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Somervell County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

48
Somervell County

Most recent drilling

Jan 2016
~10 years ago

First on record

2011
records span 5 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Somervell County contains 48 wells on file, with top operators including QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. and COMPLETE ENERGY SERVICES, INC..

The only oil & gas field intersecting Somervell is NEWARK, EAST (BARNETT SHALE).

Most recent well on record: 4M SWD, operated by COMPLETE ENERGY SERVICES, INC. — last updated January 2016.

County FIPS Code: 48425

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

Somervell 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.
2 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Somervell County by total wells

QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.47COMPLETE ENERGY SERVICES, INC.1

Operators: Quicksilver Resources Inc., Complete Energy Services, Inc..

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Somervell County

NEWARK, EAST (BARNETT SHALE)48

Fields: Newark, East (Barnett Shale).

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Somervell 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
4M SWD 2016-01-21 2 COMPLETE ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 42530118
BRANHAM KELLER UNIT 2013-01-15 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530277
BRANHAM KELLER UNIT 2013-01-07 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530278
BRANHAM KELLER UNIT 2013-01-07 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530272
BRANHAM KELLER UNIT 2012-07-31 2 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530273
HOODENPYLE UNIT 2012-07-23 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530275
REBECCA BROWN KELLER UNIT 2012-07-11 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530236
DUGGER HEWLETT NORTH UNIT 2012-06-26 2 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530184
DUGGER HEWLETT NORTH UNIT 2012-06-07 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530181
BARKER COFFMAN UNIT 2012-05-18 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. 42530270

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