How Texas Panhandle and Permian Basin mineral rights differ — geology, depth, hydrocarbon profile, operator base, and what mineral owners should know.
Get Your Free Mineral ValuationThe Texas Panhandle and the Permian Basin are both major Texas producing regions but differ on nearly every dimension.
Geography: Panhandle is the northernmost Texas producing region. Permian is West Texas + SE New Mexico.
Production type: Panhandle is conventional shallow gas (Hugoton) plus stacked Pennsylvanian horizontals (Granite Wash, Cleveland). Permian is unconventional Wolfcamp/Bone Spring/Spraberry horizontals.
Depth: Panhandle 2,500-15,000 ft (huge range). Permian 7,000-12,000 ft.
Hydrocarbon profile: Panhandle = mostly gas with helium + Pennsylvanian oil. Permian = oil + gas + NGL.
Helium: Panhandle Hugoton system has 0.3-1.9% helium content. Permian gas does not.
Operator base: Panhandle has a mix of mid-cap public producers (Presidio, Apache legacy) and small private independents. Permian operators are large public producers.
Per-NRA pricing: Permian per-NRA pricing materially exceeds Panhandle pricing.
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