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COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 359

Oldham County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Oldham County at 161,363 bbl of oil and 384,836 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is up 6% on the twelve months before.

19 leases under 7 operators had production in those months.

2 drilling permits were issued in Oldham County in the past 90 days, none in the 90 days before.

Arrow Oil & Gas, LLC and Sunlight Exploration, Inc. each filed 2 permits in the past 12 months.

The county has 13 active disposal and injection permits of 43 on file, with 2.6M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

359 drilling permits have been issued in Oldham County since 1979.

359 permits on file since 1979 · last issued Aug 24, 2026

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67
active wells · 355 on file
7
producing operators, 12 months
19
producing leases, 12 months
161,363
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +6%
384,836
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −2%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 143 IN OIL AND NO. 164 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Oldham 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 161,363 · prior 12 152,026(+6%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 20265,774 bbl21,090 Mcf
Jul 202614,685 bbl37,233 Mcf
Jun 202616,144 bbl39,808 Mcf
May 202619,451 bbl40,116 Mcf
Apr 202617,360 bbl40,954 Mcf
Mar 202611,157 bbl15,561 Mcf
Feb 202611,899 bbl18,818 Mcf
Jan 202613,518 bbl35,562 Mcf
Dec 202513,463 bbl32,412 Mcf
Nov 202511,825 bbl31,584 Mcf
Oct 202512,595 bbl33,812 Mcf
Sep 202513,492 bbl37,886 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Presidio Petroleum LLC3 leases

    106K bbl · 359K Mcf

  2. Arrow Oil & Gas, LLC8 leases

    22.7K bbl · 0 Mcf

  3. Sunlight Exploration, Inc.2 leases

    18.8K bbl · 3.49K Mcf

  4. LDX Operating Company, LLC.2 leases

    10.4K bbl · 0 Mcf

  5. Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.2 leases

    3.93K bbl · 0 Mcf

  6. Scout Energy Management LLC2 leases

    0 bbl · 16K Mcf

  7. Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.2 leases

    0 bbl · 6.29K Mcf

7 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

19 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Paint Ridge UnitOil 9887Presidio Petroleum LLCPaint Ridge (Canyon Granite WSH)74,623 bbl124,720 Mcf
Bivins-LitOil 9310Presidio Petroleum LLCBivins Lit (Canyon Lime)16,085 bbl210,928 Mcf
Bivins-LitOil 8366Presidio Petroleum LLCPaint Ridge (Canyon Granite WSH)14,821 bbl23,367 Mcf
L S RanchOil 9875Sunlight Exploration, Inc.Cat Scratch(cisco Sand)18,106 bbl3,493 Mcf
MDOil 7767Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCMansfield Dome (Canyon Reef)8,291 bbl0 Mcf
Aog Parker CreekOil 8986Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCSundance (Granite Wash, UP)6,393 bbl0 Mcf
Alamosa 315Oil 9797LDX Operating Company, LLC.Alamosa Dome (Canyon Reef)5,630 bbl0 Mcf
Alamosa -315-Oil 3662LDX Operating Company, LLC.Manarte (Granite Wash Upper)4,751 bbl0 Mcf
MD 18Oil 7792Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCMansfield Dome (Canyon Reef)2,418 bbl0 Mcf
Mansfield "CS"Oil 4543Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.Lambert 2 (Cisco)2,268 bbl0 Mcf
Billy's Creek 7,13,14Oil 5456Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCBrandi (Granite Wash, Upper)2,102 bbl0 Mcf
BivinsGas 164612Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Panhandle, West0 bbl11,169 Mcf
BivinsGas 23378Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Panhandle, West0 bbl11,159 Mcf
Fulton-King "A"Oil 4398Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.Lambert (Granite Wash, Up.)1,661 bbl0 Mcf
MD 48Oil 7878Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCMansfield Dome (Canyon Reef)1,598 bbl0 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

355 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    212

  2. Producing

    51

  3. Shut In

    44

  4. Not on schedule

    25

  5. Injection

    12

  6. Spudded

    4

  7. Water Supply

    4

  8. No Production

    3

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

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
2
permits issued, 90d
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vs prior 90d (0)
1
operators filing
0%
horizontal
3,999
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 4(+0%)

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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
Arrow Oil & Gas, LLC250
Sunlight Exploration, Inc.210

Full operator directory: 48 operators have filed a permit here since 1979 →

New entrants, last 12 months

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

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill20332

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Oldham County the Glorieta is reported in 20 wells, median top 1,900 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Brown Dolomite9734,3804,008–4,521
Canyon9338,2506,304–9,084
Red Cave6143,1562,852–3,392
Cisco5337,4536,079–7,744
Panhandle Lime5213,8613,504–4,017
Wolfcamp3425,3304,487–5,917
Pennsylvanian2926,5705,002–7,205
Strawn2829,3588,319–9,471
Granite Wash2607,0586,207–7,304
Glorieta2051,900889–1,943
Tubb1022,7102,115–2,988

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

13
active UIC permits of 43
57.5K
permitted bbl/day, active
2.6M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

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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

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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
917798Aug 26, 2026Aug 24, 2026Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCW. Rift #23,99935930437
917894Aug 19, 2026Aug 17, 2026Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCB. Creek #1013,99935930436
914086Mar 20, 2026Mar 20, 2026Sunlight Exploration, Inc.L S Ranch #18,00035930310
913639Feb 24, 2026Feb 24, 2026Sunlight Exploration, Inc.Bivins West #170110,00035930435
910773Sep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2025Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCMD #43,99535930434
910181Sep 3, 2025Sep 3, 2025Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCSW Boy's Ranch #53,99535930433
909561Jul 30, 2025Jul 30, 2025Sunlight Exploration, Inc.L S Ranch #29,12535930312
904853Jan 9, 2025Jan 9, 2025LDX Operating Company, LLC.Alamosa 315 #116,50035930432
904853AmendmentJan 9, 2025Jan 9, 2025LDX Operating Company, LLC.Alamosa 315 #116,50035930432
902706Oct 1, 2024Oct 1, 2024Arrow Oil & Gas, LLCRed Cave 22 #13,99035930431

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Questions about Oldham County

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

4 permits were issued in Oldham County in the last 12 months, level with 4 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 24, 2026. 359 are on file since 1979.

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Who is the most active operator in Oldham County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Arrow Oil & Gas, LLC is the most active operator in Oldham County, with 2 of 4, followed by Sunlight Exploration, Inc. (2). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Oldham County?

355 wells are on file in Oldham County, including 67 active and 212 plugged. 10 are horizontal. The active wells are under 9 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Oldham County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 161,363 barrels of oil and 384,836 Mcf of gas in Oldham County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 19 leases under 7 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 Oldham County?

By oil and gas produced in Oldham County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Presidio Petroleum LLC, with 105,529 barrels of oil and 359,015 Mcf of gas from 3 leases, followed by Arrow Oil & Gas, LLC and Sunlight Exploration, Inc.. 7 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Oldham County?

2.6 million barrels of water were injected in Oldham County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 13 of the county's 43 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Oldham County?

Completion filings for wells in Oldham County report tops for 11 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Brown Dolomite (97 wells, median top 4,380 ft), the Canyon (93 wells, median top 8,250 ft), and the Red Cave (61 wells, median top 3,156 ft).

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What basin is Oldham County in?

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

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Have there been earthquakes in Oldham County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Oldham 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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