Active 2026 Texas Panhandle drilling rigs and permit activity. How to verify ongoing operator activity in your section.
Get Your Free Mineral ValuationTL;DR Active 2026 Texas Panhandle drilling rigs and permit activity. How to verify ongoing operator activity in your section.
Mineral owners in the Texas Panhandle can verify ongoing drilling rigs, permits, and completion activity in any section through public Texas Railroad Commission data:
Texas RRC Online Research Queries — search wells, permits, and operator activity
Texas RRC Oil & Gas Research and Statistics
Baker Hughes Rig Count — weekly U.S. rig count by basin and play
Public Texas RRC filings show continuing 2026 activity across multiple Panhandle producing horizons:
Granite Wash horizontal — Hemphill, Wheeler, Roberts, Lipscomb counties
Cleveland Sand horizontal — Roberts, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hemphill counties
Tonkawa horizontal — Ochiltree, Lipscomb counties
Hugoton, Brown Dolomite shallow gas — long-life production across Hutchinson, Moore, Hansford, Carson