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DE WITT County

District 4 · Gulf Coast (Southwest) · Permits since 1977-01-18 · Data through 2026-08-31

All Permits Operators

De Witt County permitting is running 16 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (49 total, up 40% on the prior quarter). DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P. leads with 74 permits in the past 12 months, one of 7 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first De Witt County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 14,000 ft; 99% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (90d)

49

vs Prior

+40%

Operators (90d)

5

Avg Depth (90d)

16,582

Hz % (90d)

100%

All Time

6,958

Depth Range: 520 - 26,000 ft
SWD wells in DE WITT County → 31 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

49

+14 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO, L.P.74562
BURLINGTON RESOURCES O & G CO LP66858
BPX OPERATING COMPANY31591
MARATHON OIL EF LLC10284
REPSOL OIL & GAS USA, LLC879
ENSIGN NATURAL RESOURCES II LLC40
HURD ENTERPRISES, LTD.132

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
918013W. BUTLER ADRILL2026-08-31
917955STEEN-MUSSELMAN HDRILL2026-08-26
917954STEEN-MUSSELMAN GDRILL2026-08-26
918024W. BUTLER ADRILL2026-08-25
918023W. BUTLER ADRILL2026-08-25
918025W. BUTLER ADRILL2026-08-25
917953STEEN-MUSSELMAN FDRILL2026-08-21
917952STEEN-STEEN EDRILL2026-08-21
917318RUCKMAN RANCH UNITDRILL2026-07-29
917325RUCKMAN RANCH UNITDRILL2026-07-24

New to DE WITT County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
ENSIGN NATURAL RESOURCES II LLC2026-08-214first TX permits

Formations Beneath DE WITT County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Austin Chalk2,81312,386
Eagle Ford2,75812,771
Wilcox2,3575,808
Yegua2,0122,524
Vicksburg1,2611,534
Frio1,152900
Pecan Gap85812,109
Anacacho56812,183