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Upton County, Texas
Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-08-26 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-09
Drilling permits
715
457 last year
Producing wells
5,018
of 14,424 wellbores
Mineral Activity Report · $79 A full read of activity around your Upton 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 Upton 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. Upton County has
457 new drilling permits in the last year,
5,018 producing wells, 688 horizontal
permits and 46 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 Upton County
Who is drilling in Upton County
46 companies hold drilling permits in Upton 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 |
|---|
| PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | 131 | 128 | 2026-07-09 | 11,443 |
| APACHE CORPORATION | 100 | 100 | 2026-07-29 | 14,846 |
| COG OPERATING LLC | 92 | 92 | 2026-04-14 | 4,268 |
| SUMMIT PETROLEUM LLC | 54 | 53 | 2026-07-20 | 674 |
| OVINTIV USA INC. | 44 | 44 | 2026-08-11 | 2,365 |
| CIVITAS PERMIAN OPERATING, LLC | 44 | 44 | 2026-06-23 | — |
| SM ENERGY COMPANY | 41 | 41 | 2026-03-12 | 1,900 |
| CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. | 27 | 27 | 2026-07-16 | 8,022 |
| FIREBIRD ENERGY II LLC | 25 | 25 | 2026-06-30 | — |
| DISCOVERY OPERATING, INC. | 14 | 13 | 2026-04-29 | 454 |
| XTO ENERGY INC. | 13 | 13 | 2018-12-19 | 18,548 |
| DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | 11 | 11 | 2026-03-23 | 3,669 |
| HENRY RESOURCES LLC | 11 | 11 | 2023-12-08 | 186 |
| SAXUM OPCO, LLC | 8 | 8 | 2026-06-02 | — |
| HIBERNIA RESOURCES III, LLC | 8 | 8 | 2020-12-15 | 280 |
| PARSLEY ENERGY OPERATIONS, LLC | 8 | 8 | 2019-12-20 | 1,794 |
| TRP OPERATING LLC | 6 | 6 | 2023-12-14 | 141 |
| ROCKPORT ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC | 6 | 6 | 2022-11-26 | — |
| FOURPOINT ENERGY, LLC | 5 | 5 | 2024-12-20 | — |
| EARTHSTONE OPERATING, LLC | 5 | 5 | 2019-12-18 | 228 |
| ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES L.P. | 5 | 5 | 2019-12-13 | 6,625 |
| MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY | 4 | 4 | 2026-05-26 | 1,101 |
| BOBCAT MIDSTREAM LLC | 4 | 0 | 2022-12-08 | — |
| VENCER ENERGY, LLC | 4 | 4 | 2022-12-08 | — |
| ENCANA OIL & GAS(USA) INC. | 4 | 4 | 2019-12-03 | 208 |
| OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. | 4 | 0 | 2019-10-23 | 15,465 |
| XRI DISPOSAL HOLDINGS, LLC | 3 | 0 | 2026-05-08 | — |
| PRIME OPERATING COMPANY | 3 | 3 | 2026-04-27 | 890 |
| ADMIRAL PERMIAN OPERATING LLC | 3 | 3 | 2026-04-14 | — |
| VITAL ENERGY, INC. | 3 | 3 | 2025-12-09 | — |
| RP OPERATING, L.L.C. | 3 | 3 | 2022-12-05 | 33 |
| OXBOW PETROLEUM, LLC | 3 | 3 | 2021-12-02 | 210 |
| AQUA TERRA PERMIAN, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-08-12 | 10 |
| IRON ORCHARD OPERATING LLC | 2 | 2 | 2026-06-13 | 149 |
| TRIPLE CROWN RESOURCES, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2026-05-13 | 105 |
| DEEP BLUE OPERATING I LLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-04-09 | — |
| SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-03-03 | 8,649 |
| PETX OPERATING LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-07-29 | — |
| ZARVONA ENERGY LLC | 1 | 1 | 2026-07-28 | 1,156 |
| MID-STATES OPERATING COMPANY | 1 | 0 | 2021-12-01 | 48 |
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 operator-filed permit surface location (NAD27, precision disclaimed by the RRC), not your 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.