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Texas drilling permits by county
205 Texas counties have drilling-permit activity in the Railroad Commission records. Pick yours to see recent permits, who is drilling there and producing wells — and to order a Mineral Activity Report. For the newest filings statewide, see Texas drilling permits.
| County | Permits | Last yr | Rule 37/38 (thru 2024) | Producing | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland County | 1,409 | 735 | 361 | 5,700 | 42 |
| Reeves County | 1,209 | 569 | 247 | 3,466 | 81 |
| Martin County | 1,109 | 550 | 410 | 5,306 | 45 |
| Upton County | 817 | 551 | 181 | 5,018 | 46 |
| Loving County | 782 | 387 | 173 | 1,763 | 41 |
| Howard County | 653 | 184 | 233 | 3,860 | 40 |
| Reagan County | 610 | 353 | 152 | 4,083 | 36 |
| Karnes County | 491 | 148 | 173 | 3,753 | 25 |
| Webb County | 414 | 232 | 50 | 5,752 | 33 |
| Glasscock County | 408 | 206 | 101 | 3,457 | 32 |
| Ward County | 356 | 134 | 88 | 2,296 | 45 |
| Crane County | 350 | 176 | 61 | 2,793 | 15 |
| La Salle County | 345 | 122 | 118 | 3,650 | 33 |
| Andrews County | 330 | 196 | 49 | 7,755 | 35 |
| Pecos County | 300 | 102 | 86 | 3,172 | 32 |
| Dimmit County | 299 | 132 | 35 | 3,307 | 29 |
| Culberson County | 297 | 166 | 20 | 750 | 17 |
| Ector County | 262 | 163 | 38 | 5,863 | 35 |
| Winkler County | 256 | 125 | 30 | 1,480 | 34 |
| Dewitt County | 246 | 127 | 37 | 1,830 | 15 |
| Yoakum County | 223 | 126 | 15 | 2,824 | 17 |
| San Augustine County | 214 | 191 | 7 | 313 | 13 |
| Gaines County | 213 | 169 | 12 | 3,039 | 27 |
| Harrison County | 208 | 132 | 42 | 1,939 | 26 |
| Panola County | 199 | 110 | 61 | 3,928 | 22 |
| Mcmullen County | 197 | 101 | 40 | 2,760 | 30 |
| Gonzales County | 179 | 82 | 56 | 1,670 | 14 |
| Atascosa County | 139 | 61 | 32 | 1,562 | 17 |
| Irion County | 137 | 81 | 15 | 1,474 | 18 |
| Live Oak County | 131 | 79 | 21 | 963 | 21 |
| Borden County | 122 | 83 | 8 | 475 | 14 |
| Dawson County | 119 | 78 | 15 | 965 | 27 |
| Frio County | 111 | 64 | 16 | 759 | 16 |
| Scurry County | 106 | 34 | 5 | 1,635 | 14 |
| Lavaca County | 95 | 50 | 29 | 535 | 20 |
| Washington County | 77 | 48 | 7 | 282 | 7 |
| Shelby County | 75 | 54 | 9 | 526 | 11 |
| Jack County | 74 | 40 | 1 | 1,572 | 25 |
| Nacogdoches County | 73 | 63 | 5 | 916 | 10 |
| Archer County | 71 | 48 | 0 | 1,963 | 27 |
| Rusk County | 69 | 48 | 10 | 3,499 | 20 |
| Tarrant County | 68 | 11 | 40 | 3,881 | 6 |
| Zavala County | 68 | 24 | 11 | 477 | 11 |
| Refugio County | 63 | 28 | 3 | 219 | 5 |
| Fayette County | 62 | 43 | 13 | 566 | 12 |
| Wilson County | 54 | 28 | 13 | 548 | 8 |
| Wise County | 54 | 26 | 21 | 3,615 | 9 |
| Burleson County | 52 | 22 | 19 | 1,045 | 8 |
| Wilbarger County | 51 | 34 | 2 | 791 | 11 |
| Fisher County | 48 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 18 |
| Maverick County | 48 | 22 | 0 | 590 | 8 |
| Leon County | 47 | 34 | 9 | 554 | 10 |
| Cooke County | 44 | 30 | 1 | 1,622 | 16 |
| Taylor County | 44 | 28 | 3 | 290 | 15 |
| Denton County | 42 | 16 | 25 | 2,695 | 5 |
| Wichita County | 41 | 17 | 3 | 3,546 | 16 |
| Robertson County | 40 | 29 | 2 | 1,003 | 14 |
| Crockett County | 37 | 13 | 5 | 6,650 | 12 |
| Hockley County | 36 | 20 | 1 | 2,870 | 17 |
| Baylor County | 35 | 27 | 0 | 101 | 3 |
| Brazos County | 35 | 7 | 4 | 581 | 5 |
| Hemphill County | 35 | 13 | 15 | 2,043 | 10 |
| Lee County | 35 | 22 | 4 | 510 | 8 |
| Nolan County | 34 | 16 | 3 | 420 | 16 |
| Shackelford County | 34 | 19 | 0 | 1,154 | 14 |
| Clay County | 29 | 17 | 1 | 695 | 12 |
| Young County | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1,810 | 18 |
| Freestone County | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2,155 | 4 |
| Cass County | 27 | 12 | 7 | 94 | 7 |
| Jackson County | 27 | 7 | 2 | 189 | 8 |
| Brazoria County | 26 | 18 | 1 | 155 | 10 |
| Mitchell County | 25 | 21 | 0 | 2,048 | 10 |
| Ochiltree County | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1,177 | 7 |
| Smith County | 24 | 12 | 5 | 776 | 9 |
| Wood County | 24 | 12 | 1 | 382 | 8 |
| Haskell County | 23 | 11 | 1 | 219 | 13 |
| Tyler County | 23 | 9 | 6 | 164 | 13 |
| Bee County | 22 | 9 | 3 | 301 | 12 |
| Moore County | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1,814 | 5 |
| Terry County | 22 | 20 | 2 | 600 | 8 |
| Jones County | 21 | 10 | 0 | 579 | 12 |
