Buckhead Energy buys Hemphill County, Texas mineral rights and royalties.
Hemphill County is the heart of the Granite Wash horizontal play in the Texas Panhandle. Modern horizontal redevelopment beginning around 2009 transformed the county from a mature vertical tight-gas play into one of the most active horizontal liquids-rich gas plays in the Mid-Continent. Stacked Pennsylvanian benches across the Granite Wash, Cleveland Sand, Tonkawa, and Atoka give Hemphill County mineral owners exposure to multiple producing horizons in the same section.
Hemphill County's modern horizontal era began in 2009 when operators applied advances in lateral drilling and slickwater fracture stimulation to the Granite Wash. Within a few years multiple operators were drilling horizontal pads across the county, and the Wash's hydrocarbon spectrum — wet gas to oil-and-rich-gas — provided a hedge against single-commodity price exposure.
Cities and communities: Canadian.
Hemphill County, Texas
Canadian (county seat)
5 producing formations
Depth: 11,500–15,500 ft
Pennsylvanian tight conglomerate; multiple stacked benches (A through F)
Depth: Pennsylvanian
Oil-prone sandstone, active horizontal target
Depth: Pennsylvanian
Stacked above Cleveland
Depth: deep Pennsylvanian
Tight gas, selectively targeted horizontally
Depth: deep targets
Reached selectively in deeper completions
Public Texas Railroad Commission filings show ongoing 2026 permit and drilling activity in the Granite Wash across Hemphill County. The county's operator base includes major Mid-Continent producers as well as smaller private operators developing infill positions and refrac candidates.
Hemphill County leases drafted before the modern horizontal era were typically structured around vertical economics. Many older leases include depth, formation, or Pugh-clause language that has been the subject of substantial legal interpretation as horizontal Granite Wash development advanced.
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