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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)

176

vs Prior 90d

-36%

Operators (90d)

45

Avg Depth (90d)

13,531

Hz % (90d)

66%

All Time

78,382

Permit Activity

Most Active Counties

COUNTY90DALL TIME
Panola3312,835
Rusk246,153
Harrison227,571

Top Operators (by last 12 months)

OPERATOR12MOALL TIME
APEX NATURAL GAS, LLC9698
ADAMAS ENERGY LLC5355
TGNR PANOLA LLC5064
SABINE ENERGY INC.4959
RFE OPERATING, LLC47128
SILVER HILL ENERGY OPERATING LLC46106
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY4471
ROCKCLIFF ENERGY OPERATING III4242
TGNR EAST TEXAS II LLC41144
COMSTOCK OIL & GAS, LLC37218
ROSE CITY RESOURCES, LLC25208
R. LACY SERVICES, LTD.22146

Recent Permits

PERMITOPERATORLEASECOUNTYTYPEISSUED
917685REVENANT ENERGY OPERATING LLCREDEMPTIONNacogdochesDRILL2026-09-04
918212BROOKSTON ENERGY, INC.CRAWFORD OIL UNIT 1HarrisonRECOMP2026-09-04
917684REVENANT ENERGY OPERATING LLCREDEMPTIONNacogdochesDRILL2026-09-04
917930ATMOS PIPELINE - TEXASATMOS D9CollinDRILL2026-09-02
917922ATMOS PIPELINE - TEXASATMOS NAVARRO V-61NavarroDRILL2026-09-02
918220SABINE ENERGY INC.WYATT D HS (AW)PanolaDRILL2026-09-02
917983COMSTOCK OIL & GAS, LLCHEGWARD STEBBINSFreestoneDRILL2026-09-02
916907ROSE CITY RESOURCES, LLCPALMERMarionDRILL2026-09-01
918177ADAMAS ENERGY LLCBLY-STARK-RED RIVER 35 ASan AugustineDRILL2026-08-31
918176ADAMAS ENERGY LLCBLY-STARKSan AugustineDRILL2026-08-31
918179ADAMAS ENERGY LLCBLY-STARK-RED RIVER 35 CSan AugustineDRILL2026-08-31
918178ADAMAS ENERGY LLCBLY-STARK-RED RIVER 35 BSan AugustineDRILL2026-08-31