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Ellis County intents to drill

In Oklahoma a drilling permit is an intent to drill, approved by OCC. A well can hold several: the first, its amendments, a recompletion. This is one row per well under its newest approved intent, with what has happened since. For intents approved since mid-2025 the wellbore type and target formation are not in the data yet, so the newest rows show a depth and a dash for the rest.

2,358 INTENTS TO DRILL · PAGE 1 OF 48

ApprovedWellOperatorCountyPermit forProposed formationTarget depthNow
Oct 27, 2026Berryman 1723 #1-26H35H 35-045-00104Sandridge Exploration & Production LLCEllisNew drill—20,800Not spudded
Oct 20, 2026Pittman 'a' #4 35-045-22551Latigo Oil & Gas, Inc.EllisRecompletion—7,800Spudded Oct 1, 2006
Aug 24, 2026Michael 28-4 BP Fed Com #1H 35-045-00103Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drill—25,579Spudded
May 7, 2026Piles Creek 22-34 CN #1H 35-045-00100Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillAmend—24,777Spudded
Apr 17, 2026Crooks #1 35-045-00097Kenneth W Cory LtdEllisNew drillAmend—8,050Spudded
Nov 18, 2025Kyser Creek 12-36 MD #1H 35-045-00083Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drill—24,848Spudded Dec 5, 2025
Sep 29, 2025Gopher 6-18 AP #2H 35-045-00080Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drill—10,846Active
Sep 17, 2025Rex 20-32 DM #1H 35-045-00079Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drill—10,430Active
Sep 2, 2025Ashland 1-13 AP Fee Com #2H 35-045-00078Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drill—10,750Spudded Oct 18, 2025
Aug 22, 2025Montgomery 18-19 DM #2HHZ 35-045-00062Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drill—10,600Spudded Oct 23, 2025
Aug 21, 2025Robin 7-6 MD Fee Com #2HHZ 35-045-00008Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drill—10,285Spudded Oct 25, 2025
Jul 28, 2025Helen 0416 #1CHHZ 35-045-00002Sandridge Exploration & Production LLCEllis——10,511Spudded Sep 1, 2025
May 27, 2025Jay 25/2 KP Fee Com #2HHZ 35-045-23982Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee23,505Spudded Jun 16, 2025
May 23, 2025Cannon #3-20 35-045-22563Latigo Oil & Gas, Inc.EllisRecompletionMorrow SD, Oswego8,114Spudded Jul 14, 2006
May 20, 2025Louise 25/13 FC #2HHZ 35-045-23981Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee22,927Spudded Jun 17, 2025
May 14, 2025Jacks 3/34 OA #2HHZ 35-045-23979Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,655Spudded Aug 12, 2025
May 14, 2025Lauren 10/15 BO #2HHZ 35-045-23980Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,220Spudded Aug 11, 2025
Mar 21, 2025Walter 0517 #1CHHZ 35-045-23978Sandridge Exploration & Production LLCEllisNew drillCherokee23,868Spudded Apr 30, 2025
Mar 5, 2025Pershing 31/6 CN #1HHZ 35-045-23977Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,717Spudded Mar 28, 2025
Feb 18, 2025Hog Creek 5/32 PA #1HHZ 35-045-23976Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,320Spudded Apr 3, 2025
Feb 14, 2025Constitution 24/13 OB #1HHZ 35-045-23975Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,887Spudded Feb 24, 2025
Feb 7, 2025Bob 21/16 OB #1HHZ 35-045-23974Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,843Spudded Feb 22, 2025
Jan 24, 2025Anthem 15/27 AP Fed Com #1HHZ 35-045-23973Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee25,334Spudded Mar 28, 2025
Jan 15, 2025Jackrabbit 20/32 LM Fee Com #1HHZ 35-045-23972Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee22,952Spudded Jan 28, 2025
Jan 7, 2025Badger 20/8 Ed Fed Com #1HHZ 35-045-23971Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee22,943Spudded Jan 30, 2025
