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COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 483

Wheeler County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Wheeler County at 1,300,733 bbl of oil and 49,449,611 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 6% on the twelve months before.

1,516 leases under 61 operators had production in those months.

Wheeler County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued February 23, 2026.

Mmgl Txph, LLC and Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC each filed one permit in the past 12 months.

The county has 71 active disposal and injection permits of 247 on file, with 9.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

3,981 drilling permits have been issued in Wheeler County since 1977.

3,981 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Feb 23, 2026

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2,149
active wells · 5,049 on file
61
producing operators, 12 months
1,516
producing leases, 12 months
1.3M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −11%
49.4M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −6%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 59 IN OIL AND NO. 40 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Wheeler 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 49,449,611 · prior 12 52,624,687(-6%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 202696,430 bbl3,984,122 Mcf
Jul 202699,656 bbl4,598,041 Mcf
Jun 2026101,156 bbl4,012,642 Mcf
May 2026112,321 bbl4,262,432 Mcf
Apr 2026112,099 bbl4,043,915 Mcf
Mar 2026115,066 bbl4,193,290 Mcf
Feb 2026113,102 bbl3,891,510 Mcf
Jan 202699,151 bbl3,909,672 Mcf
Dec 2025119,424 bbl4,149,132 Mcf
Nov 2025109,662 bbl4,049,461 Mcf
Oct 2025110,898 bbl4,213,737 Mcf
Sep 2025111,768 bbl4,141,657 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Unbridled Resources, LLC394 leases

    463K bbl · 18.9M Mcf

  2. Presidio Petroleum LLC325 leases

    228K bbl · 9.82M Mcf

  3. Mmgl Txph, LLC172 leases

    169K bbl · 7.07M Mcf

  4. Formentera Operations LLC167 leases

    156K bbl · 6.52M Mcf

  5. Validus Energy II Midcon LLC2 leases

    9.83K bbl · 2.11M Mcf

  6. Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC45 leases

    75.1K bbl · 1.59M Mcf

  7. Mustang Fuel Corporation21 leases

    16K bbl · 499K Mcf

  8. Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC7 leases

    24.1K bbl · 305K Mcf

61 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

1,516 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Elmore 33-7Gas 296306Validus Energy II Midcon LLCBuffalo Wallow (Granite Wash)300 bbl1,576,413 Mcf
Lott 17-16-1HGas 295797Validus Energy II Midcon LLCBuffalo Wallow (Granite Wash)9,529 bbl535,378 Mcf
HagermanOil 9758Unbridled Resources, LLCMills Ranch (Granite Wash Cons.)25,663 bbl315,812 Mcf
Hunter-Hefley 34Gas 276283Unbridled Resources, LLCBuffalo Wallow (Granite Wash)3,254 bbl407,448 Mcf
Rizley-Brummett 22Gas 277009Unbridled Resources, LLCStiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons)3,977 bbl331,929 Mcf
Cutlass MDGas 295317Mmgl Txph, LLCWest Park (Granite Wash)9,918 bbl286,093 Mcf
ListerGas 57750Mmgl Txph, LLCMills Ranch (Hunton)0 bbl335,470 Mcf
Atherton 69Gas 259650Unbridled Resources, LLCStiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons)4,189 bbl293,192 Mcf
Cutlass MDGas 294706Mmgl Txph, LLCWest Park (Granite Wash)9,148 bbl248,379 Mcf
Davis 65Gas 275154Unbridled Resources, LLCStiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons)4,948 bbl269,335 Mcf
Huff 32Gas 282373Unbridled Resources, LLCFrye Ranch (Consolidated)3,186 bbl238,398 Mcf
Dobson Ranch 40Gas 265324Unbridled Resources, LLCStiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons)1,740 bbl243,419 Mcf
TeresaGas 291689Sandlot Oil & Gas LLCShelton Ranch (Mississippian)0 bbl249,127 Mcf
PyleOil 8638Presidio Petroleum LLCWheeler N.E. (Granite Wash)8,203 bbl197,678 Mcf
Reed 31Gas 276750Unbridled Resources, LLCFrye Ranch (Consolidated)4,421 bbl213,714 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

