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Zavala County, Texas

Oil & gas activity from Railroad Commission records · permits 2026-08-26 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-09
Drilling permits
63
19 last year
Rule 37/38 exceptions
11
Horizontal permits
63
Producing wells
477
of 3,005 wellbores
Mineral Activity Report · $79

A full read of activity around your Zavala 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 Zavala 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. Zavala County has 19 new drilling permits in the last year, 477 producing wells, 63 horizontal permits and 10 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 Zavala County

FiledOperatorLeaseTypeFlags
2026-08-12 BLACKBRUSH O & G, LLC CHITTIM HEIRS Drill Horiz
2026-07-28 GULFTEX ENERGY, LLC URBAN Drill Horiz
2026-07-28 GULFTEX ENERGY, LLC BLACKMON Drill Horiz
2026-06-16 CML EXPLORATION, LLC TLAPEK Recompletion Horiz
2026-06-15 ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. PUCKETT B Drill Horiz
2026-06-15 ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. PUCKETT A Drill Horiz
2026-06-05 BLACKBRUSH O & G, LLC CHITTIM HEIRS Drill Horiz
2026-06-04 BLACKBRUSH O & G, LLC CHITTIM HEIRS Drill Horiz
2026-06-04 BLACKBRUSH O & G, LLC CHITTIM HEIRS Drill Horiz
2026-06-03 BLACKBRUSH O & G, LLC CHITTIM HEIRS Drill Horiz
2026-06-03 BLACKBRUSH O & G, LLC CHITTIM HEIRS Drill Horiz
2026-04-29 GULFTEX ENERGY, LLC URBAN Drill Horiz
2026-04-28 GULFTEX ENERGY, LLC BLACKMON Drill Horiz
2026-03-11 ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. LANG TRUST Drill Horiz
2026-03-11 ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. LANG TRUST Drill Horiz
2026-03-11 ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. LANG TRUST Drill Horiz
2026-03-11 ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. LANG TRUST Drill Horiz
2026-02-20 CML EXPLORATION, LLC SUGAR RANCH Field Transfer Horiz
2026-02-17 CML EXPLORATION, LLC KLEIMANN Field Transfer Horiz
2024-12-04 MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC FERGUSON-MCKNIGHT Drill Horiz
2023-12-14 EXCO OPERATING COMPANY, LP TIDWELL UNIT ZAV A Drill HorizRule 37
2023-12-14 EXCO OPERATING COMPANY, LP TIDWELL UNIT ZAV A Drill Horiz
2023-12-13 EXCO OPERATING COMPANY, LP TRAYLOR SOUTH ZAV Drill Horiz
2023-12-04 BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC. WILSON-GATES B Drill Horiz
2023-11-29 TRINITY OPERATING (USG), LLC KM RANCH D ALLOCATION 15 Drill HorizRule 37
2023-11-29 TRINITY OPERATING (USG), LLC KM RANCH D ALLOCATION 14 Drill HorizRule 37
2023-11-29 TRINITY OPERATING (USG), LLC KM RANCH D ALLOCATION 13 Drill HorizRule 37
2023-11-29 TRINITY OPERATING (USG), LLC KM RANCH D ALLOCATION 12 Drill HorizRule 37
2023-11-21 EXCO OPERATING COMPANY, LP COLEMAN-TIDWELL ALLOC Drill HorizRule 37
2022-12-14 EXCO OPERATING COMPANY, LP WINTERBOTHAM ZAV Drill Horiz

Who is drilling in Zavala County

10 companies hold drilling permits in Zavala 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
EXCO OPERATING COMPANY, LP 17 17 2023-12-14 422
TRINITY OPERATING (USG), LLC 11 11 2023-11-29 641
U.S. ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORP 8 8 2017-12-06 206
BLACKBRUSH O & G, LLC 6 6 2026-08-12 275
CML EXPLORATION, LLC 6 6 2026-06-16 418
ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC. 6 6 2026-06-15 105
GULFTEX ENERGY, LLC 4 4 2026-07-28 9
BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC. 3 3 2023-12-04 399
MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC 1 1 2024-12-04 1,185
EL TORO RESOURCES LLC 1 1 2017-12-21 89
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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.