McMullen County, Texas

McMullen County drilling permits: what the state recorded

Name: Drilling permits, completions and first production in McMullen County, Texas, last twelve months
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96drilling permits
86completions
39first-production reports
in the last twelve months

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Oil wells and drilling locations in McMullen County

Map of McMullen County, Texas, with 4,079 oil and gas wells and 242 recent drilling locations as dots. — Drilling locations242Permits issued in the last two years
Producing wells3,477On a lease reporting production now
Not producing389Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
Plugged213The 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.
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4,079 wells with a location on the state's map and 242 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

96 drilling permits, 86 completions and 39 first-production reports in the last twelve months. Follow the county or one abstract and get one email a week when something new is recorded.

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The last twelve months

Month by month in McMullen County

Drilling events by month in McMullen County
Month	Permits	Completions	First production
Nov 2026	2	0	0
Oct 2026	8	0	0
Sep 2026	16	0	0
Aug 2026	4	5	0
Jul 2026	7	8	4
Jun 2026	15	3	4
May 2026	4	4	3
Apr 2026	5	5	2
Mar 2026	9	23	7
Feb 2026	6	14	11
Jan 2026	7	16	7
Dec 2025	10	7	1
Nov 2025	3	1	0

Counted from November 15, 2025 to November 6, 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 McMullen County

The 50 newest W-1 permits the Railroad Commission issued here, through November 6, 2026.

