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COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 04 · CODE 249

Jim Wells County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Jim Wells County at 127,404 bbl of oil and 1,212,870 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 24% on the twelve months before.

161 leases under 26 operators had production in those months.

Jim Wells County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued August 10, 2026.

Paloma Operating, LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.

The county has 19 active disposal and injection permits of 316 on file, with 539K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

3,535 drilling permits have been issued in Jim Wells County since 1977.

3,535 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 10, 2026

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200
active wells · 4,428 on file
26
producing operators, 12 months
161
producing leases, 12 months
127,404
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −6%
1.2M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −24%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 147 IN OIL AND NO. 141 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Jim Wells County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas.

12 months through Aug 2026 1,212,870 · prior 12 1,586,086(-24%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 20269,458 bbl98,179 Mcf
Jul 202610,358 bbl101,320 Mcf
Jun 20269,800 bbl100,504 Mcf
May 202610,475 bbl106,188 Mcf
Apr 202610,675 bbl101,918 Mcf
Mar 202611,276 bbl89,550 Mcf
Feb 20269,626 bbl82,072 Mcf
Jan 202611,216 bbl90,121 Mcf
Dec 20259,009 bbl106,377 Mcf
Nov 20258,776 bbl107,946 Mcf
Oct 202513,711 bbl110,961 Mcf
Sep 202513,024 bbl117,734 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Sue-Ann Operating, L.C.63 leases

    23.1K bbl · 546K Mcf

  2. Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC22 leases

    931 bbl · 361K Mcf

  3. Cimarron Engineering, LLC8 leases

    36.2K bbl · 80.2K Mcf

  4. Logas Energy, LLC5 leases

    42K bbl · 35.6K Mcf

  5. Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.2 leases

    4.07K bbl · 80.2K Mcf

  6. Paloma Operating, LLC3 leases

    7.86K bbl · 23.2K Mcf

  7. Sun Exploration, Inc.6 leases

    3.31K bbl · 14.1K Mcf

  8. Remora Operating, LLC18 leases

    989 bbl · 21.3K Mcf

26 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

161 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Blucher, C.F.H. "B"Oil 14242Logas Energy, LLCT-C-B (Vxbg Consolidated)40,817 bbl0 Mcf
Rosita CreekGas 298115Cimarron Engineering, LLCCaptain Lucey (5860)7,983 bbl59,935 Mcf
Atkinson FamilyGas 296157Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.Lagarto, West (1ST Yegua)4,073 bbl77,851 Mcf
Canales, P.Gas 254028Sue-Ann Operating, L.C.T-C-B (Vxbg Consolidated)571 bbl82,662 Mcf
HendricksOil 14229Cimarron Engineering, LLCAlice, SE. (Scheel)14,020 bbl0 Mcf
Seeligson UnitOil 6280Sue-Ann Operating, L.C.Seeligson (Combined Zones)10,690 bbl17,956 Mcf
Hendricks AOil 14244Cimarron Engineering, LLCAlice, SE. (Scheel)12,120 bbl0 Mcf
Seeligson UnitOil 12564Sue-Ann Operating, L.C.Seeligson (Consolidated)6,372 bbl28,706 Mcf
Wardner, G. P.Gas 206689Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCStratton (Consolidated)0 bbl55,810 Mcf
MeischenOil 14264Paloma Operating, LLCOrange Grove (Stillwell SD)7,856 bbl0 Mcf
Seeligson, A. A.Gas 136614Sue-Ann Operating, L.C.Seeligson (Consolidated)0 bbl47,008 Mcf
Wardner, G.P.Gas 206459Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCStratton (Consolidated)0 bbl40,265 Mcf
Wardner G.P.Gas 205956Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCStratton (Consolidated)0 bbl39,864 Mcf
Wardner, G. P.Gas 13440Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCStratton (Consolidated)0 bbl37,057 Mcf
Seeligson UnitGas 128052Sue-Ann Operating, L.C.Seeligson (Combined Zones)123 bbl36,110 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

