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COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 295

Lipscomb County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Lipscomb County at 1,575,882 bbl of oil and 29,513,461 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 6% on the twelve months before.

1,439 leases under 62 operators had production in those months.

1 drilling permit was issued in Lipscomb County in the past 90 days, 1 in the 90 days before.

4 operators filed permits here in the past 12 months, none more than 1.

One operator filed a first Lipscomb County permit in the past year.

The county has 24 active disposal and injection permits of 82 on file, with 1.8M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

4,495 drilling permits have been issued in Lipscomb County since 1977.

4,495 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 27, 2026

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1,605
active wells · 4,790 on file
62
producing operators, 12 months
1,439
producing leases, 12 months
1.6M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +1%
29.5M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −6%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 57 IN OIL AND NO. 50 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Lipscomb 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 29,513,461 · prior 12 31,257,454(-6%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026116,485 bbl2,279,095 Mcf
Jul 2026125,471 bbl2,352,225 Mcf
Jun 2026129,682 bbl2,355,081 Mcf
May 2026141,180 bbl2,494,729 Mcf
Apr 2026135,696 bbl2,469,252 Mcf
Mar 2026132,090 bbl2,564,153 Mcf
Feb 2026131,579 bbl2,341,431 Mcf
Jan 2026125,648 bbl2,437,232 Mcf
Dec 2025145,386 bbl2,589,104 Mcf
Nov 2025137,459 bbl2,514,133 Mcf
Oct 2025131,334 bbl2,579,710 Mcf
Sep 2025123,872 bbl2,537,316 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Mewbourne Oil Company274 leases

    613K bbl · 7.46M Mcf

  2. BE Anadarko II, LLC282 leases

    265K bbl · 5.18M Mcf

  3. Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.10 leases

    217K bbl · 3.5M Mcf

  4. Latigo Petroleum, LLC309 leases

    31.4K bbl · 3.37M Mcf

  5. Unbridled Resources, LLC72 leases

    140K bbl · 2.09M Mcf

  6. Presidio Petroleum LLC135 leases

    116K bbl · 2.22M Mcf

  7. Highmark Energy Operating, LLC96 leases

    73.9K bbl · 1.88M Mcf

  8. Remora Operating, LLC46 leases

    2.65K bbl · 423K Mcf

62 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

1,439 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Booth GOil 9868Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Lipscomb (Cleveland)60,836 bbl1,346,013 Mcf
ArleneOil 9883Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Lipscomb (Cleveland)71,064 bbl525,347 Mcf
Johnson-Kelln 148/205 AGas 300827Mewbourne Oil CompanyLipscomb (Cleveland)89,485 bbl353,372 Mcf
Gossett 967Gas 301674Mewbourne Oil CompanyLipscomb (Cleveland)38,123 bbl379,620 Mcf
Kelln 201/152 AOil 9895Mewbourne Oil CompanyLipscomb, S.E. (Cleveland)81,526 bbl110,628 Mcf
DeuceOil 9848Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Kiowa Creek (Marmaton)30,574 bbl373,631 Mcf
Kelln-Landers 206/235 AGas 299370Mewbourne Oil CompanyLipscomb (Cleveland)27,864 bbl365,571 Mcf
Michelle-Jones 91/86 AGas 300438Mewbourne Oil CompanyLipscomb (Cherokee Shale)36,856 bbl306,716 Mcf
LovellaOil 9809Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Kiowa Creek (Marmaton)13,416 bbl370,559 Mcf
Brainard 150/115 AOil 9878Mewbourne Oil CompanyLipscomb (Cleveland)52,102 bbl137,083 Mcf
The Quiet Man 105/107Oil 9836Sandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCLipscomb (Cherokee Shale)14,951 bbl289,125 Mcf
KakerGas 295005H & L Exploration Company, LLCFrass, SE. (Morrow, Lo.)116 bbl349,130 Mcf
LovellaOil 9833Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Lipscomb (Cleveland)2,573 bbl332,819 Mcf
Fritzlen-William 179/174 AGas 298949Mewbourne Oil CompanyLipscomb (Cherokee Shale)15,935 bbl219,908 Mcf
DeuceOil 9870Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Lipscomb (Cleveland)2,476 bbl283,731 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

