{"name":"Ernest Operating Company Drilling Activity in Lee County, Texas","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/ernest-operating-company/texas/lee","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-08-04","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Ernest Operating Company","operatorSlug":"ernest-operating-company","state":"TX","county":"Lee","totalWells":106,"producingWells":101,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":4,"topFormation":"Austin Chalk","rankInCounty":2,"firstPermitDate":"1977-07-28","lastPermitDate":"2002-12-18"}