# Drake Exploration Files Their First Leases In Leon County
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891
**Category:** Leon County, TX
**Created:** [June 11, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891 "2025-06-11T01:35:06Z")
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Herrington](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_Herrington)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/1 "2025-06-11T01:35:06Z")
Drake recorded 18 lease memos in Leon County on June 6. These are their first filings in Leon.
The leases cover 14,059 acres in 14 surveys bordering on Houston and Anderson Counties:
And now things are getting interesting! Drake has obtained leases in two large tracts in which Vanna also has leases! Each of them has leases with multiple mineral owners (but not the same people) in an 8,500-acre tract and a 1,500-acre tract. Will be interesting to see how this gets worked out.
Has the battle for acreage between Mitsui and Expand (Chesapeake) begun?
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### Author:  [@Donald\_wilson](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Donald_wilson)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/2 "2025-06-12T01:55:16Z")
Great info Alan. I really appreciate you sharing on the forum. I have learned several things from your posts. I have some minerals that I have inherited in the area and would like to keep up with activity in the area. Where do you find documentation of these new leases? It would be great to be aware of these new leases.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Herrington](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_Herrington)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/3 "2025-06-12T02:12:44Z")
Most counties have online access to their Deed Records. I look through various County deed records daily looking for new oil/gas related filings.
Here’s a link for the Leon County Deed Records:
[https://i2i.uslandrecords.com/TX/Leon/D/Default.aspx](https://i2i.uslandrecords.com/TX/Leon/D/Default.aspx)
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Hill](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lynn_Hill)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/4 "2025-06-14T21:07:25Z")
Where could I get information on the Northwest part of Houston County? I used to check things out on TRRc, but it’s been at least 5 years since I looked at that website and I know there have been changes. Is there an easier way to navigate that site?
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### Author:  [@nielloeb](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/nielloeb)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/5 "2025-06-17T14:49:35Z")
> **[Houston County, TX](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/texas-mineral-rights/houston-county-tx/730)**
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> This is the Houston County, TX category. Discussions here should be specifically related to this geographic area. Share your experience regarding lease bonus offers, royalty rates, drilling activity, and general oil gas related news.
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### Author:  [@Mineral\_Owner5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mineral_Owner5)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/6 "2025-08-05T21:46:04Z")
I’m not aware of Expand (Chesapeake) having ever drilled and produced a Western Haynesville or horizontal deep well in any of these counties like Leon, Freestone, or Anderson Counties! I think that is also something to consider when leasing to them.
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### Author:  [@nielloeb](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/nielloeb)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/7 "2025-08-05T23:54:16Z")
Chesapeake leased in Leon at least in 2006, 2007, and 2011. I have no record of them finding anything.
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### Author:  [@Akranch](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Akranch)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/8 "2025-08-06T01:11:43Z")
They leased the back part of our ranch in 2006. They wanted to connect us up with the Porter farm in Houston County. They tried to buy out Hilcorp then but Hilcorp wouldn’t sell to them. I bet Hilcorp kicked themselves in the butt after what they sold this Alabama Ferry Field for in 2016.
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### Author:  [@gergs1973](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/gergs1973)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/9 "2025-08-06T14:36:31Z")
I remember, they didn’t do much for us.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/drake-exploration-files-their-first-leases-in-leon-county/81891/10 "2025-09-09T01:36:03Z")
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