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Newton County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

108
Newton County

Last 60 days

1
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

4
to compare against

60-day trend

-3
vs prior 60d

Newton County contains 108 wells on file, with top operators including ANADARKO E&P COMPANY LP and PRIME OPERATING COMPANY.

Wells in Newton span several oil & gas fields including MAGNOLIA SPRINGS (AUSTIN CHALK) and BROOKELAND (AUSTIN CHALK, 8800).

Most recent well on record: ARTEMIS SWD, operated by not found — last updated May 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48351

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

271 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

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

Drilling for

  • 219 Oil
  • 52 Gas

Newton 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.
35 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Newton County by total wells

ANADARKO E&P COMPANY LP21PRIME OPERATING COMPANY9FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC8PRIZE EXPLORATION & PROD, LLC6SAMSON EXPLORATION, LLC6XTO ENERGY INC.5HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY4COPESTONE OPERATING, LLC4UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY4not found3

Operators: Anadarko E&p Company Lp, Prime Operating Company, Foundation Energy Management Llc, Prize Exploration & Prod, Llc, Samson Exploration, Llc, Xto Energy Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company, Copestone Operating, Llc, Unit Petroleum Company, Not Found.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Newton County

MAGNOLIA SPRINGS (AUSTIN CHALK)24BROOKELAND (AUSTIN CHALK, 8800)17NEWTON, N. (KURTH SAND)7HARTBURG, S.E. (MIDDLE)4WILDCAT4BLUE MARSH (Y-2)3CLUSTER (HACKBERRY)3SABINE TRAM (WILCOX 2)3HARTBURG, S.E. (YEGUA CONS.)2HARTBURG, NW. (HACKBERRY-1ST)2

Fields: Magnolia Springs (Austin Chalk), Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800), Newton, N. (Kurth Sand), Hartburg, S.e. (Middle), Wildcat, Blue Marsh (Y-2), Cluster (Hackberry), Sabine Tram (Wilcox 2), Hartburg, S.e. (Yegua Cons.), Hartburg, Nw. (Hackberry-1st).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Newton 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
ARTEMIS SWD 2026-05-14 not found 35130942
KURTH, J. H., JR. -A- 2026-05-06 6 FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC 35100080
HANKAMER-TRAM 2026-05-04 8 not found 35130904
ATHENA 2026-04-14 not found 35130944
CHAMPION INTL UNIT A-1163 2026-03-30 2 not found 35130614
KURTH, J. H., JR. -A- 2025-12-23 4 FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC 35130934
KURTH, J.H., JR. -B- 2025-12-10 8 FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC 35130917
KURTH, J.H., JR. -B- 2025-12-09 6 FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC 35130924
B. E. QUINN, III ET AL 2025-12-02 2 not found 35130941
ARTEMIS 2025-11-03 2 not found 35130940

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