| Callahan County | 20 | 10 | 1 | 396 | 13 |
| Grayson County | 20 | 15 | 1 | 420 | 9 |
| Medina County | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1,414 | 5 |
| Throckmorton County | 20 | 5 | 0 | 679 | 9 |
| Gregg County | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3,439 | 11 |
| Madison County | 19 | 15 | 1 | 394 | 7 |
| Roberts County | 19 | 9 | 5 | 777 | 9 |
| Wharton County | 19 | 9 | 1 | 332 | 13 |
| Anderson County | 18 | 12 | 1 | 381 | 11 |
| Caldwell County | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1,464 | 9 |
| Jefferson County | 17 | 13 | 2 | 139 | 10 |
| Victoria County | 17 | 3 | 2 | 181 | 9 |
| Angelina County | 16 | 11 | 2 | 89 | 5 |
| Cherokee County | 16 | 8 | 2 | 455 | 9 |
| Duval County | 16 | 9 | 0 | 685 | 13 |
| Kent County | 16 | 9 | 1 | 408 | 7 |
| King County | 16 | 12 | 0 | 221 | 7 |
| Milam County | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1,541 | 9 |
| Montague County | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2,175 | 8 |
| Garza County | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1,617 | 8 |
| Hardin County | 15 | 6 | 0 | 806 | 8 |
| Houston County | 15 | 13 | 1 | 185 | 8 |
| Stonewall County | 15 | 4 | 1 | 423 | 10 |
| Tom Green County | 15 | 9 | 1 | 290 | 6 |
| Austin County | 14 | 7 | 4 | 107 | 5 |
| Galveston County | 14 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| Jasper County | 14 | 9 | 2 | 122 | 5 |
| Knox County | 14 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 8 |
| Potter County | 14 | 7 | 0 | 621 | 5 |
| Coke County | 13 | 9 | 0 | 168 | 4 |
| Hale County | 13 | 13 | 0 | 143 | 1 |
| Runnels County | 13 | 4 | 1 | 260 | 10 |
| San Patricio County | 13 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 8 |
| Lipscomb County | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1,438 | 7 |
| Morris County | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Palo Pinto County | 12 | 2 | 0 | 975 | 7 |
| Polk County | 12 | 0 | 4 | 255 | 7 |
| Starr County | 12 | 3 | 1 | 776 | 9 |
| Stephens County | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1,486 | 8 |
| Van Zandt County | 12 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 2 |
| Chambers County | 11 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 10 |
| Jim Wells County | 11 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 7 |
| Limestone County | 11 | 9 | 0 | 870 | 4 |
| Marion County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 213 | 4 |
| Trinity County | 11 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Coleman County | 10 | 0 | 2 | 586 | 8 |
| Dickens County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 124 | 5 |
| Johnson County | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2,818 | 4 |
| Nueces County | 10 | 3 | 0 | 255 | 8 |
| Schleicher County | 10 | 3 | 2 | 752 | 7 |
| Dallas County | 9 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 2 |
| Guadalupe County | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1,289 | 5 |
| Hardeman County | 9 | 5 | 1 | 140 | 6 |
| Lubbock County | 9 | 6 | 1 | 284 | 3 |
| Matagorda County | 9 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 7 |
| Wheeler County | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1,932 | 4 |
| Colorado County | 8 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 6 |
| Crosby County | 8 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 2 |
| Edwards County | 8 | 0 | 0 | 416 | 4 |
| Goliad County | 8 | 6 | 0 | 229 | 4 |
| Liberty County | 8 | 4 | 0 | 455 | 5 |
| Eastland County | 7 | 2 | 0 | 570 | 5 |
| Henderson County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 319 | 5 |
| Hidalgo County | 7 | 3 | 0 | 809 | 3 |
| Motley County | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Sutton County | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4,406 | 3 |
| Walker County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| Aransas County | 6 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| Brooks County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 5 |
| Val Verde County | 6 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 2 |
| Hartley County | 5 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 2 |
| Kleberg County | 5 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 2 |
| Navarro County | 5 | 5 | 0 | 569 | 4 |
| Sterling County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 870 | 4 |
