# Fossil Bay Petroleum Drilling Permits in Texas and Oklahoma

**TL;DR:** Fossil Bay Petroleum has filed 6 oil and gas drilling permits across Texas and Oklahoma over the last 24 months, with the most recent activity dated July 17, 2024. All permits are concentrated in Washington County, Arkansas, targeting the Arkoma Basin formation. This page provides daily-refreshed data sourced directly from state regulator filings to help mineral owners track where the operator is deploying capital.

## Key Takeaways

- Fossil Bay Petroleum has 6 active drilling permits on file, all filed on the same date (July 17, 2024)
- 100% of drilling activity is concentrated in Washington County, Arkansas, within the Arkoma Basin play
- All permits represent new wells that had been applied for but had not yet started producing as of the most recent data refresh (July 18, 2026)
- Permit data is sourced from the Texas Railroad Commission and Oklahoma Corporation Commission and refreshed daily
- The page tracks a 24-month lookback period to identify where operators are putting capital to work
- Drilling permits serve as a leading indicator of future production activity in specific areas
- Mineral owners near permitted locations may have opportunities to evaluate holding for royalties or selling their interests

## Page Highlights

**Recent Drilling Activity Overview:** The page provides a comprehensive table of all drilling permits filed by Fossil Bay Petroleum in Texas and Oklahoma over the previous 24 months. Each permit entry includes the permit date, well name, API number, county, state, formation/play, and lateral length (where available). This data serves as a leading indicator of where the operator is actively investing capital.

**Geographic Concentration:** All 6 permits are located in Washington County, Arkansas, demonstrating focused drilling activity in a single geographic area rather than diversified operations across multiple counties or states.

**Formation Focus:** The operator is exclusively targeting the Arkoma Basin formation across all permitted wells, indicating a strategic focus on this specific geological play.

**Well Details:** The permitted wells include the Presley, Steinmetz, Stevens (two permits), Yates, and Cunningham wells, all sharing the same July 17, 2024 permit date. No lateral length information was available for any of the wells at the time of data collection.

**Mineral Owner Implications:** The page specifically addresses mineral owners who may hold rights near permitted locations, noting that new permits may signal upcoming production activity that could affect royalty income or create opportunities for evaluating mineral rights sales.

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