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Rusk County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

718
Rusk County

Last 60 days

3
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

6
to compare against

60-day trend

-3
vs prior 60d

Rusk County contains 718 wells on file, with top operators including SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION and SABINE OIL & GAS LLC.

Wells in Rusk span several oil & gas fields including EAST TEXAS and HENDERSON, E. (COTTON VALLEY).

Most recent well on record: HENDERSON E, operated by BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC. — last updated August 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48401

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

Rusk 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.
302 wells plotted · 2 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Rusk County by total wells

SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION117SABINE OIL & GAS LLC49FOREST OIL CORPORATION44ZONE ENERGY, LLC42BASA RESOURCES, INC.36KJ ENERGY, LLC36NFR ENERGY, LLC35MEMORIAL PRODUCTION OPER. LLC29BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC.27TANOS EXPLORATION II, LLC25

Operators: Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation, Sabine Oil & Gas Llc, Forest Oil Corporation, Zone Energy, Llc, Basa Resources, Inc., Kj Energy, Llc, Nfr Energy, Llc, Memorial Production Oper. Llc, Buffco Production Inc., Tanos Exploration Ii, Llc.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Rusk County

EAST TEXAS144HENDERSON, E. (COTTON VALLEY)135MINDEN (TRAVIS PEAK CONS.)101OAK HILL (COTTON VALLEY)93BRACHFIELD, S.E. (COTTON VALLEY)54MINDEN (COTTON VALLEY CONS.)50OAK HILL (TRAVIS PEAK)42HENDERSON (RUSK CO. PETTIT)17OAK HILL (PETTIT)17CARTHAGE (HAYNESVILLE SHALE)14

Fields: East Texas, Henderson, E. (Cotton Valley), Minden (Travis Peak Cons.), Oak Hill (Cotton Valley), Brachfield, S.e. (Cotton Valley), Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.), Oak Hill (Travis Peak), Henderson (Rusk Co. Pettit), Oak Hill (Pettit), Carthage (Haynesville Shale).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Rusk 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
HENDERSON E 2026-08-19 BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC. 40132970
HILLIN NORTH (AW) 2026-07-28 BUCKHORN OPERATING LLC 40135492
PEGGY HARRIS (AW) 2026-06-23 BUCKHORN OPERATING LLC 40135491
SPARKMAN GAS UNIT 2026-05-27 2 BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC. 40134901
WILMA 2026-05-19 2 BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC. 40134730
WAGGONER 2026-05-13 4 STROUD PETROLEUM, INC. 40134811
THEALE NORTH (AW) 2026-04-27 4 RFE OPERATING, LLC 40135494
THEALE SOUTH (AW) 2026-04-17 4 RFE OPERATING, LLC 40135493
BENNYE SILER UNIT 2026-04-14 7 BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC. 40132389
EAST MINDEN SALTWATER DISPOSAL 2026-03-05 not found 40134605

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