Top Operators in the Stuart City-Edwards (Texas)

The operators with the most well counts targeting the Stuart City-Edwards formation in Texas:

#	Operator	Wells in Stuart City-Edwards
1	Marathon Oil Company	510
2	Repsol Oil & Gas Canada	277
3	Pioneer Natural Resources	168
4	Blackbrush O & G	88
5	Capital Star Oil & Gas	87
6	Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company	82
7	Bpx Operating Company	81
8	Devon Energy Production Company	81
9	Trio Consulting & Managementllc	54
10	Rusk Energy Operating	52

Primary Texas Counties for the Stuart City-Edwards

The Texas counties with the most Stuart City-Edwards activity:

Karnes, De Witt, Lavaca, Colorado, Bee

About the Stuart City-Edwards Formation in Texas

The Stuart City-Edwards is one of Texas's active oil and gas plays, with 3,875 wells on file across 788 distinct operators of record. Operators have filed 16 drilling permits targeting the Stuart City-Edwards 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 Karnes, De Witt, Lavaca, Colorado, Bee, knowing whether your tract sits within an active Stuart City-Edwards 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.