Texas Mineral Radar → Howard → permit
WILLIE SCOTT B
| API | 42-22742910 |
|---|---|
| Permit no. | 0917432 |
| Operator | SM ENERGY COMPANY (#788997) |
| Lease | WILLIE SCOTT B |
| County / District | HOWARD · Dist. 08 |
| Tract | A-1280, Block 32 T1S, Section 20 · section page |
| Type | Drill · horizontal |
| Total depth | 7,500 ft |
| Filed / issued | 2026-07-24 / 2026-08-06 |
| Status | Approved |
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This filing won't be the last one near HOWARD County minerals.
This is a horizontal well — the lateral can produce from minerals a mile or more from the surface location shown on the permit. Activity that matters to you doesn't have to be on your tract to reach it.
In the last 12 months, operators filed 147 drilling permits in HOWARD County — 15 of them by SM ENERGY COMPANY.
Which of those sit near your tract — and an email the day the next permit or completion lands there — is what a watch covers. One tract free, no card.
Or get the whole picture now: a Mineral Activity Report reads every permit, completion, well status and matched lease production around a Howard County tract and comes back as one document with its sources — no subscription.