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Starr County, Texas Wells Summary

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Total wells

535
Starr County

Last 60 days

4
wells drilled

Prior 60 days

7
to compare against

60-day trend

-3
vs prior 60d

Starr County contains 535 wells on file, with top operators including SMITH PRODUCTION INC. and KILLAM OIL CO., LTD..

Wells in Starr span several oil & gas fields including RINCON (VICKSBURG CONS.) and HINDE (VICKSBURG CONSOLIDATED).

Most recent well on record: YZAGUIRRE, operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY — last updated July 2026.

County FIPS Code: 48427

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

Starr 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.
174 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Starr County by total wells

SMITH PRODUCTION INC.90KILLAM OIL CO., LTD.66OXY USA INC.65MERIT ENERGY COMPANY49HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY22TRAP ROCK OIL, LTD.20FOREST OIL CORPORATION19URBAN OIL & GAS GROUP, LLC18APACHE CORPORATION16LEGEND NATURAL GAS III, LP15

Operators: Smith Production Inc., Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Oxy Usa Inc., Merit Energy Company, Hilcorp Energy Company, Trap Rock Oil, Ltd., Forest Oil Corporation, Urban Oil & Gas Group, Llc, Apache Corporation, Legend Natural Gas Iii, Lp.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Starr County

RINCON (VICKSBURG CONS.)81HINDE (VICKSBURG CONSOLIDATED)75LYDA (VICKSBURG LOWER)24RINCON, N. (VICKSBURG CONS.)23FLORES, W. (VKSBRG, GEOPRESSURE)21FLORES (VICKSBURG, LOWER)19GARCIAS RIDGE (QUEEN CITY)18BRAULIA, EAST (VICKSBURG CONS.)13BOYLE12WILDCAT10

Fields: Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.), Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated), Lyda (Vicksburg Lower), Rincon, N. (Vicksburg Cons.), Flores, W. (Vksbrg, Geopressure), Flores (Vicksburg, Lower), Garcias Ridge (Queen City), Braulia, East (Vicksburg Cons.), Boyle, Wildcat.

Top Counties in Texas most active by total wells

Compare Starr 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
YZAGUIRRE 2026-07-17 2 MERIT ENERGY COMPANY 42732468
I. V. MONTALVO C 2026-07-10 13 KILLAM OIL CO., LTD. 42734743
MCKINNEY, AMANDA 2026-07-09 4 KILLAM OIL CO., LTD. 42734500
MONTALVO, N. R. 2026-06-15 9 TRIAD O&G, LLC 42734817
ALBERTO ALANIZ 2026-06-11 MUELLER EXPLORATION, INC. 42734821
HEARD 2026-05-27 4 DEWBRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION 42733275
OLIVARES, A. 2026-05-15 6 KILLAM OIL CO., LTD. 42734798
I.V. MONTALVO A 2026-04-09 18 KILLAM OIL CO., LTD. 42734762
I.V. MONTALVO C 2026-03-25 18 KILLAM OIL CO., LTD. 42734736
YZAGUIRRE 227 2026-02-23 MERIT ENERGY COMPANY 42733377

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