Grimes County Drilling Permits

Every permit issued by the Texas Railroad Commission in Grimes County — updated daily, data through 2025-09-16.

Grimes County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued 2025-09-16. PALEO OIL COMPANY LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.

Last 30 Days

Operators (30d)

Latest Permit

2025-09-16

All Time

1,015

1,015 permits

ISSUED	PERMIT	API	LEASE	OPERATOR	TYPE	DEPTH	HZ
1998-07-30	478355	42-185-30642	BRONCO #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	20,000	Y
1998-07-14	477931	42-185-30641	KNOTTS UNIT #1	PATTERSON PETROLEUM, INC.	DRILL	16,300	Y
1998-07-14	477931	42-185-30641	KNOTTS UNIT #1	PATTERSON PETROLEUM, INC.	DRILL	16,300	Y
1998-06-09	476979	42-185-30640	VICTORY #2	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	19,580	Y
1998-06-01	476750	42-185-30482	MICKAN #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1998-05-14	475881	42-185-30638	T. J. TUCKER UNIT NO. 2 #2	GAITHER PETROLEUM CORPORATION	DRILL	12,500
1998-04-02	474945	42-185-30637	PACKER #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	19,000	Y
1998-02-19	473565	42-185-30636	GOODRICH #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	19,000	Y
1998-02-19	473565	42-185-30636	GOODRICH #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	19,000	Y
1998-02-12	473259	42-185-30511	ANDERSON-HILL UNIT #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1998-01-16	472283	42-185-30474	FULLER-SONTAG OL UNIT #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1998-01-06	471861	42-185-30635	PEACH #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-12-31	471752	42-185-30526	BOWMAN #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1997-12-18	471386	42-185-30586	NEBLETT #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1997-12-09	470998	42-185-30475	SANDERS #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1997-11-17	470149	42-185-30634	KIMICH #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	19,000	Y
1997-10-31	469540	42-185-30633	WILSON TRUST #1	PETROCORP INCORPORATED,A TX.CORP	DRILL	12,000
1997-10-28	469355	42-185-30534	HOPSON #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1997-10-22	469079	42-185-30466	ERWIN OL #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1997-09-25	468021	42-185-30632	BEAUREGARD #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	14,000
1997-09-25	468021	42-185-30632	BEAUREGARD #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	19,000	Y
1997-09-15	465833	42-185-30504	IOLA-ACCORD UNIT #1	ROSEWOOD RESOURCES, INC.	RECOMP	10,700
1997-09-10	467394	42-185-30631	SANDERS #3H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-09-08	467293	42-185-30630	VICTORY #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	18,000	Y
1997-09-03	467048	42-185-30629	CARMEN #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-08-27	465865	42-185-30627	MCGEE #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-08-19	466441	42-185-30628	HOLLISTER #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-07-25	464429	42-185-30623	HICKS #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-07-23	465271	42-185-30626	VELMER MAE #2	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	18,000	Y
1997-07-15	464893	42-185-30625	PASKET #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-07-08	464635	42-185-30624	RATCLIFF #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-06-10	463016	42-185-30502	ALICE #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,500	Y
1997-05-21	462690	42-185-30622	BEARD OL #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-05-21	462690	42-185-30622	BEARD OL #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-05-12	462260	42-185-30621	FLAGTAIL #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-05-02	461896	42-185-30620	GWYN #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-05-02	461895	42-185-30619	CHAMPION #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	18,000	Y
1997-05-02	461888	42-185-30618	WOOD #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-04-23	461531	42-185-30617	QUE PASA "D" #4H	NUEVO ENERGY COMPANY	DRILL	17,000	Y
1997-04-14	461055	42-185-30616	AIRPORT #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,500	Y
1997-04-14	461055	42-185-30616	AIRPORT #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,300	Y
1997-04-04	460702	42-185-30615	VELMER MAE #1	MARATHON OIL COMPANY	DRILL	18,000	Y
1997-04-03	460691	42-185-30614	FRANCKLOW UNIT A-348 #1	SONAT EXPLORATION COMPANY -TYLER	DRILL	12,750	Y
1997-03-24	460241	42-185-30613	HADLEY #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,000	Y
1997-03-19	460071	42-185-30567	EPHRAIM #2H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	RECOMP	16,000	Y
1997-03-18	460002	42-185-30612	HEYMAN #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,000	Y
1997-03-14	459916	42-185-30611	CLARY UNIT A-39 #1	SONAT EXPLORATION COMPANY -TYLER	DRILL	12,850	Y
1997-03-11	459699	42-185-30610	LEONARD #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	16,000	Y
1997-02-28	459272	42-185-30609	NUNLEY UNIT #1	UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES COMPANY	DRILL	12,400	Y
1997-02-27	459217	42-185-30608	SLATON #1H	CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.	DRILL	15,000	Y

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Source: Texas Railroad Commission drilling permit master (OGA049M), refreshed daily. See also operators in Grimes County.