERATING LLC | 22 | 22 | 2026-07-31 | — |
| ADAMAS ENERGY LLC | 9 | 9 | 2026-03-27 | — |
| LEGACY RESERVES OPERATING LP | 9 | 9 | 2022-12-05 | 3,126 |
| XTO ENERGY INC. | 5 | 5 | 2026-07-21 | 18,548 |
| APEX NATURAL GAS, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2026-02-26 | — |
| AETHON ENERGY OPERATING LLC | 2 | 2 | 2022-12-05 | 242 |
| SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-07-07 | — |
| VENTANA MIDSTREAM LLC | 1 | 0 | 2025-11-12 | — |
| HIGH ROLLER WELLS, L.L.C. | 1 | 0 | 2021-12-21 | 2 |
| MAXIMUS OPERATING, LTD. | 1 | 0 | 2021-12-06 | 36 |