4,790 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    1,882

  2. Producing

    1,570

  3. Not on schedule

    605

  4. Temp Abandoned

    458

  5. Shut In

    212

  6. Injection

    14

  7. Swr-10-Well

    14

  8. No Production

    14

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
1
permits issued, 90d
+0%
vs prior 90d (1)
1
operators filing
100%
horizontal
9,000
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 7(-43%)

05102017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Operators by permits, last 12 months

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

OperatorPermitsWells
BE Anadarko II, LLC1412
Mewbourne Oil Company1395
Upland Resources LLC144
Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.118

Full operator directory: 332 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Lipscomb County came in the last year. 1 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill113,874

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Lipscomb County the Atoka is reported in 301 wells, median top 9,063 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Cleveland1,870187,7467,302–8,414
Tonkawa1,351176,6186,300–7,341
Douglas1,125176,1005,830–6,628
Brown Dolomite675113,4693,326–3,797
Morrow54019,0508,190–10,383
Atoka30109,0638,060–9,930
Pennsylvanian24805,0304,847–5,296
Kansas City21707,0826,529–7,917
Chester19019,7558,921–11,815
Marmaton18267,6557,205–8,521
Mississippian90010,0409,132–11,420
Des Moines8208,0517,632–8,836
Oswego4807,8987,188–9,136
Wolfcamp3803,3743,294–3,880
Panhandle Lime2302,7902,682–2,874

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

24
active UIC permits of 82
85.3K
permitted bbl/day, active
1.8M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Lipscomb 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
—
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
919588Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026BE Anadarko II, LLCGuthrie 110-67 #1HH9,00029534429
915664May 18, 2026May 18, 2026Mewbourne Oil CompanyKelln 205 #C002APH8,32529534428
915175Apr 29, 2026Apr 29, 2026Upland Resources LLCDot #19,35029534375
915169Apr 29, 2026Apr 29, 2026Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Arlene #2629HH7,81329534427
911171Oct 20, 2025Oct 20, 2025Mewbourne Oil CompanyKelln 201/152 A #C002DMH8,60629534426
909884Aug 15, 2025Aug 15, 2025Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Star #1677HH7,76829534425
908637Jul 14, 2025Jul 14, 2025Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.Arlene #1629HH7,81729534424
907878May 13, 2025May 13, 2025Mewbourne Oil CompanyJohnson-Kelln 148/205 A #C001MCH8,30529534423
907878AmendmentMay 13, 2025May 13, 2025Mewbourne Oil CompanyJohnson-Kelln 148/205 A #C001MCH8,30529534423
907105Apr 3, 2025Apr 3, 2025Mewbourne Oil CompanyGossett 967 #C001CNH7,75629534422

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Questions about Lipscomb County

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

4 permits were issued in Lipscomb County in the last 12 months, down 56% from 9 in the 12 months before. 75% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 27, 2026. 4,495 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Lipscomb County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, BE Anadarko II, LLC is the most active operator in Lipscomb County, with 1 of 4, followed by Mewbourne Oil Company (1) and Upland Resources LLC (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.

Operators in Lipscomb County →

How many oil and gas wells are in Lipscomb County?

4,790 wells are on file in Lipscomb County, including 1,605 active, 1,882 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 1,384 are horizontal. The active wells are under 60 operators.

Every well in Lipscomb County →

How much oil and gas does Lipscomb County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 1.6 million barrels of oil and 29.5 million Mcf of gas in Lipscomb County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 1,439 leases under 62 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Lipscomb County →

Who are the largest producers in Lipscomb County?

By oil and gas produced in Lipscomb County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Mewbourne Oil Company, with 613,217 barrels of oil and 7.5 million Mcf of gas from 274 leases, followed by BE Anadarko II, LLC and Duncan Oil Properties, Inc.. 62 operators had production here in those months.

Operators in Lipscomb County →

How much water is injected in Lipscomb County?

1.8 million barrels of water were injected in Lipscomb County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 24 of the county's 82 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Lipscomb County →

What formations are drilled in Lipscomb County?

Completion filings for wells in Lipscomb County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Cleveland (1,870 wells, median top 7,746 ft), the Tonkawa (1,351 wells, median top 6,618 ft), and the Douglas (1,125 wells, median top 6,100 ft).

Formations in Lipscomb County →

What basin is Lipscomb County in?

Petrora lists Lipscomb County in the Texas Panhandle. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 10.

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Have there been earthquakes in Lipscomb County?

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

Earthquakes in Lipscomb County →

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.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/lipscomb?days=90, documented in the API reference.