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Limestone County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

262
Limestone County

Last 60 days

4
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

2
to compare against

60-day trend

+2
vs prior 60d

Limestone County contains 262 wells on file, with top operators including XTO ENERGY INC. and LINN OPERATING, INC..

Wells in Limestone span several oil & gas fields including FREESTONE (CV-BOSSIER CONS.) and FARRAR (COTTON VALLEY LIME).

Most recent well on record: STANDLEY GAS UNIT NO. 1, operated by HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY — last updated August 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48293

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

Limestone 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.
48 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Limestone County by total wells

XTO ENERGY INC.113LINN OPERATING, INC.28CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC25DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P.22BROWN OIL & GAS CO.10SM ENERGY COMPANY10STROUD PETROLEUM, INC.9BERRY OIL COMP.6TANOS EXPLORATION II, LLC6HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY5

Operators: Xto Energy Inc., Linn Operating, Inc., Crescent Pass Energy, Llc, Devon Energy Production Co, L.p., Brown Oil & Gas Co., Sm Energy Company, Stroud Petroleum, Inc., Berry Oil Comp., Tanos Exploration Ii, Llc, Hilcorp Energy Company.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Limestone County

FREESTONE (CV-BOSSIER CONS.)62FARRAR (COTTON VALLEY LIME)61FARRAR (TRAVIS PEAK)27PERSONVILLE, N (CV CONSOLIDATED)20FARRAR, SE (PETTIT)19PERSONVILLE (TRAVIS PEAK)18MEXIA14FREESTONE (TRAVIS PEAK)10BOX CHURCH (TRAVIS PEAK)8BOX CHURCH (PETTIT)7

Fields: Freestone (Cv-Bossier Cons.), Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime), Farrar (Travis Peak), Personville, N (Cv Consolidated), Farrar, Se (Pettit), Personville (Travis Peak), Mexia, Freestone (Travis Peak), Box Church (Travis Peak), Box Church (Pettit).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Limestone 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
STANDLEY GAS UNIT NO. 1 2026-08-06 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 29331604
CARPENTER GAS UNIT II 2026-07-14 2 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 29331987
STANDLEY GAS UNIT NO. 1 2026-06-24 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 29332215
BEACHCOMBER GAS UNIT NO. 2 2026-05-26 2 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 29332045
COOPER 2026-03-19 2 STROUD PETROLEUM, INC. 29332120
BEDDINGFIELD GAS UNIT 2025-09-19 2 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY 29331989
BRONAUGH UNIT 2024-12-12 2 CULVER & CAIN PRODUCTION LLC 29330750
WORSLEY 2024-09-13 5 CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC 29331131
MAGGIE B. BROWN 2024-09-13 4 CRESCENT PASS ENERGY, LLC 29331208
SCHULTZ E 2024-08-30 2 VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY 29331276

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