The newest drilling permits issued in McMullen County
Issued	Lease and well	Operator	Drilling began	Depth, ft	API number	Coordinates	Permit
2026-11-06	SAUTERELLE UNIT A 2Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37739 · permit 091990828.54076, -98.4241211,200 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,200	42-311-37739	28.54076, -98.42412	0919908
2026-11-06	SAUTERELLE UNIT A 1Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37738 · permit 091990728.54081, -98.4241611,200 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,200	42-311-37738	28.54081, -98.42416	0919907
2026-10-30	CHINE 101HF 101HFnew drill · horizontalCrescent Energy Operating, LLCAPI 42-311-37733 · permit 091955828.61706, -98.5951212,000 ft	Crescent Energy Operating, LLC		12,000	42-311-37733	28.61706, -98.59512	0919558
2026-10-30	CHINE 101HE 101HEnew drill · horizontalCrescent Energy Operating, LLCAPI 42-311-37732 · permit 091955728.61701, -98.5951112,000 ft	Crescent Energy Operating, LLC		12,000	42-311-37732	28.61701, -98.59511	0919557
2026-10-30	CHINE 101HD 101HDnew drill · horizontalCrescent Energy Operating, LLCAPI 42-311-37731 · permit 091955628.61696, -98.5950912,000 ft	Crescent Energy Operating, LLC		12,000	42-311-37731	28.61696, -98.59509	0919556
2026-10-30	CHINE 101HC 101HCnew drill · horizontalCrescent Energy Operating, LLCAPI 42-311-37730 · permit 091955428.61708, -98.5950312,000 ft	Crescent Energy Operating, LLC		12,000	42-311-37730	28.61708, -98.59503	0919554
2026-10-30	CHINE 101HB 101HBnew drill · horizontalCrescent Energy Operating, LLCAPI 42-311-37729 · permit 091955328.61703, -98.5950212,000 ft	Crescent Energy Operating, LLC		12,000	42-311-37729	28.61703, -98.59502	0919553
2026-10-21	CHINE 101HA 101HAnew drill · horizontalCrescent Energy Operating, LLCAPI 42-311-37728 · permit 091955128.61698, -98.5950012,000 ft	Crescent Energy Operating, LLC		12,000	42-311-37728	28.61698, -98.59500	0919551
2026-10-14	RICKENBACKER B 2Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37727 · permit 091917428.48156, -98.6267611,500 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,500	42-311-37727	28.48156, -98.62676	0919174
2026-10-13	RICKENBACKER A 1Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37726 · permit 091917128.48157, -98.6268211,500 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,500	42-311-37726	28.48157, -98.62682	0919171
2026-09-30	USA LARK 4AHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37725 · permit 091866228.53068, -98.3474211,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37725	28.53068, -98.34742	0918662
2026-09-28	USA LARK 2AHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37716 · permit 091863528.53059, -98.3475711,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37716	28.53059, -98.34757	0918635
2026-09-24	USA LARK 5BHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37722 · permit 091864428.53443, -98.3397111,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37722	28.53443, -98.33971	0918644
2026-09-24	USA LARK 4BHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37721 · permit 091864328.53444, -98.3398011,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37721	28.53444, -98.33980	0918643
2026-09-24	USA LARK 3BHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37720 · permit 091864228.53445, -98.3399011,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37720	28.53445, -98.33990	0918642
2026-09-24	USA LARK 3AHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37717 · permit 091863828.53063, -98.3475011,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37717	28.53063, -98.34750	0918638
2026-09-24	USA LARK 2BHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37718 · permit 091864128.53446, -98.3399911,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37718	28.53446, -98.33999	0918641
2026-09-24	USA LARK 1BHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37719 · permit 091864028.53447, -98.3400811,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37719	28.53447, -98.34008	0918640
2026-09-23	USA LARK 1AHnew drill · horizontalSilver Hill Energy Operating LLCAPI 42-311-37715 · permit 091863428.53054, -98.3476511,800 ft	Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC		11,800	42-311-37715	28.53054, -98.34765	0918634
2026-09-21	B.K. AERY D 3Hrecompletion · horizontalRepsol Oil & Gas USA, LLCAPI 42-311-35203 · permit 091857228.49969, -98.4963812,000 ft	Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC		12,000	42-311-35203	28.49969, -98.49638	0918572
2026-09-16	SCHUPP PUDGE F 6Hnew drill · horizontalGulftex Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37724 · permit 091857528.61156, -98.6190610,200 ft	Gulftex Energy, LLC		10,200	42-311-37724	28.61156, -98.61906	0918575
2026-09-16	SCHUPP PUDGE E 5Hnew drill · horizontalGulftex Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37723 · permit 091857028.61155, -98.6191410,200 ft	Gulftex Energy, LLC		10,200	42-311-37723	28.61155, -98.61914	0918570
2026-09-14	SCHUPP PUDGE D 4Hnew drill · horizontalGulftex Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37714 · permit 091847728.61154, -98.6192210,200 ft	Gulftex Energy, LLC		10,200	42-311-37714	28.61154, -98.61922	0918477
2026-09-14	SCHUPP PUDGE C 3Hnew drill · horizontalGulftex Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37713 · permit 091847528.61153, -98.6193010,200 ft	Gulftex Energy, LLC		10,200	42-311-37713	28.61153, -98.61930	0918475
2026-09-14	SCHUPP PUDGE B 2Hnew drill · horizontalGulftex Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37712 · permit 091847428.61152, -98.6193710,200 ft	Gulftex Energy, LLC		10,200	42-311-37712	28.61152, -98.61937	0918474
2026-09-10	SCHUPP PUDGE A 1Hnew drill · horizontalGulftex Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37711 · permit 091834428.61151, -98.6194510,200 ft	Gulftex Energy, LLC		10,200	42-311-37711	28.61151, -98.61945	0918344
