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Wharton County, Texas
Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-08-26 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-09
Drilling permits
19
9 last year
Producing wells
332
of 6,550 wellbores
Mineral Activity Report · $79 A full read of activity around your Wharton 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 Wharton 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. Wharton County has
9 new drilling permits in the last year,
332 producing wells, 2 horizontal
permits and 13 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 Wharton County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|
| 2026-08-24 | PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | APPLING | Drill | |
| 2026-05-14 | REMORA MANAGEMENT, LLC | BROUSSARD, J. E. NCT-1 | Drill | |
| 2026-05-12 | REMORA MANAGEMENT, LLC | PIERCE ESTATES | Drill | |
| 2026-04-29 | MB ENERGY, LLC | KAINER HEIRS UNIT | Drill | |
| 2026-03-26 | RICOCHET ENERGY, INC. | NAISER-STOVALL GAS UNIT | Drill | |
| 2026-03-18 | AMEXCO, LLC | KUBELA | Recompletion | |
| 2026-02-14 | J2R ENERGY, LLC | J2R | Drill | |
| 2025-12-15 | RICOCHET ENERGY, INC. | EDNAMAYE | Drill | |
| 2025-12-04 | PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | DABOVAL, C.J. | Drill | |
| 2024-11-21 | ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC | PG&E TEXAS GAS STORAGE | Drill | |
| 2023-12-08 | MAGNUM PRODUCING, LP | RIEGER | Recompletion | |
| 2022-12-06 | PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | C. J. DABOVAL A- | Recompletion | |
| 2022-11-29 | FLETCHER OPERATING, LLC | GREER | Recompletion | |
| 2020-11-27 | OBLAEN RESOURCES LLC | VICKERY | Recompletion | |
| 2020-11-24 | FORZA OPERATING, LLC | HARDIN | Recompletion | Rule 37 |
| 2019-12-18 | APACHE CORPORATION | PIERCE ESTATE C | Recompletion | |
| 2017-12-18 | WHITE OAK OPERATING COMPANY LLC | H.C. COCKBURN | Drill | Horiz |
| 2017-12-13 | WHITE OAK OPERATING COMPANY LLC | H.C. COCKBURN | Drill | Horiz |
| 2017-12-13 | FORZA OPERATING, LLC | HARDIN | Drill | |
Who is drilling in Wharton County
13 companies hold drilling permits in Wharton 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 |
|---|
| PALOMA OPERATING, LLC | 3 | 0 | 2026-08-24 | — |
| REMORA MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2026-05-14 | 110 |
| RICOCHET ENERGY, INC. | 2 | 0 | 2026-03-26 | 47 |
| FORZA OPERATING, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2020-11-24 | 12 |
| WHITE OAK OPERATING COMPANY LLC | 2 | 2 | 2017-12-18 | 622 |
| MB ENERGY, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-04-29 | — |
| AMEXCO, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-03-18 | 9 |
| J2R ENERGY, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2026-02-14 | 2 |
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC | 1 | 0 | 2024-11-21 | 50 |
| MAGNUM PRODUCING, LP | 1 | 0 | 2023-12-08 | 270 |
| FLETCHER OPERATING, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2022-11-29 | 180 |
| OBLAEN RESOURCES LLC | 1 | 0 | 2020-11-27 | 13 |
| APACHE CORPORATION | 1 | 0 | 2019-12-18 | 14,846 |
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.