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Howard County in 60 seconds (Texas)
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Howard County, Texas, in 60 seconds. In a year it reported about 80 million barrels of oil. That is seventh in Texas, 4 percent of the state. Down 22 percent from the year before. The state issued 164 drilling permits. 101 wells were completed, and 27 reported first production. Oxyrock operates the most, about 14 percent. And 751 leases changed operator in two years. 201 went from CrownQuest to Oxyrock. If yours did, check your decimal. WTI averaged $84 in August. Your check is barrels times price times your decimal. Look up your Howard County lease, free. The sources are on screen.
Numbers are from Railroad Commission of Texas records (production to July 2026, permits and well records to September 30) and EIA prices. Operators are named as the state lists them.