Odessa, Goldsmith, Notrees: 32,600 wells drilled under the Permian's largest city, which means an unusual number of small town lot and subdivision mineral interests.
Ector County is Odessa, and Odessa changes what mineral ownership looks like here. Roughly 32,653 wells have been drilled in this county with about 7,770 still producing, and a meaningful share of the mineral estate sits under town lots and subdivisions rather than under ranch land.
That produces very small decimals and a great many owners per section. It is the classic profile of an interest nobody will return a call about, because running title, preparing a deed, and recording it costs the same whether the interest is worth two thousand dollars or two hundred thousand. We buy them, with no minimum, and we pay all the closing costs.
The county is also genuinely varied. Ector spans the Central Basin Platform, the eastern edge of the Midland Basin, and areas with real horizontal Barnett, Lower Spraberry and Wolfcamp A activity. A county average is meaningless here; your section is what matters. Five rigs were running and 34 permits were approved in the last 90 days.
Occidental, Diamondback, Formentera Partners, and Aghorn Energy are the largest producing operators.
As everywhere in Texas, legal descriptions run on abstracts and surveys rather than section, township and range, there is no general forced pooling, and there is no state income tax, so nothing is withheld from your proceeds at closing.
Send whatever you have, even if it is only an address and an old check stub, and we will find the interest and value it free.
5
Running for Occidental, Diamondback, Formentera Partners
34
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New wells turned to sales in the county.
County totals. Source: Enverus, as of 2026-08-17. Rigs are currently active; permits are those approved in the last 90 days; completions are wells reporting first production in the last 90 days, which lags by state. A zero does not mean nothing is happening, only that nothing was reported in that window. Activity like this is exactly what moves mineral value. If it is happening near you, find out what your interest is worth before you take anyone's offer.
One of the most drilled intervals here over the last five years.
The historic backbone of Ector County production.
Modern horizontal targets developed across parts of the county.
Roughly 32,653 wells drilled with about 7,770 still producing.
Wherever your tract sits in Ector County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown.
Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster.
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