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Limestone County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

259
Limestone County

Last 60 days

1
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

1
to compare against

60-day trend

0
vs prior 60d

Limestone County contains 259 wells on file, with top operators including XTO ENERGY INC. and LINN OPERATING, INC..

Wells in Limestone span several oil & gas fields including FREESTONE (CV-BOSSIER CONS.) and FARRAR (COTTON VALLEY LIME).

Most recent well on record: BEACHCOMBER GAS UNIT NO. 2, operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY — last updated May 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48293

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-05-29

256 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 162 Permian
  • 44 Eagle Ford
  • 28 Haynesville
  • 20 Other
  • 2 Granite Wash

Drilling for

  • 209 Oil
  • 47 Gas

Recent drilling permits 12 most recent permits filed

Date Operator County Permit # API
2026-04-16 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY Limestone 914703 42-293-31987
2026-04-09 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY Limestone 914681 42-293-31604
2025-09-08 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY Limestone 910273 42-293-32045
2025-09-08 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY Limestone 910274 42-293-31783
2025-01-06 NEW HORIZON GLOBAL, INC. Limestone 904892 42-293-32427
2024-01-08 ATMOS ENERGY CORP MID-TEX DIV Limestone 895450 42-293-32425
2024-01-08 ATMOS ENERGY CORP MID-TEX DIV Limestone 895553 42-293-32426
2023-11-13 NEW HORIZON GLOBAL INC Limestone 895120 42-293-32424
2023-08-03 CRESCENT PASS ENERGY LLC Limestone 891981 42-293-32330
2023-07-19 ATMOS ENERGY MID-TEX DIV Limestone 42-293-32423
2023-07-18 NEW HORIZON GLOBAL Limestone 42-293-32422
2023-03-07 NEW HORIZON GLOBAL Limestone 42-293-32421

Limestone County well density

Every dot is one well — small blue dots are historic wells; larger orange dots are wells with activity in the last 60 days.
48 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Limestone County by total wells

XTO ENERGY INC.113LINN OPERATING, INC.28CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC25DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P.22SM ENERGY COMPANY10BROWN OIL & GAS CO.10STROUD PETROLEUM, INC.9TANOS EXPLORATION II, LLC6BERRY OIL COMP.6LINN OPERATING, LLC5

Operators: Xto Energy Inc., Linn Operating, Inc., Crescent Pass Energy, Llc, Devon Energy Production Co, L.p., Sm Energy Company, Brown Oil & Gas Co., Stroud Petroleum, Inc., Tanos Exploration Ii, Llc, Berry Oil Comp., Linn Operating, Llc.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Limestone County

FREESTONE (CV-BOSSIER CONS.)62FARRAR (COTTON VALLEY LIME)61FARRAR (TRAVIS PEAK)24PERSONVILLE, N (CV CONSOLIDATED)20FARRAR, SE (PETTIT)19PERSONVILLE (TRAVIS PEAK)18MEXIA14FREESTONE (TRAVIS PEAK)10BOX CHURCH (TRAVIS PEAK)8BOX CHURCH (PETTIT)7

Fields: Freestone (Cv-Bossier Cons.), Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime), Farrar (Travis Peak), Personville, N (Cv Consolidated), Farrar, Se (Pettit), Personville (Travis Peak), Mexia, Freestone (Travis Peak), Box Church (Travis Peak), Box Church (Pettit).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Limestone against the other busiest counties in Texas:

  • Midland · 11,103 wells
  • Martin · 10,576 wells
  • Andrews · 9,606 wells
  • Reeves · 7,308 wells
  • Ector · 7,180 wells
  • Upton · 6,812 wells
  • Howard · 6,477 wells
  • Karnes · 5,977 wells
  • Glasscock · 5,352 wells
  • Reagan · 5,182 wells
  • Loving · 4,840 wells
  • La Salle · 4,734 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
BEACHCOMBER GAS UNIT NO. 2 2026-05-01 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 29332045
COOPER 2026-03-19 2 STROUD PETROLEUM, INC. 29332120
BEDDINGFIELD GAS UNIT 2025-09-19 2 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 29331989
BRONAUGH UNIT 2024-12-12 2 CULVER & CAIN PRODUCTION LLC 29330750
MAGGIE B. BROWN 2024-09-13 4 CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC 29331208
WORSLEY 2024-09-13 5 CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC 29331131
SCHULTZ E 2024-08-30 2 VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY 29331276
NM 1213 2024-04-18 6 SOUTHWEST OPERATING, INC.-TYLER 29332410
ROTHERMEL SWD 2024-03-19 2 CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC 29331220
FOWLER A 2023-09-20 8 CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC 29331184

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