GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY Wells and Activity Summary
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Industry news recent coverage mentioning Great Western Drilling Inc.
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⚑ Same company across states: Great Western Drilling Inc.
Curated alternate name for Great Western Drilling Inc. (from ShaleExperts company records):
- GREAT WESTERN DRILLING INC.
GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY has 113 wells on file in Texas.
Active in 10 counties — concentrated in Borden, Hockley, and Terry.
Most recent well: JACOBSON in the KINGDOM (ABO REEF) field (Terry county) — last updated April 2025.
GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY county coverage
Counties where GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY has wells. Click any county for its local activity.
Recent wells
| Well Name | County | Last activity | Updates | API |
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| JACOBSON | Terry | 2025-04-21 | 2 | 44530760 |
| WEST JO-MILL UNIT | Borden | 2025-04-21 | 2 | 03331617 |
| TUNIS CREEK UNIV. LANDS UNIT | Pecos | 2025-04-11 | 2 | 37135065 |
| WEST JO-MILL UNIT | Borden | 2025-04-08 | 2 | 03300646 |
| PERKINS-LAGASSE | Nueces | 2025-03-26 | 3 | 35533947 |
| SUNTURA (LOWER CLEAR FORK) UNIT | Terry | 2025-01-02 | 2 | 44532194 |
| WEST JO-MILL UNIT | Borden | 2024-12-05 | 2 | 03300671 |
| WEST JO-MILL UNIT | Borden | 2024-12-05 | 4 | 03300650 |
| JOHNSON, J. L. -31- | Ector | 2024-12-04 | 2 | 13533185 |
| TUNIS CREEK UNIV. LANDS UNIT | Pecos | 2024-11-18 | 2 | 37134814 |
Counties Worked by total wells in Texas
Counties: Borden, Hockley, Terry, Nueces, Pecos, Ector, Loving, Crane, Ward, Reeves.
Top Oil & Gas Fields worked by GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY by total wells
Fields: Jo-Mill (Spraberry), Linker (Clear Fork), Reo (Jo Mill, Lower), Suntura (Lower Clear Fork), Foster, Anita (Clearfork), Tunis Creek(Devonian), Prentice (Clear Fork, Lower), Abell (Permian-General), Twofreds (Delaware).