# Mewbourne Oil Company Drilling Permits in Texas and Oklahoma

**TL;DR**: Mewbourne Oil Company has filed 135 oil and gas drilling permits across Texas and Oklahoma over the last 24 months, with the most recent permit dated May 27, 2026. The operator is concentrating drilling activity in Roger Mills County, OK (40 permits) and Crane County, TX (17 permits), primarily targeting the Anadarko Basin (75 permits) and Permian Basin (53 permits). Permit data is sourced from the Texas Railroad Commission and Oklahoma Corporation Commission and refreshed monthly.

## Key Takeaways

- **Mewbourne Oil Company filed 135 drilling permits** in Texas and Oklahoma between May 2024 and May 2026, indicating sustained capital deployment across multiple counties and formations
- **Roger Mills County, Oklahoma leads permit activity** with 40 permits filed, followed by Crane County, TX (17) and Reeves County, TX (16), representing the operator's core development areas
- **The Anadarko Basin accounts for 75 permits (56%)** while the Permian Basin represents 53 permits (39%), showing Mewbourne's strategic focus on two prolific hydrocarbon-producing regions
- **Horizontal laterals in the Permian Basin range from 163 feet to 10,851 feet**, with most completions targeting 9,000–10,500 feet laterals in Crane, Reeves, Winkler, and Ector counties
- **May 2026 saw the highest recent permit activity** with multiple permits filed in Roger Mills County, OK and continued Permian Basin development in West Texas
- **Permits represent future production**, not currently producing wells — they are leading indicators of where operators plan to drill and allocate capital in the coming months
- **Three counties (Roger Mills, Crane, Reeves) account for 54% of all permits**, demonstrating concentrated development in proven acreage positions
- **Oklahoma permits do not include lateral length data** in public filings, unlike Texas permits which specify horizontal completion lengths

## Page Highlights

**Recent Drilling Activity Table**: The page displays a comprehensive table of all 135 permits filed by Mewbourne Oil Company in the last 24 months, including permit date, well name, API number, county, state, formation/play, and lateral length (where available). The most recent permit (May 27, 2026) is for the RTB Kauk 3-10 CN #1H in Dewey County, Oklahoma targeting the Anadarko Basin.

**Geographic Concentration**: Drilling activity is heavily concentrated in western Oklahoma (Roger Mills, Custer, Ellis, and Dewey counties) and West Texas (Crane, Reeves, Winkler, and Ector counties), reflecting the operator's strategic focus on established oil and gas provinces with proven geology and infrastructure.

**Formation/Play Distribution**: The Anadarko Basin permits span multiple Oklahoma counties and the Texas Panhandle (Ochiltree, Hemphill, Lipscomb counties), while Permian Basin permits target the Delaware Basin sub-play in Crane, Reeves, Winkler, Ward, and Loving counties, with some Midland Basin development in Ector and Upton counties.

**Permit Filing Patterns**: Permit activity shows consistent monthly filing throughout 2025 and 2026, with clusters of permits filed in the same county on the same date (suggesting multi-well pad development) and spacing units that indicate development of consolidated acreage positions.

**Data Sources and Refresh Cycle**: All permit data comes from state regulator filings (Texas Railroad Commission for Texas permits, Oklahoma Corporation Commission for Oklahoma permits) and is refreshed monthly, with the current dataset reflecting permits as of June 1, 2026.

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