Where does CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. operate in Texas?

CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. has filed drilling permits in Dimmit County, Mcmullen County, Burleson County, La Salle County, Webb County.

Is CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. still drilling?

CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. has filed no new drilling permits in the last year. Its most recent permit on record was 2022-12-16.

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CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.

RRC operator #147699 · permits 2026-10-15 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-10

CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. is registered with the Railroad Commission of Texas as operator #147699. It holds 3,503 wellbores on record, 2,688 of them producing. It has 86 drilling permits on record across 5 Texas counties (Dimmit, Mcmullen, Burleson and 2 more), most recently on 2022-12-16. 86 of those permits are horizontal wells — the kind that can drain minerals a mile or more from the surface location.

Drilling permits

0 last year

Wells on record

3,503

2,688 producing

Horizontal permits

Counties

The mineral owners under CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.'s new permits

For mineral buyers and landmen: when CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. files a new W-1 drilling permit, the Permit Owner File matches it to the listed mineral owners under the tract and delivers them that Monday with mailing addresses, for every operator filing in the package counties.

Recent permits by CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.

Filed	County	Lease	Type	Flags
2022-12-16	Webb	PGE BROWNE	Drill	Horiz
2022-12-13	Dimmit	FAITH-YANA J UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2022-12-12	Webb	PGE BROWNE	Drill	Horiz
2022-12-12	Webb	PGE BROWNE	Drill	Horiz
2022-12-12	Webb	PGE BROWNE	Drill	Horiz
2022-12-12	Webb	PGE BROWNE	Drill	Horiz
2022-12-12	Webb	PGE BROWNE	Drill	Horiz
2022-12-07	Dimmit	FAITH-YANA I UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2022-12-07	Dimmit	FAITH-YANA H UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-12-10	La Salle	KKL HC4	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-12-10	La Salle	KKL HC3	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-12-10	La Salle	KKL HC2	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-12-01	Burleson	BUSH B	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-01	Burleson	BUSH A	Drill	Horiz
2021-12-01	Burleson	BUSH A	Drill	Horiz
2021-11-01	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS HC3	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-11-01	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS HC2	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-11-01	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS HC1	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-11-01	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS H EAST UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-11-01	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS H EAST UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-11-01	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS H EAST UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-10-29	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS Q WEST UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-10-29	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS Q WEST UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2021-10-29	Dimmit	NORTH ROGERS Q EAST UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37
2020-11-24	Mcmullen	MARTIN MASON HC9	Drill	HorizRule 37
2020-11-19	Mcmullen	MARTIN MASON HC8	Drill	HorizRule 37
2019-12-20	Mcmullen	MARTIN MASON HC9	Drill	HorizRule 37
2019-12-20	Mcmullen	MARTIN MASON HC8	Drill	HorizRule 37
2019-12-20	Mcmullen	MARTIN MASON HC7	Drill	HorizRule 37
2019-12-20	Mcmullen	MARTIN MASON HC6	Drill	HorizRule 37

Where CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. operates

County	Permits	Most recent
Dimmit County	27	2022-12-13
Mcmullen County	24	2020-11-24
Burleson County	15	2021-12-01
La Salle County	14	2021-12-10
Webb County	6	2022-12-16

Fields CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C. holds wells in

Field	Wells	Producing
BRISCOE RANCH (EAGLEFORD)	1,209	1,008
EAGLEVILLE (EAGLE FORD-1)	988	877
GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK-3)	490	299
GIDDINGS (EAGLEFORD)	334	309
WILDCAT	124	0
AGUILA VADO (EAGLEFORD)	77	72
MADISONVILLE W. (WOODBINE -A-)	55	49
PEARSALL (AUSTIN CHALK)	34	1
GIDDINGS (BUDA)	31	25
GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK GAS)	30	25
KURTEN (BUDA)	15	6
NEWARK EAST (BARNETT SHALE)	12	0

Permits filed by year

Year	Permits	Horizontal
2022	9	9
2021	15	15
2020	2	2
2019	25	25
2018	19	19
2017	16	16

The permit feed carries a rolling recent window, so early years are partial. Well counts above come from the full current wellbore file.

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