Lamb County, Texas
Lamb County drilling permits: what the state recorded
- 0drilling permits
- 3completions
- 0first-production reports
- in the last twelve months
Wells by coordinates
Oil wells and drilling locations in Lamb County
- Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells141On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing32Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged35The 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.
208 wells with a location on the state's map and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.
A permit is not a well.
Wells near each town in Lamb 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/lamb-county-tx"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/county-wells/lamb-county-tx.svg" alt="Map of Lamb County, Texas, with 208 oil and gas wells and 0 recent drilling locations as dots." width="1000" height="1393" 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/lamb-county-tx">Lamb 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 Lamb County
| Month | Permits | Completions | First production |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Counted from November 15, 2025 to March 23, 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 Lamb County
| Issued | Lease and well | Operator | Drilling began | Depth, ft | API number | Coordinates | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-18 | KEENEY 1recompletion · verticalOXY USA WTP LPAPI 42-279-30369 · permit 089454433.83749, -102.138336,400 ft | OXY USA WTP LP |
A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permit files.
The latest
The most recent records
| Date | What, who and where |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | Completed: Occidental Permian Ltd.ANTON-IRISH CLEARFORK UNIT · A-98 |
| 2026-01-19 | Completed: Occidental Permian Ltd.ANTON-IRISH CLEARFORK UNIT |
| 2025-12-24 | Completed: Occidental Permian Ltd.ANTON-IRISH CLEARFORK UNIT · A-98 |
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FAQ
Questions people ask
How many wells were permitted in Lamb County in the last year?
The Railroad Commission issued 0 drilling permits in Lamb County in the twelve months to March 23, 2026, and recorded 3 completions and 0 first-production reports. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.
How do I get an alert when a permit is issued near my land in Lamb 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.