5,049 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Producing

    1,976

  2. Plugged

    1,660

  3. Temp Abandoned

    587

  4. Not on schedule

    483

  5. Shut In

    154

  6. Not Eligible For Allowable

    95

  7. Injection

    56

  8. No Production

    12

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, 90d
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vs prior 90d (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 1 · prior 12 3(-67%)

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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
Mmgl Txph, LLC1265
Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC113

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

New entrants, last 12 months

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

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Wheeler County the Marmaton is reported in 263 wells, median top 11,769 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Granite Wash982012,0392,190–12,874
Tonkawa68919,6829,012–10,083
Des Moines461112,00611,054–12,630
Atoka453114,22012,989–14,739
Brown Dolomite43204,5161,878–4,747
Cleveland406011,30410,440–11,833
Douglas40408,7718,091–9,299
Marmaton263211,76910,805–12,274
Pennsylvanian24806,4976,307–7,908
Oswego221011,49010,865–12,073
Kansas City196010,61810,097–11,290
Morrow134115,10312,636–16,712
Panhandle Lime6401,5261,438–3,794
Woodford36113,75112,083–18,591
Glorieta2501,1001,000–4,791

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

71
active UIC permits of 247
480K
permitted bbl/day, active
9.4M
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
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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
913543Feb 23, 2026Feb 23, 2026Sandlot Oil & Gas LLCMobeetie OP Unit R/a -A- #112,57548380402
911404Nov 12, 2025Nov 12, 2025Mmgl Txph, LLCR.D. Mills #203713,49048333051
909659Aug 5, 2025Aug 5, 2025Mmgl Txph, LLCR D Mills #121,73548330083
905134Feb 12, 2025Feb 12, 2025Mmgl Txph, LLCFabian, Sidney #121,64048330057
900823Aug 21, 2024Aug 21, 2024Mmgl Txph, LLCHefley 47 #104714,97848330553
896559Jan 19, 2024Jan 19, 2024Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLCDoug #102412,85048332852
894115Oct 5, 2023Oct 5, 2023Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLCDavidson #203616,90048332663
893127Aug 25, 2023Aug 25, 2023Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLCMills Ranch #102417,00048332501
888142Mar 9, 2023Mar 9, 2023Ehvi Exploration, LLCElmore 33-7 #1HH15,00048333981
888142AmendmentMar 9, 2023Mar 9, 2023Ehvi Exploration, LLCElmore 33-7 #1HH15,00048333981

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Questions about Wheeler County

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

2 permits were issued in Wheeler County in the last 12 months, level with 2 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Feb 23, 2026. 3,981 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Wheeler County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Mmgl Txph, LLC is the most active operator in Wheeler County, with 1 of 2, followed by Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Wheeler County?

5,049 wells are on file in Wheeler County, including 2,149 active and 1,660 plugged. 954 are horizontal. The active wells are under 74 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Wheeler County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 1.3 million barrels of oil and 49.4 million Mcf of gas in Wheeler County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 1,516 leases under 61 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 Wheeler County?

By oil and gas produced in Wheeler County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Unbridled Resources, LLC, with 462,501 barrels of oil and 18.9 million Mcf of gas from 394 leases, followed by Presidio Petroleum LLC and Mmgl Txph, LLC. 61 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Wheeler County?

9.4 million barrels of water were injected in Wheeler County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 71 of the county's 247 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Wheeler County?

Completion filings for wells in Wheeler County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Granite Wash (982 wells, median top 12,039 ft), the Tonkawa (689 wells, median top 9,682 ft), and the Des Moines (461 wells, median top 12,006 ft).

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What basin is Wheeler County in?

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

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Have there been earthquakes in Wheeler County?

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

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