On a podcast Jerry Jones was on the end of last year Jerry said he was going to have 26 rigs in Leon County in 2026. I have seen or heard of 26 rigs for Comstock in Leon County. Even Mitusi been pretty quiet. Hilcorp has more drilling going on than the other companies. Anyone have any idea what happened? A friend of mine and I were talking the other day and think the push back on the data centers by some kinda stop a lot of the activity. People need to realize Leon County has changed and will change more in the future. This is 2026 technology not the 1970’s, progress is going to happen and we will have to adapt to it. There no way about it, people want more and more and want it faster and faster. I have said it before when intrastate 45 came into the county. People fought it and said it wasn’t needed. Can you imagine all the traffic driving old 75 today today. People wanted green energy, some ranchers sold out to these companies for solar panels and now they fight them. Its not like they are taking the land for nothing. These ranchers can retire without a worry for the rest of their life and maybe the children to. Commissioner Court is just about full every meeting because someone is complaining. I understood the water consumption for the data centers. But new technology now has cut that down a good bit. My family didn’t get land here until 1970, so I am not a long time rancher here but do understand changes. I don’t like it either but I do understand working together with data centers companies, solar panels companies, and everything else coming in the future is needed. We have to voice our opinions and let them voice their opinions and find common ground for everyone to work together.
Just found this. This could be really interesting on what happens.
There is no way Comstock would have 26 rigs operating in Leon County during 2026. They have been operating four rigs in the Western Haynesville for quite some time. Currently, they have three rigs drilling in Leon, and one in Robertson.