Top Operators in the South Oklahoma Folded Belt (Texas)

The operators with the most well counts targeting the South Oklahoma Folded Belt formation in Texas:

#	Operator	Wells in South Oklahoma Folded Belt
1	V & H Oil	702
2	Wfw Production Company	669
3	Felderhoff Production Company	523
4	Sydri Operating	447
5	Bls Production	358
6	Bkm Production	315
7	Silver Creek Oil & Gas	243
8	Mountain Creek Oil Company	222
9	Burk Royalty Company	199
10	Jetta Operating Company	182

Primary Texas Counties for the South Oklahoma Folded Belt

The Texas counties with the most South Oklahoma Folded Belt activity:

Cooke, Grayson, Montague, Wichita, Collin

Recent South Oklahoma Folded Belt Drilling Permits in Texas

The most recent 17 drilling permits filed for South Oklahoma Folded Belt wells in Texas:

Permit Date	Well	API	County	Operator	Lateral (ft)
2026-04-16	Britain 3	`4209734861`	Cooke	Eog	—
2026-04-13	Jewell-Wilbur 1	`4218131651`	Grayson	Atoka Energy LLC	290
2026-03-05	Yarbrough 10	`4209734858`	Cooke	Felderhoff Production Company	—
2026-03-05	Yarbrough 'A' 1	`4209734857`	Cooke	Felderhoff Production Company	—
2026-02-23	Watson Unit 1	`4218131652`	Grayson	Atoka Energy LLC	388
2025-12-19	Opllc 4-1h Gas Unit 1h	`4209734851`	Cooke	Oleum Partners LLC	6,698
2025-12-19	Opllc 4-2h Gas Unit 2h	`4209734852`	Cooke	Oleum Partners LLC	7,252
2025-12-19	Opllc 4-3h Gas Unit 3h	`4209734853`	Cooke	Oleum Partners LLC	7,888
2025-12-16	Opllc 4-4h Gas Unit 4h	`4209734850`	Cooke	Oleum Partners LLC	6,089
2025-10-22	Bickenbach 1	`4218131649`	Grayson	Atoka Energy LLC	289
2025-08-25	Heatley 1	`4218131650`	Grayson	Atoka Energy LLC	379
2025-07-07	Voth, H 14	`4209734840`	Cooke	Felderhoff Production Company	—
2025-02-20	Voth, H 13	`4209734827`	Cooke	Felderhoff Production Company	—
2024-12-17	Knight 1d	`4209734826`	Cooke	Oleum Partners LLC	—
2024-09-06	Bkm-Mcadams 1	`4218131645`	Grayson	Bkm Production	1,425
2024-08-28	Tabitha 1	`4218131644`	Grayson	Bkm Production	—
2024-08-22	Looney 1	`4218131643`	Grayson	Bkm Production	—

South Oklahoma Folded Belt DUCs (Drilled, Uncompleted Wells) in Texas

Wells targeting the South Oklahoma Folded Belt that have been spudded but are waiting on completion — near-term production upside:

Spud Date	Days Waiting	Well	Operator	County	Lateral (ft)
2026-01-21	102	Watson Unit 1	Atoka Energy LLC	Grayson	388
2026-01-06	117	Jewell-Wilbur 1	Atoka Energy LLC	Grayson	290

About the South Oklahoma Folded Belt Formation in Texas

The South Oklahoma Folded Belt is one of Texas's active oil and gas plays, with 9,756 wells on file across 651 distinct operators of record. Operators have filed 62 drilling permits targeting the South Oklahoma Folded Belt in the last 24 months — a measure of how active the play is right now versus its historical baseline.

For mineral owners with interests in Cooke, Grayson, Montague, Wichita, Collin, knowing whether your tract sits within an active South Oklahoma Folded Belt footprint is a foundational valuation question. Active formations with consistent permit flow command premium pricing; legacy formations with steady but declining production are valued differently.