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Ward County, Texas
Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-08-26 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-09
Drilling permits
329
111 last year
Producing wells
2,296
of 11,462 wellbores
Mineral Activity Report · $79 A full read of activity around your Ward 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 Ward 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. Ward County has
111 new drilling permits in the last year,
2,296 producing wells, 259 horizontal
permits and 43 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 Ward County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|
| 2026-08-17 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, C. W. ET AL | Recompletion | |
| 2026-08-13 | WILLIAMS OIL COMPANY | EDWARDS 4 | Recompletion | |
| 2026-08-11 | MCM OPERATING, LLC | VULCAN SECTION 2 UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-11 | MCM OPERATING, LLC | VULCAN 2-3 J | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-11 | MCM OPERATING, LLC | VULCAN 2-3 I | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-11 | MCM OPERATING, LLC | VULCAN 2-3 H | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-11 | MCM OPERATING, LLC | VULCAN 2-3 G | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-11 | MCM OPERATING, LLC | VULCAN 2-3 F | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-08-10 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, JACK -L- | Recompletion | |
| 2026-08-04 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | C. W. EDWARDS ET AL | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-31 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, JACK -J- | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-29 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, C. W. ET AL | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-22 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, C. W. ET AL | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-21 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, C. W., ET AL | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-14 | PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC | DAVIS 201-200-199 UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-14 | PETRO-HUNT PERMIAN, LLC | SMASHBOY 1-29 B | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-14 | PETRO-HUNT PERMIAN, LLC | SMASHBOY 1-29 A | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-09 | PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC | DAVIS 201-200-199 UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-09 | PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC | DAVIS 201-200-199 UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-09 | PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC | JAKE 201-200 UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-07 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, JNO. ET AL 'B' | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-06 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, JNO. ETAL -B- | Recompletion | |
| 2026-07-06 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, JNO. ET AL 'B' | Recompletion | |
| 2026-06-30 | GOODNIGHT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN, LLC | LAWRENCE | Reclass | |
| 2026-06-30 | GOODNIGHT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN, LLC | LAWRENCE | Reclass | |
| 2026-06-30 | GOODNIGHT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN, LLC | LAWRENCE | Reclass | |
| 2026-06-26 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, JNO. ET AL B | Recompletion | |
| 2026-06-25 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS C.W. ET AL | Recompletion | |
| 2026-06-25 | GOODNIGHT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN, LLC | LAWRENCE | Reclass | |
| 2026-06-24 | PITTS ENERGY CO. | EDWARDS, JNO. ET AL B | Recompletion | |
Who is drilling in Ward County
43 companies hold drilling permits in Ward 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 |
|---|
| VITAL ENERGY, INC. | 35 | 35 | 2025-12-29 | — |
| JAGGED PEAK ENERGY LLC | 32 | 32 | 2026-03-31 | 10 |
| CALLON PETROLEUM OPERATING CO | 22 | 22 | 2023-12-13 | 824 |
| APACHE CORPORATION | 20 | 20 | 2025-11-11 | 14,846 |
| HALCON OPERATING CO., INC. | 19 | 19 | 2026-06-23 | 129 |
| JETTA OPERATING COMPANY, INC. | 19 | 2 | 2026-06-08 | 554 |
| MANTI TARKA PERMIAN OP, LLC | 18 | 17 | 2026-06-02 | 58 |
| FOUR CORNERS PETROLEUM II, LLC | 16 | 0 | 2018-12-19 | 3,608 |
| PITTS ENERGY CO. | 13 | 0 | 2026-08-17 | 238 |
| PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC | 12 | 12 | 2026-07-14 | — |
| POINT ENERGY PARTNERS PETRO, LLC | 11 | 10 | 2022-12-12 | 23 |
| GOODNIGHT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN, LLC | 9 | 0 | 2026-06-30 | 28 |
| BOSQUE TEXAS OIL LLC | 9 | 9 | 2026-05-20 | 5 |
| OASIS PETROLEUM PERMIAN LLC | 9 | 8 | 2019-12-04 | 89 |
| CRESCENT ENERGY OPERATING, LLC | 8 | 8 | 2026-05-12 | — |
| XTO ENERGY INC. | 7 | 6 | 2026-04-09 | 18,548 |
| MCM OPERATING, LLC | 6 | 6 | 2026-08-11 | 4 |
| ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE LLC | 6 | 6 | 2022-11-09 | 1,358 |
| ADMIRAL PERMIAN OPERATING LLC | 5 | 5 | 2026-06-19 | — |
| U.S. ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORP | 4 | 4 | 2026-02-20 | 206 |
| LUXE OPERATING LLC | 4 | 4 | 2020-12-16 | 58 |
| DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC | 4 | 4 | 2020-11-20 | 3,669 |
| SHELL WESTERN E&P | 4 | 4 | 2018-12-05 | 822 |
| WILLIAMS OIL COMPANY | 3 | 0 | 2026-08-13 | 180 |
| CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. | 3 | 3 | 2026-05-28 | — |
| PERCUSSION PETROLEUM OPER II,LLC | 3 | 3 | 2021-12-15 | — |
| SEABOARD OPERATING CO. | 3 | 0 | 2021-12-14 | 252 |
| PETRO-HUNT PERMIAN, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2026-07-14 | — |
| SUNDOWN ENERGY LP | 2 | 0 | 2024-12-05 | 339 |
| COG OPERATING LLC | 2 | 2 | 2024-10-17 | 4,268 |
| FORGE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2022-11-29 | — |
| PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. | 2 | 2 | 2021-11-24 | 11,443 |
| FELIX ENERGY HOLDINGS II, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2019-12-04 | 7 |
| 323 EXPLORATION, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2018-12-18 | — |
| ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 2 | 2 | 2018-12-07 | 208 |
| CARRIZO (PERMIAN) LLC | 2 | 2 | 2017-12-19 | 44 |
| PINON OPERATING II, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2026-04-21 | — |
| PARSLEY ENERGY OPERATIONS, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2020-12-09 | 1,794 |
| WPX ENERGY PERMIAN, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2020-12-09 | 903 |
| ELAND ENERGY, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2018-12-13 | 69 |
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.