| Bexar County | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1,865 | 2 |
| Carson County | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1,136 | 2 |
| Cochran County | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1,306 | 3 |
| Concho County | 4 | 3 | 0 | 165 | 3 |
| Deaf Smith County | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Foard County | 4 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 2 |
| Franklin County | 4 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 2 |
| Oldham County | 4 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| Orange County | 4 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 3 |
| Upshur County | 4 | 1 | 2 | 677 | 3 |
| Bowie County | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Briscoe County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fort Bend County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 2 |
| Gray County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2,627 | 1 |
| Grimes County | 3 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 3 |
| Hansford County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 539 | 3 |
| Harris County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 222 | 3 |
| Hopkins County | 3 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| Kaufman County | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Kenedy County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 2 |
| Newton County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 3 |
| Parker County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1,289 | 3 |
| Sherman County | 3 | 1 | 2 | 810 | 3 |
| Waller County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 3 |
| Brown County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 687 | 2 |
| Calhoun County | 2 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 2 |
| Collin County | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ellis County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| Erath County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 2 |
| Falls County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Hutchinson County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1,953 | 1 |
| Mcculloch County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 2 |
| Mclennan County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| Montgomery County | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 2 |
| Titus County | 2 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 1 |
| Zapata County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2,074 | 2 |
| Bastrop County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 1 |
| Cameron County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Comanche County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 1 |
| Cottle County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 |
| Jim Hogg County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 1 |
| Kinney County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Menard County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 1 |
| Red River County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Sabine County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| San Jacinto County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 |
| San Saba County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terrell County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 537 | 1 |
| Travis County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Williamson County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Open data
The county rollups on this page are published as an open CSV under a CC-BY-4.0 licence, with a permanent DOI, so anyone can check our numbers or reuse them: Texas Oil & Gas Wells and Drilling Permits — County-Level Statistics (doi:10.5281/zenodo.21505527) — also mirrored on figshare, Hugging Face, OSF, GitHub and Kaggle.
Companion dataset, the same records rolled up by company instead of by county: Texas oil & gas operators.
Aggregate county rollups only — individual permit and wellbore records stay on this site. The permit window in the CSV starts where our load of the Railroad Commission's daily permit feed reaches full monthly strength; it is not the complete historical RRC permit record, and the CSV says so.