Oil and Gas Information logo
Home About

Hockley County, Texas Wells Summary

Back to Texas Well Records

Total wells

3,387
Hockley County

Last 60 days

52
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

29
to compare against

60-day trend

+23
vs prior 60d

Hockley County contains 3,387 wells on file, with top operators including OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. and APACHE CORPORATION.

Wells in Hockley span several oil & gas fields including SLAUGHTER and LEVELLAND.

Most recent well on record: LEVELLAND, operated by CTOC ENERGY, LLC — last updated August 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48219

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

281 rigs across the state
1 in this area

By basin

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

Drilling for

  • 227 Oil
  • 54 Gas

Hockley 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.
431 wells plotted · 2 active in last 60 days

Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors · well data © Oil and Gas Information · tiles served by DynamoMap

Top Operators in Hockley County by total wells

OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.1,880APACHE CORPORATION403SABINAL ENERGY OPERATING, LLC256OXY USA INC.131CHEVRON U. S. A. INC.106OXY USA WTP LP103TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.86HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY54ROGERS, S. K. OIL, INC.51ROCKER A OPERATING COMPANY50

Operators: Occidental Permian Ltd., Apache Corporation, Sabinal Energy Operating, Llc, Oxy Usa Inc., Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Oxy Usa Wtp Lp, Texland Petroleum, L.p., Hilcorp Energy Company, Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc., Rocker A Operating Company.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Hockley County

SLAUGHTER1,487LEVELLAND1,325SMYER130TSTAR (ABO)100LINKER (CLEAR FORK)45LEEPER (GLORIETA)40ROPES, E. (CLEAR FORK)38YELLOWHOUSE37HAMILTON (CLEARFORK)35WHITHARRAL (CLEAR FORK, LO.)27

Fields: Slaughter, Levelland, Smyer, Tstar (Abo), Linker (Clear Fork), Leeper (Glorieta), Ropes, E. (Clear Fork), Yellowhouse, Hamilton (Clearfork), Whitharral (Clear Fork, Lo.).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Hockley 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
LEVELLAND 2026-08-19 2 CTOC ENERGY, LLC 21935580
CENTRAL MALLET UNIT 2026-08-17 3 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 21931206
FINLEY ESTATE 2026-08-14 BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD. 21931480
JESTER 2026-08-13 TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P. 21937575
VIPER 2026-08-12 3 TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P. 21937561
EAST MALLET UNIT 2026-08-11 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 21931828
DELOACHE, IRA P. 2026-08-11 3 BCE-MACH III LLC 21932961
SUNDOWN SLAUGHTER UNIT 2026-08-11 3 BCE-MACH III LLC 21903035
EAST MALLET UNIT 2026-08-10 6 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 21901134
CENTRAL MALLET UNIT 2026-08-06 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 21931534

Texas RRC data downloads

Want the underlying Railroad Commission records for Hockley County (RRC District 8A)? EZRRC mirrors the RRC files as filterable CSV, Excel and GeoPackage downloads.
  • Recent drilling permits in Hockley County (daily, by district)
  • Hockley County oil and gas production by month
  • Download Hockley County drilling permits (CSV/Excel)
  • Download Hockley County wellbore records

Surface Ownership Records:

Need detailed 2026 surface ownership information for Hockley County that includes the parcel gis? GIS Parcel Data Coverage For Hockley County Texas
Download Hockley County Parcel GIS

Browse Wells by State

  • Colorado Wells
  • Louisiana Wells
  • Montana Wells
  • New Mexico Wells
  • Ohio Wells
  • Oklahoma Wells
  • Pennsylvania Wells
  • Texas Wells
  • Utah Wells
  • Wyoming Wells

Oil & Gas Hub Cities

  • Houston, TX
  • Midland, TX
  • Odessa, TX
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Dallas, TX
  • San Antonio, TX
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • Tyler, TX
  • Longview, TX
  • Laredo, TX
  • Lafayette, LA
  • Shreveport, LA
  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • Houma, LA
  • New Orleans, LA

City links resolve to that city’s county/parish well activity page.

Browse by Geology

  • All US oil & gas basins
  • Where the data comes from
  • Search operators & companies
  • Texas RRC data downloads — ezrrc.com

Oil and Gas Information

Copyright © 2026 Oil and Gas Information. All rights reserved.