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Newton County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

108
Newton County

Last 60 days

3
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

5
to compare against

60-day trend

-2
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: ATHENA, operated by THERON ENERGY OPERATING, LLC — last updated July 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48351

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

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.5UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY4HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY4COPESTONE OPERATING, LLC4not found3

Operators: Anadarko E&p Company Lp, Prime Operating Company, Foundation Energy Management Llc, Prize Exploration & Prod, Llc, Samson Exploration, Llc, Xto Energy Inc., Unit Petroleum Company, Hilcorp Energy Company, Copestone Operating, Llc, 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 · 11,361 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
ATHENA 2026-07-13 2 THERON ENERGY OPERATING, LLC 35130944
ARTEMIS 2026-07-07 6 THERON ENERGY OPERATING, LLC 35130940
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
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

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