Where does SHELL WESTERN E&P operate in Texas?

SHELL WESTERN E&P has filed drilling permits in Loving County, Ward County, Winkler County.

Is SHELL WESTERN E&P still drilling?

SHELL WESTERN E&P has filed no new drilling permits in the last year. Its most recent permit on record was 2020-12-09.

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SHELL WESTERN E&P

RRC operator #774719 · permits 2026-10-15 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-10

SHELL WESTERN E&P is registered with the Railroad Commission of Texas as operator #774719. It holds 822 wellbores on record, 366 of them producing. It has 32 drilling permits on record across 3 Texas counties (Loving, Ward, Winkler), most recently on 2020-12-09. 32 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

822

366 producing

Horizontal permits

Counties

The mineral owners under SHELL WESTERN E&P's new permits

For mineral buyers and landmen: when SHELL WESTERN E&P 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 SHELL WESTERN E&P

Filed	County	Lease	Type	Flags
2020-12-09	Loving	BONNETHEAD 53-2-1 LOV UNIT A	Drill	Horiz
2020-12-09	Loving	BONNETHEAD 53-2-1 LOV UNIT A	Drill	Horiz
2019-12-05	Loving	BERNARD STATE C-27 2-5 LOV UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2019-12-05	Loving	BERNARD STATE C-27 2-5 LOV UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2019-12-03	Loving	VJ RANCH-LINK 55-2-21 LOV SC	Drill	HorizRule 37
2019-12-03	Loving	VJ RANCH-LINK 55-2-21 LOV SA	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-12-17	Loving	SEVENGILLS 55-2-11 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-17	Loving	SEVENGILLS 55-2-11 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-17	Loving	SEVENGILLS 55-2-11 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-17	Loving	SEVENGILLS 55-2-11 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2018-12-11	Loving	VJ RANCH-LINK 55-2-21 LOV	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-12-10	Loving	LINK-VJ RANCH 55-2-16 LOV W	Drill	HorizRule 37
2018-12-05	Ward	BRAMBLETT 34-197 WRD	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-19	Loving	GELLER 54-2-37 LOV UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-19	Loving	BING 54-2-36 LOV W UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-14	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-13	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-13	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-13	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-13	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-13	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-13	Loving	MINOT 75-8 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-12	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-12	Loving	TIGER 55-2-12 LOV	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-11	Loving	LINK-VJ RANCH 55-2-16 LOV W	Drill	HorizRule 37
2017-12-11	Loving	LINK-VJ RANCH 55-2-16 LOV	Drill	HorizRule 37
2017-12-01	Winkler	UNIVERSITY 20 PW UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2017-12-01	Winkler	UNIVERSITY 20 PW UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2017-11-14	Loving	GELLER 54-2-37 LOV UNIT	Drill	Horiz
2017-11-01	Ward	HUMANE SOCIETY 34-199 WRD UNIT	Drill	HorizRule 37

Where SHELL WESTERN E&P operates

County	Permits	Most recent
Loving County	26	2020-12-09
Ward County	4	2018-12-05
Winkler County	2	2017-12-01

Fields SHELL WESTERN E&P holds wells in

Field	Wells	Producing
PHANTOM (WOLFCAMP)	487	316
HALEY (LWR. WOLFCAMP-PENN CONS.)	50	26
SANDBAR (BONE SPRING)	43	5
TWO GEORGES (BONE SPRING)	33	12
DIMMITT (DELAWARE CONS)	25	0
TOYAH NW (SHALE)	9	0
QUITO WEST (DELAWARE)	6	0
MCALLEN RANCH (VKSBG P-V S CONS)	6	0
WILDCAT	6	0
TUNSTILL EAST (DELAWARE)	4	0
HINDE (VICKSBURG CONSOLIDATED)	4	0
WILDCAT	3	0

Permits filed by year

Year	Permits	Horizontal
2020	2	2
2019	4	4
2018	7	7
2017	19	19

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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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 locations the operator filed with the RRC: the permit surface location (NAD27, precision disclaimed by the RRC) and, for horizontal permits in owner files, the W-1H terminus tract. Neither is a title-verified 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.