Gray County, Texas
Gray County drilling permits: what the state recorded
- 0drilling permits
- 0completions
- 1first-production report
- in the last twelve months
Wells by coordinates
Oil wells and drilling locations in Gray County
- Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells3,176On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing914Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged964The state's wellbore record says plugged
Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau county outline, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map. A dot is a surface location; a horizontal well runs a mile or more from it.
5,054 wells with a location on the state's map and 1 drilling location permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.
A permit is not a well.
Wells near each town in Gray County
Wells within 10 miles of each town, on either side of the county line.
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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas-well-watch/gray-county-tx"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/county-wells/gray-county-tx.svg" alt="Map of Gray County, Texas, with 5,054 oil and gas wells and 1 recent drilling locations as dots." width="1000" height="1261" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas-well-watch/gray-county-tx">Gray County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>The last twelve months
Month by month in Gray County
| Month | Permits | Completions | First production |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Counted from November 15, 2025 to January 1, 2026, so the first and last months are partial. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas data sets.
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The newest drilling permits in Gray County
| Issued | Lease and well | Operator | Drilling began | Depth, ft | API number | Coordinates | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-11 | PARKER FEE -A- 2Arecompletion · verticalO.g.p. Operating, Inc.API 42-179-84146 · permit 090734935.35356, -100.760503,000 ft | O.g.p. Operating, Inc. | |||||
| 2024-05-21 | RUTH 23 8recompletion · verticalSeek Energy, LLCAPI 42-179-32637 · permit 089973335.59174, -100.837576,850 ft | Seek Energy, LLC | |||||
| 2024-02-23 | RUTH 23 1023re-entry · verticalSeek Energy, LLCAPI 42-179-32060 · permit 089753135.59518, -100.83398drilling began 2024-10-09 · 4,250 ft | Seek Energy, LLC | |||||
| 2022-12-20 | RUTH 23 8new drill · verticalSeek Energy, LLCAPI 42-179-32637 · permit 088645035.59174, -100.83757drilling began 2023-06-12 · 6,850 ft | Seek Energy, LLC |
A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permit files.
Year by year
Drilling permits issued in Gray County, by year
| Year | Permits issued |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
Counted from the permit files we hold, which start in 2022; that first year may be partial. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permit files.
The latest
The most recent records
| Date | What, who and where |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | First production: Black's Oil & GasHaggard, John |
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FAQ
Questions people ask
How many wells were permitted in Gray County in the last year?
The Railroad Commission issued 0 drilling permits in Gray County in the twelve months to January 1, 2026, and recorded 0 completions and 1 first-production report. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.
How do I get an alert when a permit is issued near my land in Gray County?
Choose your abstract on this page, or the whole county, and sign in. You get one email a week, only when something new is recorded after you sign up. The alert says whether an event is on an interest in your Mineral File, on a place you follow, or only nearby.
When is my first royalty check due after a new well?
Natural Resources Code section 91.402(a) says on or before 120 days after the end of the month of first sale of production from the well. The state's first-production month is the closest public marker, so the date on this page is the earliest, not a certainty.
Got a new well on your land?
The first check is due within 120 days after the end of the month of first sale.
Sources
Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.