OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 788997 · HOWARD COUNTY
SM Energy Company in Howard County
One operator, one county: its permits, wells of record, formations, and leases here, with the rest of the county and the rest of the operator one click away.
Sm Energy Company has 633 drilling permits on file in Howard County, the first issued in 2006 and the latest on September 18, 2026.
22 of them came in the last twelve months, 120% more than the year before; 100% horizontal, averaging 9,248 ft.
It is operator of record on 465 wells in the county: 290 producing, 112 shut in, 5 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report Spraberry, Dean, San Andres.
- 22
- permits, 12 months +120%
- 633
- permits, all time since 2006
- 100%
- horizontal, 12 months
- 9,248
- ft average depth, 12 months
- 465
- wells of record
- 290
- producing · 112 shut in · 5 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · HOWARD ONLY
Last 12 months 22 · prior 12 10(+120%)
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Rohl A #311H 917525 | DrillHZ | 9,800 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Willie Scott AA #0882WD 917423 | DrillHZ | 10,000 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Willie Scott AA #0841WA 917415 | DrillHZ | 8,000 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Willie Scott AA #0882WD 917423 | DrillHZ | 10,000 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Willie Scott AA #0841WA 917415 | DrillHZ | 8,000 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Willie Scott BB #0885WD 917440 | DrillHZ | 10,000 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Jacuzzie A #211H 917526 | DrillHZ | 9,700 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Willie Scott B #0885WD 917440 | DrillHZ | 10,000 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Waco Kid Marion Ravenwood C #0746WA 917488 | DrillHZ | 9,950 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Waco Kid Marion Ravenwood B #1824LS 917486 | DrillHZ | 9,900 |
All 633 permits in Howard County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Drill
- 22 / 627
- Recompletion
- 0 / 5
- Reenter
- 0 / 1
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Formations reported
- Spraberry
- 448
- Dean
- 439
- San Andres
- 431
- Clear Fork
- 429
- Glorieta
- 424
- Leonard
- 424
- Yates
- 422
- Seven Rivers
- 421
- Wolfcamp
- 307
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar North | 35 | 9.31M | Jul 2026 |
| Top Gun | 11 | 3.9M | Jul 2026 |
| Maverick | 13 | 3.07M | Jul 2026 |
| Flenderson | 8 | 2.81M | Jul 2026 |
| Cougar A | 5 | 2.76M | Jul 2026 |
| Smails D | 5 | 2.66M | Jul 2026 |
| Tackleberry 43-42 A | 8 | 2.53M | Jul 2026 |
| Vizzini | 5 | 2.51M | Jul 2026 |
| Buttercup | 5 | 2.48M | Jul 2026 |
| Duke | 7 | 2.36M | Jul 2026 |
| Bernard | 6 | 2.35M | Jul 2026 |
| Fezzik A | 5 | 2.28M | Jul 2026 |
| Benes | 5 | 2.14M | Jul 2026 |
| Miracle Max A | 5 | 2.04M | Jul 2026 |
| Fezzik B | 5 | 1.85M | Jul 2026 |
All leases it reports → · Other operators in Howard County →
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record and status from the EWA wellbore schedule, weekly; formations from the dbf900 wellbore file; leases from PDQ lease reports, placed in the county by the wells completed on them.
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