How Texas Panhandle and Permian Basin mineral rights differ — geology, depth, hydrocarbon profile, operator base, and what mineral owners should know.
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The Texas Panhandle and the Permian Basin are both major Texas producing regions but differ on nearly every dimension.
Geography: Panhandle is the northernmost Texas producing region. Permian is West Texas + SE New Mexico.
Production type: Panhandle is conventional shallow gas (Hugoton) plus stacked Pennsylvanian horizontals (Granite Wash, Cleveland). Permian is unconventional Wolfcamp/Bone Spring/Spraberry horizontals.
Depth: Panhandle 2,500-15,000 ft (huge range). Permian 7,000-12,000 ft.
Hydrocarbon profile: Panhandle = mostly gas with helium + Pennsylvanian oil. Permian = oil + gas + NGL.
Helium: Panhandle Hugoton system has 0.3-1.9% helium content. Permian gas does not.
Operator base: Panhandle has a mix of mid-cap public producers (Presidio, Apache legacy) and small private independents. Permian operators are large public producers.
Per-NRA pricing: Permian per-NRA pricing materially exceeds Panhandle pricing.
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