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Gaines County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

4,340
Gaines County

Last 60 days

135
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

92
to compare against

60-day trend

+43
vs prior 60d

Gaines County contains 4,340 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: HARRIS SAN ANDRES UNIT, operated by PARALLEL PETROLEUM LLC — last updated August 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48165

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

281 rigs across the state
2 in this county / area

By basin

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

Drilling for

  • 227 Oil
  • 54 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.
2,274 wells plotted · 5 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Gaines County by total wells

OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.964XTO ENERGY INC.725OXY USA INC.467SABINAL ENERGY OPERATING, LLC310OXY USA WTP LP222PARALLEL PETROLEUM LLC167HESS 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)712SEMINOLE (SAN ANDRES)503WASSON452RUSSELL (CLEARFORK CONSOLIDATED415TEX-MEX, SE. (WICHITA ALBANY)210SEMINOLE, WEST198CEDAR LAKE195WASSON 72169HARRIS (SAN ANDRES)136RILEY, NORTH119

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 · 11,361 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
HARRIS SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-08-19 3 PARALLEL PETROLEUM LLC 16537076
SEMINOLE SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-08-19 6 OXY USA INC. 16531254
SEMINOLE SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-08-18 3 OXY USA INC. 16502076
NORTH ROBERTSON UNIT 2026-08-18 BCE-MACH III LLC 16536123
WHARTON UNIT 2026-08-18 6 BCE-MACH III LLC 16532599
DENVER UNIT 2026-08-17 3 OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. 16530188
SEMINOLE SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-08-17 3 OXY USA INC. 16532077
SEMINOLE SAN ANDRES UNIT 2026-08-17 4 OXY USA INC. 16531920
CRANE, BEN A 2026-08-15 BLACKROCK OPERATING, LLC 16501183
NORTH RILEY UNIT 2026-08-14 BCE-MACH III LLC 16534432

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