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Crane County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

3,443
Crane County

Last 60 days

261
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

320
to compare against

60-day trend

-59
vs prior 60d

Crane County contains 3,443 wells on file, with top operators including BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC and BURLINGTON RES O & G CO-MIDLAND.

Wells in Crane span several oil & gas fields including MCELROY and SAND HILLS (TUBB).

Most recent well on record: UL SALT CREEK 22501 B 30-19-18, operated by BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC — last updated August 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48103

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

281 rigs across the state
6 in this county / area

By basin

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

Drilling for

  • 227 Oil
  • 54 Gas

Crane 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.
2,130 wells plotted · 65 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Crane County by total wells

BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC1,238BURLINGTON RES O & G CO-MIDLAND595CHEVRON U. S. A. INC.263DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P.228APACHE CORPORATION187STRONGHOLD ENERGY II OPER, LLC178OXY USA INC.110RING ENERGY, INC.84XTO ENERGY INC.83HENRY RESOURCES LLC81

Operators: Blackbeard Operating, Llc, Burlington Res O & G Co-Midland, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Devon Energy Production Co, L.p., Apache Corporation, Stronghold Energy Ii Oper, Llc, Oxy Usa Inc., Ring Energy, Inc., Xto Energy Inc., Henry Resources Llc.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Crane County

MCELROY421SAND HILLS (TUBB)408SAND HILLS (MCKNIGHT)346SAND HILLS (JUDKINS)296SAND HILLS (SAN ANGELO, UPPER)233SAND HILLS (WICHITA-ALBANY)203SAND HILLS (CLEAR FORK)172DUNE170SAND HILLS (WOLFCAMP)158RUNNING W, N. (HOLT)100

Fields: Mcelroy, Sand Hills (Tubb), Sand Hills (Mcknight), Sand Hills (Judkins), Sand Hills (San Angelo, Upper), Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany), Sand Hills (Clear Fork), Dune, Sand Hills (Wolfcamp), Running W, N. (Holt).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Crane 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
UL SALT CREEK 22501 B 30-19-18 2026-08-19 3 BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC 10337681
UL SALT CREEK 22501 A 30-19-18 2026-08-19 3 BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC 10337678
WADDELL TR A 2026-08-19 2 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 10332587
STATE TROUBADOUR 20/16 2026-08-19 MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY 10337712
WADDELL TR A 2026-08-19 2 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 10336871
WADDELL TR A 2026-08-19 8 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 10337145
UL SALT CREEK 22501 C 30-19-18 2026-08-19 3 BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC 10337679
WADDELL TR A 2026-08-19 4 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 10301720
WADDELL TR A 2026-08-19 4 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 10336794
WADDELL TR A 2026-08-18 BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 10334651

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