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Cottle County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

43
Cottle County

Most recent drilling

Sep 2023
2.9 years ago

First on record

2011
records span 12 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Cottle County contains 43 wells on file, with top operators including GUNN OIL COMPANY and TEXAS ROYALTY CORP..

Wells in Cottle span several oil & gas fields including PROTHRO (CANYON) and STESCOTT (CANYON).

Most recent well on record: WQ, operated by GUNN OIL COMPANY — last updated September 2023.

County FIPS Code: 48101

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-08-21

281 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 176 Permian
  • 50 Eagle Ford
  • 32 Haynesville
  • 22 Other
  • 1 Barnett

Drilling for

  • 227 Oil
  • 54 Gas

Cottle County well density

Every dot is one well — small blue dots are historic wells; larger orange dots are wells with activity in the last 60 days.
27 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Cottle County by total wells

GUNN OIL COMPANY26TEXAS ROYALTY CORP.6CORDA CORPORATION2CHOLLA PETROLEUM, INC.2NWG OPERATING LLC1TREK RESOURCES, INC.1BETTIS, BOYLE & STOVALL1WILCOX PETROLEUM OPERATING LLC.1BRIDWELL OIL CO.1BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC.1

Operators: Gunn Oil Company, Texas Royalty Corp., Corda Corporation, Cholla Petroleum, Inc., Nwg Operating Llc, Trek Resources, Inc., Bettis, Boyle & Stovall, Wilcox Petroleum Operating Llc., Bridwell Oil Co., Buffco Production Inc..

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Cottle County

PROTHRO (CANYON)10STESCOTT (CANYON)9SHAVOR6BROKEN BONE (CONGL.)6JOHNSON (GUNSIGHT)2VCG (CONGL.)2SOPHIE GRACE (CANYON)1TIPPEN (CONGL. 6800)1PERSEVERANCE (CANYON REEF)1JACK GRIMM (CONGL.)1

Fields: Prothro (Canyon), Stescott (Canyon), Shavor, Broken Bone (Congl.), Johnson (Gunsight), Vcg (Congl.), Sophie Grace (Canyon), Tippen (Congl. 6800), Perseverance (Canyon Reef), Jack Grimm (Congl.).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Cottle against the other busiest counties in Texas:

  • Midland · 11,361 wells
  • Martin · 10,748 wells
  • Andrews · 9,670 wells
  • Reeves · 7,427 wells
  • Ector · 7,218 wells
  • Upton · 6,935 wells
  • Howard · 6,527 wells
  • Karnes · 5,993 wells
  • Glasscock · 5,424 wells
  • Reagan · 5,243 wells
  • Loving · 4,971 wells
  • La Salle · 4,753 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
WQ 2023-09-21 6 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130770
CARLEEN UNIT 2023-02-03 4 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130757
CBA 2023-01-11 2 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130769
WQ 2022-09-27 2 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130765
WESLEY UNIT 2022-09-26 2 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130764
SUSANNA 2022-09-01 2 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130763
SWENSON G 2022-06-23 2 BETTIS, BOYLE & STOVALL 10130055
SUSANNA UNIT 2022-04-08 2 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130762
WICHITA RIVER 2 UNIT 2021-12-08 4 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130756
METHODIST UNIT 2021-11-30 GUNN OIL COMPANY 10130758

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