4,428 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    2,826

  2. Not on schedule

    1,078

  3. Producing

    191

  4. Temp Abandoned

    184

  5. Shut In

    93

  6. Spudded

    25

  7. Shut In-Multi-Compl

    13

  8. No Production

    8

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
0
permits issued, 30d
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vs prior 30d (0)
0
operators filing
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horizontal
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avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 4 · prior 12 5(-20%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Paloma Operating, LLC26
Cimarron Engineering, LLC119
Paladin Petroleum III, L.L.C.110

Full operator directory: 592 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Jim Wells County came in the last year. None.

Permit types, 30d

TypeWindowPriorAll time

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Jim Wells County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Frio20523,7032,415–5,520
Vicksburg133125,2504,280–8,104
Yegua12816,9805,755–8,244
Catahoula92132,9721,920–3,550
Miocene (undifferentiated)83131,700680–3,600
Jackson7125,6844,800–9,500
Oakville2301,815692–2,200

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

19
active UIC permits of 316
83.4K
permitted bbl/day, active
539K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Jim Wells County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

0
M2+ events in the area
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largest

Monthly counts, magnitudes, and every recent event in the area →

Events are not tagged with a county; this counts M2+ events inside the bounding box of the county’s located permits, padded 0.1°. About TexNet →

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
917691Aug 12, 2026Aug 10, 2026Paladin Petroleum III, L.L.C.Russell #810,50024932472
917565Aug 6, 2026Aug 4, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCKoehn #15,82524932689
915331May 5, 2026May 5, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCMyra Sue #15,25024932688
912428Dec 29, 2025Dec 29, 2025Cimarron Engineering, LLCEdelen #15,60024932687
910201Sep 4, 2025Sep 4, 2025Cimarron Engineering, LLCChippo #15,80024932686
908782Jun 24, 2025Jun 24, 2025Cimarron Engineering, LLCRovast #15,91024932685
908121May 22, 2025May 22, 2025Cimarron Engineering, LLCLake Alice #15,45024932684
907295Apr 10, 2025Apr 10, 2025Paloma Operating, LLCD. Peters #35,70024932669
904761Dec 18, 2024Dec 18, 2024Paloma Operating, LLCMeischen #15,82524932683
904029Nov 14, 2024Nov 14, 2024Paloma Operating, LLCBell-Mosser #15,30024932670

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Questions about Jim Wells County

How many drilling permits were issued in Jim Wells County in the last 12 months?

4 permits were issued in Jim Wells County in the last 12 months, down 43% from 7 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 10, 2026. 3,535 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Jim Wells County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Paloma Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Jim Wells County, with 2 of 4, followed by Cimarron Engineering, LLC (1) and Paladin Petroleum III, L.L.C. (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Jim Wells County?

4,428 wells are on file in Jim Wells County, including 200 active, 2,826 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 1 is horizontal. The active wells are under 34 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Jim Wells County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 127,404 barrels of oil and 1.2 million Mcf of gas in Jim Wells County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 161 leases under 26 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

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Who are the largest producers in Jim Wells County?

By oil and gas produced in Jim Wells County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., with 23,143 barrels of oil and 546,359 Mcf of gas from 63 leases, followed by Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC and Cimarron Engineering, LLC. 26 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Jim Wells County?

539,431 barrels of water were injected in Jim Wells County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 19 of the county's 316 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Jim Wells County?

Completion filings for wells in Jim Wells County report tops for 7 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (205 wells, median top 3,703 ft), the Vicksburg (133 wells, median top 5,250 ft), and the Yegua (128 wells, median top 6,980 ft).

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What basin is Jim Wells County in?

Petrora lists Jim Wells County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 04.

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Have there been earthquakes in Jim Wells County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Jim Wells County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Drilling permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, rebuilt nightly into per-county figures; windows are on the date issued. Disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports at the last settled month; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog inside the county's located-permit footprint.

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