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HARDIN County

District 3 · Gulf Coast (Southeast) · Permits since 1977-06-02 · Data through 2026-08-14

All Permits Operators

Hardin County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter). WHITEHEAD RESOURCES, LTD. leads with 5 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county. 2 operators filed a first Hardin County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 5,250 ft (prior year: 5,100 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (90d)

1

vs Prior

-67%

Operators (90d)

1

Avg Depth (90d)

4,500

Hz % (90d)

0%

All Time

3,741

Depth Range: 372 - 19,500 ft
SWD wells in HARDIN County → 114 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

1

-1 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
WHITEHEAD RESOURCES, LTD.5121
FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC151
GATEWAY OPERATING LLC10
HURD ENTERPRISES, LTD.10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
917815ARRIOLA FEEDRILL2026-08-14
914835ARRIOLA FEERENTR2026-04-16
914487ARRIOLA FEEDRILL2026-04-06
914275ARRIOLA FEEDRILL2026-03-24
912865VFEDRILL2026-02-18
913251ELLIOT, F.P FEEDRILL2026-02-11
913117ARRIOLA FEEDRILL2026-02-02
912783PETTY ETAL GUDRILL2026-01-26
910023RISE EFF DOTY JACKSONDRILL2025-08-28
909963WING, WILSON D.DRILL2025-08-21

New to HARDIN County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
GATEWAY OPERATING LLC2026-02-181first TX permits
HURD ENTERPRISES, LTD.2026-01-261active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath HARDIN County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Miocene (undifferentiated)4111,322
Yegua3357,020
Frio2873,625
Wilcox1039,696
Vicksburg925,627
Caprock891,595
Jackson675,330
Cook Mountain268,682