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Stephens County, Texas
A full read of activity around your Stephens 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 Stephens 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. Stephens County has 1 new drilling permits in the last year, 1,486 producing wells, 1 horizontal permits and 7 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 Stephens County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CARAWAY, ROBERT | JACKSON STRAWN UNIT | Field Transfer | |
| 2023-12-07 | BRAZOS RIVER EXPLORATION LLC | BUFFALO BAYOU | Drill | |
| 2023-12-07 | BRAZOS RIVER EXPLORATION LLC | BUFFALO BAYOU | Drill | |
| 2022-12-13 | DELTA OIL & GAS LTD. | KENNEDY A | Reclass | |
| 2020-12-02 | SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC | BROWN, R.J. | Recompletion | |
| 2018-12-14 | SAFARI RESOURCES, LLC | POWERS | Drill | |
| 2018-12-12 | TRUTEX OPERATING, LLC | SUPERMAN | Drill | |
| 2018-12-05 | BRAZOS RIVER EXPLORATION LLC | BUFFALO BAYOU | Drill | Rule 37 |
| 2018-12-03 | BRAZOS RIVER EXPLORATION LLC | BUFFALO BAYOU | Drill | Horiz |
| 2017-12-11 | DELTA OIL & GAS LTD. | KLOH | Recompletion | |
| 2017-12-04 | PETEX | ED FORD 'A' | Drill |
Who is drilling in Stephens County
7 companies hold drilling permits in Stephens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAZOS RIVER EXPLORATION LLC | 4 | 1 | 2023-12-07 | 32 |
| DELTA OIL & GAS LTD. | 2 | 0 | 2022-12-13 | 412 |
| CARAWAY, ROBERT | 1 | 0 | 2026-04-09 | 1 |
| SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC | 1 | 0 | 2020-12-02 | 8,649 |
| SAFARI RESOURCES, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2018-12-14 | 63 |
| TRUTEX OPERATING, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2018-12-12 | 3 |
| PETEX | 1 | 0 | 2017-12-04 | 614 |