Texas Drilling Permits, Wells & Operators
Live intelligence on Texas Railroad Commission data — drilling permits, wells, operators, lease production, saltwater disposal, and emerging-sector activity, updated as filings post.
Total Permits
952,612
Last 90 Days
2,203
Trend
Operators
299
active (90d)
Counties
138
with permits
Water
→The Texas saltwater disposal market: permitted SWD capacity, actual injected volumes, and disposal operators by county, from RRC UIC permits and H-10 filings.
247 MMbbl/d permitted injection capacity statewide · 36 disposal permits (90d)
Basins
→Permit activity by basin — top counties, leading operators, and drilling trends across the major Texas plays.
Emerging Sectors
→Energy-transition drilling tagged from RRC permits — carbon storage, geothermal, lithium brine, hydrogen storage, and helium.
Reports
→Standing views on Texas drilling: daily permit flow, spud conversion, county momentum, operator rankings, and production decline.
Hot Counties
Most active in the last 90 days
New Entrants
First permits filed in the last 12 months
Recent Permits
Latest filings across all districts