2026-08-25	MORRILL-WARSPITE D 4Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37710 · permit 091804528.58143, -98.3465311,600 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,600	42-311-37710	28.58143, -98.34653	0918045
2026-08-25	MORRILL-WARSPITE C 3Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37709 · permit 091804428.58142, -98.3466311,600 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,600	42-311-37709	28.58142, -98.34663	0918044
2026-08-25	MORRILL-WARSPITE B 2Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37708 · permit 091804328.58148, -98.3465411,600 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,600	42-311-37708	28.58148, -98.34654	0918043
2026-08-25	MORRILL-WARSPITE A 1Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37707 · permit 091804228.58148, -98.3466311,600 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC		11,600	42-311-37707	28.58148, -98.34663	0918042
2026-07-20	HILL CREEK-HUFF 102Hnew drill · horizontalCaturus Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37706 · permit 091704228.31432, -98.4439217,500 ft	Caturus Energy, LLC		17,500	42-311-37706	28.31432, -98.44392	0917042
2026-07-20	MORRILL RANC-PEEL A SA A 1new drill · horizontalBurlington Resources O & G Co LPAPI 42-311-37693 · permit 091613828.59905, -98.4216517,500 ft	Burlington Resources O & G Co LP		17,500	42-311-37693	28.59905, -98.42165	0916138
2026-07-10	HILL CREEK-LAZY FORK 111Hnew drill · horizontalCaturus Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37705 · permit 091713728.31433, -98.4438617,500 ft	Caturus Energy, LLC		17,500	42-311-37705	28.31433, -98.44386	0917137
2026-07-02	LOVELAND D 4Hnew drill · horizontalEOG Resources, Inc.API 42-311-37704 · permit 091678828.56763, -98.78284drilling began 2026-07-14 · 10,600 ft	EOG Resources, Inc.	2026-07-14	10,600	42-311-37704	28.56763, -98.78284	0916788
2026-07-02	LOVELAND C 3Hnew drill · horizontalEOG Resources, Inc.API 42-311-37703 · permit 091678728.56763, -98.7829210,600 ft	EOG Resources, Inc.		10,600	42-311-37703	28.56763, -98.78292	0916787
2026-07-02	LOVELAND B 2Hnew drill · horizontalEOG Resources, Inc.API 42-311-37702 · permit 091678528.56763, -98.78300drilling began 2026-07-12 · 10,600 ft	EOG Resources, Inc.	2026-07-12	10,600	42-311-37702	28.56763, -98.78300	0916785
2026-07-02	LOVELAND A 1Hnew drill · horizontalEOG Resources, Inc.API 42-311-37701 · permit 091678028.56763, -98.78309drilling began 2026-07-11 · 10,600 ft	EOG Resources, Inc.	2026-07-11	10,600	42-311-37701	28.56763, -98.78309	0916780
2026-06-29	CAMPANA DE FE 1new drill · verticalColumbus Energy, LLCAPI 42-311-37700 · permit 091675628.06468, -98.44850drilling began 2026-08-05 · 3,500 ft	Columbus Energy, LLC	2026-08-05	3,500	42-311-37700	28.06468, -98.44850	0916756
2026-06-29	OLIVEIRA J 9Hnew drill · horizontalEOG Resources, Inc.API 42-311-37699 · permit 091673928.56764, -98.78275drilling began 2026-07-15 · 10,600 ft	EOG Resources, Inc.	2026-07-15	10,600	42-311-37699	28.56764, -98.78275	0916739
2026-06-29	OLIVEIRA H 8Hnew drill · horizontalEOG Resources, Inc.API 42-311-37698 · permit 091673828.56764, -98.78267drilling began 2026-07-16 · 10,600 ft	EOG Resources, Inc.	2026-07-16	10,600	42-311-37698	28.56764, -98.78267	0916738
2026-06-23	JELLICOE C 3Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37697 · permit 091659728.53020, -98.38159drilling began 2026-07-13 · 11,948 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC	2026-07-13	11,948	42-311-37697	28.53020, -98.38159	0916597
2026-06-23	JELLICOE B 2Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37696 · permit 091659628.53025, -98.38163drilling began 2026-07-11 · 12,149 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC	2026-07-11	12,149	42-311-37696	28.53025, -98.38163	0916596
2026-06-23	JELLICOE A 1Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37695 · permit 091659528.53021, -98.38148drilling began 2026-07-17 · 12,152 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC	2026-07-17	12,152	42-311-37695	28.53021, -98.38148	0916595
2026-06-18	BEATTY A 1Hnew drill · horizontalVerdun Oil & Gas LLCAPI 42-311-37694 · permit 091648128.53016, -98.38156drilling began 2026-07-15 · 12,036 ft	Verdun Oil & Gas LLC	2026-07-15	12,036	42-311-37694	28.53016, -98.38156	0916481
2026-06-16	MORRILL RANCH 45new drill · horizontalBurlington Resources O & G Co LPAPI 42-311-37692 · permit 091613228.59909, -98.42160drilling began 2026-08-14 · 17,500 ft	Burlington Resources O & G Co LP	2026-08-14	17,500	42-311-37692	28.59909, -98.42160	0916132
2026-06-16	MORRILL RANCH 44new drill · horizontalBurlington Resources O & G Co LPAPI 42-311-37691 · permit 091613128.59912, -98.42155drilling began 2026-08-16 · 17,500 ft	Burlington Resources O & G Co LP	2026-08-16	17,500	42-311-37691	28.59912, -98.42155	0916131
2026-06-16	MORRILL RANCH 43new drill · horizontalBurlington Resources O & G Co LPAPI 42-311-37690 · permit 091613028.59916, -98.42150drilling began 2026-08-24 · 17,500 ft	Burlington Resources O & G Co LP	2026-08-24	17,500	42-311-37690	28.59916, -98.42150	0916130
2026-06-16	MORRILL RANCH 42new drill · horizontalBurlington Resources O & G Co LPAPI 42-311-37689 · permit 091612828.59920, -98.4214617,500 ft	Burlington Resources O & G Co LP		17,500	42-311-37689	28.59920, -98.42146	0916128
2026-06-16	MORRILL RANCH 41new drill · horizontalBurlington Resources O & G Co LPAPI 42-311-37688 · permit 091612728.59923, -98.4214117,500 ft	Burlington Resources O & G Co LP		17,500	42-311-37688	28.59923, -98.42141	0916127
2026-06-15	MORRILL RANCH 40new drill · horizontalBurlington Resources O & G Co LPAPI 42-311-37687 · permit 091612628.59927, -98.42136drilling began 2026-08-23 · 17,500 ft	Burlington Resources O & G Co LP	2026-08-23	17,500	42-311-37687	28.59927, -98.42136	0916126

