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CRANE County

District 10 · Permian (West) · Permits since 1977-06-07 · Data through 2026-09-08

All Permits Operators

Crane County permitting is running 12 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (36 total, down 45% on the prior quarter). 6 were issued in the past week. BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC leads with 114 permits in the past 12 months, one of 9 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Crane County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,999 ft; 86% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (all)

10030

Operators (all)

423

Avg Depth (all)

6,073

Hz % (all)

9%

All Time

10,031

Depth Range: 151 - 23,771 ft
SWD wells in CRANE County → 1,177 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (all)

DRILL

6825

RECOMP

2794

RENTR

185

OTHER

134

FLD-XFR

63

RECLASS

29

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC1143030
BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC3211
RING ENERGY, INC.271047
MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY235
SLANT OPERATING, LLC412
SM ENERGY COMPANY32
PITTS ENERGY CO.279
GREEN CENTURY EXP & PROD, LLC220
WTG EXPLORATION11

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
917498LEA, P.J. ETALDRILL2026-09-08
918341DAVY JONES NRECOMP2026-09-04
918343DAVY JONES NRECOMP2026-09-04
918322WADDELL TR 3DRILL2026-09-04
918346WADDELL 13-25 6BNDRILL2026-09-04
918345WADDELL TR 3DRILL2026-09-04
918299DAVY JONES NRECOMP2026-09-03
918298DAVY JONES NRECOMP2026-09-03
918200TUBB, J. B. -A-DRILL2026-09-01
918202TUBB, J. B. -A-DRILL2026-09-01

New to CRANE County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
WTG EXPLORATION2026-04-241active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath CRANE County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
San Andres2,7062,965
Yates2,5321,735
Grayburg2,4632,760
Rustler2,050556
Queen1,7582,388
Clear Fork1,4373,992
Tubb1,3654,319
San Angelo1,2403,600