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Wheeler County, Texas

Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-08-26 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-09
Drilling permits
9
0 last year
Rule 37/38 exceptions
6
Horizontal permits
9
Producing wells
1,932
of 5,042 wellbores
Mineral Activity Report · $79

A full read of activity around your Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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. Wheeler County has 0 new drilling permits in the last year, 1,932 producing wells, 9 horizontal permits and 4 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.

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Recent drilling permits in Wheeler County

FiledOperatorLeaseTypeFlags
2022-11-27 EHVI EXPLORATION, LLC LOTT 17-16-2H Drill HorizRule 37
2022-11-27 EHVI EXPLORATION, LLC LOTT 17-16-1H Drill HorizRule 37
2021-12-20 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC CUTLASS MD Drill HorizRule 37
2021-12-08 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC CUTLASS MD Drill HorizRule 37
2021-11-29 SANDLOT OIL & GAS LLC TERESA Recompletion Horiz
2019-12-18 4P ENERGY TEXAS, LLC HAGERMAN Drill Horiz
2019-12-12 4P ENERGY TEXAS, LLC PURYEAR 13 Drill Horiz
2017-12-11 4P ENERGY TEXAS, LLC LEGG 7-6 Drill HorizRule 37
2017-12-11 4P ENERGY TEXAS, LLC BRYANT 21X40A Drill HorizRule 37

Who is drilling in Wheeler County

4 companies hold drilling permits in Wheeler 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.

OperatorPermits hereHorizontalLast filedWells on record
4P ENERGY TEXAS, LLC 4 4 2019-12-18 1,439
EHVI EXPLORATION, LLC 2 2 2022-11-27 —
BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 2 2 2021-12-20 6,058
SANDLOT OIL & GAS LLC 1 1 2021-11-29 —
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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.