These are the newest 50 of 409 permits on file for McMullen County. The rest follow, 50 to a page.

A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permit files.

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Year by year

Drilling permits issued in McMullen County, by year

Drilling permits issued in McMullen County by year
Year	Permits issued
2026 so far	83
2025	147
2024	131
2023	40
2022	3
2021	2
2019	1
2013	1
2012	1

Counted from the permit files we hold, which start in 2012; that first year may be partial. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permit files.

The latest

The most recent records

The latest drilling records in McMullen County
Date	What, who and where
2026-11-06	Permit issued: Verdun Oil & Gas LLCSAUTERELLE UNIT A · A-292 · permit 0919908
2026-11-06	Permit issued: Verdun Oil & Gas LLCSAUTERELLE UNIT A · A-292 · permit 0919907
2026-10-30	Permit issued: Crescent Energy Operating, LLCCHINE 101HF · A-228 · permit 0919558
2026-10-30	Permit issued: Crescent Energy Operating, LLCCHINE 101HE · A-228 · permit 0919557
2026-10-30	Permit issued: Crescent Energy Operating, LLCCHINE 101HD · A-228 · permit 0919556
2026-10-30	Permit issued: Crescent Energy Operating, LLCCHINE 101HC · A-228 · permit 0919554
2026-10-30	Permit issued: Crescent Energy Operating, LLCCHINE 101HB · A-228 · permit 0919553
2026-10-21	Permit issued: Crescent Energy Operating, LLCCHINE 101HA · A-228 · permit 0919551
2026-10-14	Permit issued: Verdun Oil & Gas LLCRICKENBACKER B · A-421 · permit 0919174
2026-10-13	Permit issued: Verdun Oil & Gas LLCRICKENBACKER A · A-421 · permit 0919171
2026-09-30	Permit issued: Silver Hill Energy Operating LLCUSA LARK · A-7 · permit 0918662
2026-09-28	Permit issued: Silver Hill Energy Operating LLCUSA LARK · A-7 · permit 0918635
2026-09-24	Permit issued: Silver Hill Energy Operating LLCUSA LARK · A-973 · permit 0918644
2026-09-24	Permit issued: Silver Hill Energy Operating LLCUSA LARK · A-973 · permit 0918643
2026-09-24	Permit issued: Silver Hill Energy Operating LLCUSA LARK · A-973 · permit 0918642

Coming up

First checks coming due in McMullen County

Worked out from the state's first-production month: 120 days after the end of the month. The earliest date, not a certainty.

Quintanilla Hc5, Ineos USA Oil & Gas LLCby November 28, 2026
Quintanilla Hc1, Ineos USA Oil & Gas LLCby November 28, 2026
Quintanilla Hc4, Ineos USA Oil & Gas LLCby November 28, 2026
Quintanilla Hc3, Ineos USA Oil & Gas LLCby November 28, 2026

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How many wells were permitted in McMullen County in the last year?

The Railroad Commission issued 96 drilling permits in McMullen County in the twelve months to November 6, 2026, and recorded 86 completions and 39 first-production reports. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

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