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East Texas

East Texas combines the legacy East Texas Oilfield with the Haynesville and Bossier shale gas plays. Activity concentrates in counties along the Sabine River, driven by dry-gas drilling and LNG-linked demand.

Permits on record since 1977-05-18.

Permits (90d)

208

vs Prior 90d

-19%

Operators (90d)

46

Avg Depth (90d)

13,973

Hz % (90d)

70%

All Time

78,253

Permit Activity

Most Active Counties

COUNTY90DALL TIME
San Augustine421,283
Harrison337,545
Panola2812,817
Rusk206,142
Shelby132,484
Freestone96,089
Nacogdoches93,936
Leon72,499
Anderson62,411
Wood52,349
Robertson52,031
Cass5981

Top Operators (by last 12 months)

OPERATOR12MOALL TIME
APEX NATURAL GAS, LLC9092
RFE OPERATING, LLC50118
TGNR PANOLA LLC4655
ADAMAS ENERGY LLC4343
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY4165
SILVER HILL ENERGY OPERATING LLC40100
SABINE ENERGY INC.3946
AETHON ENERGY OPERATING LLC36552
TGNR EAST TEXAS II LLC35138
ROCKCLIFF ENERGY OPERATING III3434
COMSTOCK OIL & GAS, LLC32213
ROSE CITY RESOURCES, LLC25204

Recent Permits

PERMITOPERATORLEASECOUNTYTYPEISSUED
917354WEATHERS EXPLORATION, INC.SHERIDANAndersonDRILL2026-07-22
917178ROCKCLIFF ENERGY OPERATING IIIGRIFFIN-LYONS BSan AugustineDRILL2026-07-22
917347BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC.BENTON 'A'RuskRECOMP2026-07-22
917355BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC.BENTON 'Q'RuskRECOMP2026-07-22
917349BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC.BENTON 'C'RuskRECOMP2026-07-22
917291ROCKCLIFF ENERGY OPERATING IIIGRIFFIN-LYONS ASan AugustineDRILL2026-07-21
917130SABINE ENERGY INC.COLEMAN B CV (AW)RuskDRILL2026-07-20
916871COMSTOCK OIL & GAS, LLCBRYANT RAINS EBHarrisonDRILL2026-07-20
916867COMSTOCK OIL & GAS, LLCBRYANT RAINS BMPHarrisonDRILL2026-07-17
917214MAXIMUS OPERATING, LTD.GIBSONAndersonDRILL2026-07-16
916978PWEP OPERATING, LLCHUNT HL AHarrisonDRILL2026-07-16
917173HILCORP ENERGY COMPANYREED 'E' GAS UNITFreestoneRECOMP2026-07-16