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Gaines County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

4,310
Gaines County

Last 60 days

14
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

69
to compare against

60-day trend

-55
vs prior 60d

Gaines County contains 4,310 wells on file, with top operators including OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. and XTO ENERGY INC..

Wells in Gaines span several oil & gas fields including ROBERTSON, N. (CLEAR FORK 7100) and SEMINOLE (SAN ANDRES).

Most recent well on record: WHARTON UNIT, operated by BCE-MACH III LLC — last updated May 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48165

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-07-02

271 rigs across the state
1 in this area

By basin

  • 168 Permian
  • 44 Eagle Ford
  • 31 Haynesville
  • 27 Other
  • 1 Granite Wash

Drilling for

  • 219 Oil
  • 52 Gas

Gaines 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.
2,264 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Gaines County by total wells

OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.958XTO ENERGY INC.725OXY USA INC.458SABINAL ENERGY OPERATING, LLC310OXY USA WTP LP222PARALLEL PETROLEUM LLC164HESS CORPORATION147CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.124SHERIDAN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC121SANDRIDGE EXPL. AND PROD., LLC105

Operators: Occidental Permian Ltd., Xto Energy Inc., Oxy Usa Inc., Sabinal Energy Operating, Llc, Oxy Usa Wtp Lp, Parallel Petroleum Llc, Hess Corporation, Citation Oil & Gas Corp., Sheridan Production Company, Llc, Sandridge Expl. And Prod., Llc.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Gaines County

ROBERTSON, N. (CLEAR FORK 7100)709SEMINOLE (SAN ANDRES)499WASSON449RUSSELL (CLEARFORK CONSOLIDATED415TEX-MEX, SE. (WICHITA ALBANY)210SEMINOLE, WEST198CEDAR LAKE195WASSON 72166HARRIS (SAN ANDRES)135RILEY, NORTH115

Fields: Robertson, N. (Clear Fork 7100), Seminole (San Andres), Wasson, Russell (Clearfork Consolidated, Tex-Mex, Se. (Wichita Albany), Seminole, West, Cedar Lake, Wasson 72, Harris (San Andres), Riley, North.

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Gaines against the other busiest counties in Texas:

  • Midland · 11,103 wells
  • Martin · 10,576 wells
  • Andrews · 9,606 wells
  • Reeves · 7,308 wells
  • Ector · 7,180 wells
  • Upton · 6,812 wells
  • Howard · 6,477 wells
  • Karnes · 5,977 wells
  • Glasscock · 5,352 wells
  • Reagan · 5,182 wells
  • Loving · 4,840 wells
  • La Salle · 4,734 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
WHARTON UNIT 2026-05-14 2 BCE-MACH III LLC 16502959
NORTH RILEY UNIT 2026-05-14 BCE-MACH III LLC 16535500
SEMINOLE SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-05-14 OXY USA INC. 16532130
NORTH ROBERTSON UNIT 2026-05-14 BCE-MACH III LLC 16534079
NORTH RILEY UNIT 2026-05-14 BCE-MACH III LLC 16534428
NORTH ROBERTSON UNIT 2026-05-14 BCE-MACH III LLC 16534025
NORTH ROBERTSON UNIT 2026-05-14 2 BCE-MACH III LLC 16502742
SEMINOLE SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-05-14 2 OXY USA INC. 16533152
NORTH ROBERTSON SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-05-13 2 CITATION OIL & GAS CORP. 16537646
WEST SEMINOLE SA UNIT 2026-05-12 5 OXY USA WTP LP 16500675

Surface Ownership Records:

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