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Crane County, Texas drilling permits and activity

Week of Oct 5 to Oct 11, 2026.

13 permits filed, 6 permits issued, 1 permit amended, 29 completions reported.

Some of this week's nightly runs did not complete, so this may be incomplete.

Most active operators

1. BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 41 permits and completions
2. BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC 2 permits and completions
3. CITATION OIL & GAS CORP. 2 permits and completions
4. AD ASTRA RESOURCES, LLC 1 permit or completion
5. FORMENTERA OPERATIONS LLC 1 permit or completion

Notable filings

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  COWDEN, JAX M., ET AL /NCT-D/ #17

  Operator: CITATION OIL & GAS CORP. API 42-103-30889

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  M.B. MCKNIGHT #10

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC API 42-103-35678

• A drilling permit was applied for and issued Oct 5 to Oct 9

  SALINAS #7222H

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC Permit 919136

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  UL CAMINO 22501 A 30-31-42 #04H

  Operator: BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC API 42-103-37710

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  WADDELL TR A #652X

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC API 42-103-02101

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  WADDELL TR A #657

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC API 42-103-02106

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  WADDELL TR A #1038

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC API 42-103-30466

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  WADDELL TR A #1258

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC API 42-103-33249

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  WADDELL TR A #4011H

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC API 42-103-37023

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  WADDELL TR A #4037H

  Operator: BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC API 42-103-37390

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Recent activity

Over the 4 weeks from Sep 14 to Oct 11, 2026: 16 permits filed, 12 permits issued, 5 amendments applied for, 12 permits amended, 111 completions reported, 17 operator changes. Some weeks in that span could not be confirmed.

Operator changes and production postings come from monthly RRC records, so what they report can be weeks or months old.

Recent weeks

• Week of Oct 5 to Oct 11, 2026 (shown above)
• Week of Sep 28 to Oct 4, 2026
• Week of Sep 21 to Sep 27, 2026
• Week of Sep 14 to Sep 20, 2026

Every week on record for Crane County

Busiest Texas counties this week

1. Upton County 85 permits and completions
2. Midland County 63 permits and completions
3. Martin County 62 permits and completions
4. DeWitt County 47 permits and completions
5. Loving County 45 permits and completions

Counts and filings come from the Texas Railroad Commission's public records for the week shown and are summarized the same way as the NetAcre™ Monday county digest. How these pages are made.