FRANKLIN County

District 13 · Barnett / North Texas · Permits since 1977-07-19 · Data through 2026-04-23

Franklin County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued 2026-04-23. FAIR OIL, LTD. leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county. 3 operators filed a first Franklin County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,262 ft (prior year: 7,066 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

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Avg Depth (90d)

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551

Depth Range: 210 - 45,550 ft
SWD wells in FRANKLIN County → 32 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

No permits issued in this window — data through 2026-04-23. Widen the time window above to see historical mix.

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
37
20
10
10

Recent Permits

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PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
MARY IDA STONERECOMP2026-04-23
L. D. STEWARTRECOMP2026-04-23
STEWART-BRODY, ET ALRECOMP2026-04-06
T5 BLONDIE LADYDRILL2025-09-17
T5 BLONDIE LADYDRILL2025-09-17
RAMSAY GEOTHERMAL PRODUCERDRILL2025-09-05
AM-73DRILL2025-08-29
MCVAYDRILL2025-02-27
M HERNANDEZRECOMP2025-01-27
RIPLEY CREEKDRILL2023-09-27

New to FRANKLIN County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
2025-09-172first TX permits
2025-09-051first TX permits
2025-08-291active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath FRANKLIN County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Paluxy1794,250
Woodbine1503,250
Goodland954,218
Blossom612,391
Eagle Ford522,510
Pecan Gap421,600
Cotton Valley379,621
Sub-Clarksville332,904