Jan 6, 2025Lazy M 34/27 PA #1HHZ 35-045-23970Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillAmendCherokee GP, Des Moines20,520Spudded Jan 17, 2025
Dec 17, 2024Gopher 6/18 CN #1HHZ 35-045-23969Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee26,089Spudded Feb 5, 2025
Dec 11, 2024Wagon Creek 10/22 JP Fed Com #1HHZ 35-045-23968Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee22,953Spudded Jan 15, 2025
Nov 27, 2024Carolyn 34/3 BO #1HHZ 35-045-23967Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,152Spudded Dec 26, 2024
Nov 6, 2024Old Glory 16/28 AP #1HHZ 35-045-23966Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillAmendCherokee25,300Spudded Dec 9, 2024
Nov 5, 2024Independence 23/14 OB #1HHZ 35-045-23965Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,898Spudded Dec 7, 2024
Oct 7, 2024Ashland 1/13 DN #1HHZ 35-045-23964Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee25,866Spudded Oct 22, 2024
Sep 20, 2024Cottonwood 34/10 AF #1HHZ 35-045-23963Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee23,931Spudded Oct 28, 2024
Sep 17, 2024Buffalo 34/9 CH #1HHZ 35-045-23962Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee23,631Spudded Oct 26, 2024
Sep 13, 2024Sarah 2/35 PA #2HHZ 35-045-23960Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee, Cherokee GP20,777Spudded Oct 26, 2024
Sep 13, 2024Jackie 11/14 AP #2HHZ 35-045-23961Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,911Spudded Oct 26, 2024
Sep 12, 2024Montgomery 18/19 BO #1HHZ 35-045-23958Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,902Spudded Oct 23, 2024
Sep 12, 2024Robin 7/6 OB #1HHZ 35-045-23959Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,943Spudded Sep 25, 2024
Sep 6, 2024Rio Leo 23/26 DM #1HHZ 35-045-23957Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,332Spudded Sep 21, 2024
Aug 19, 2024Sherrill #6-7-1CHXHZ 35-045-23956Crawley Petroleum CorporationEllisNew drillCherokee19,300Spudded Sep 20, 2024
Aug 12, 2024Duncan (Duncan Unit 2-9) #2-9 35-045-21677Latigo Oil & Gas, Inc.EllisRecompletionAtoka, Cherokee, Morrow SD8,800Spudded Nov 19, 1990
Jul 26, 2024Lazy M 23/26 DM #2HHZ 35-045-23954Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee19,852Spudded Aug 22, 2024
Jul 26, 2024Pops Diamond 14/11 MD #1HHZ 35-045-23955Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,423Spudded Aug 22, 2024
Jul 18, 2024Mr. Ed 33/9 AF #1HHZ 35-045-23952Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee23,669Spudded Sep 8, 2024
Jul 18, 2024Mr. Ed 33/5 CP #2HHZ 35-045-23953Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,992Spudded Sep 8, 2024
Jun 21, 2024Tiffany 1720 #2HHZ 35-045-23950Hog Operating LLCEllisNew drill—20,000New drill
Jun 21, 2024Tiffany 2932 #2HHZ 35-045-23951Hog Operating LLCEllisNew drill—20,000New drill
Jun 13, 2024John Paul 17/8 NC #1HHZ 35-045-23949Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,675Spudded Jul 13, 2024
Apr 16, 2024Rita ##2HZ 35-045-23948Valpoint Operating LLCEllisNew drillAmendOswego17,993Spudded Apr 19, 2024
Apr 2, 2024Louise 24/13 PA #1HHZ 35-045-23947Mewbourne Oil CompanyEllisNew drillCherokee20,260Spudded May 22, 2024

About this data

Oklahoma Corporation Commission: the latest intent to drill on each well record, with its approval date, the formation and depth the operator proposed, and the well's spud date where one is on file. A well whose intent to drill was re-approved appears once, under its latest approval. What the intent to drill is for is OCC's application type, in shared words with OCC's own beside them. Nothing is estimated.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/permits?state=ok, documented in the API reference.