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 2026-08-26 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-09

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

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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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