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HEMPHILL County

District 14 · Panhandle / Haynesville · Permits since 1977-06-13 · Data through 2026-09-21

All Permits Operators

Hemphill County permitting is running 2.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (6 total, versus 1 in the prior quarter). MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY leads with 12 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county. 2 operators filed a first Hemphill County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 10,134 ft (prior year: 9,259 ft); 82% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (90d)

6

vs Prior

+500%

Operators (90d)

2

Avg Depth (90d)

10,134

Hz % (90d)

83%

All Time

6,086

Depth Range: 0 - 22,500 ft
SWD wells in HEMPHILL County → 43 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

5

+4 vs prior

RECOMP

1

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY12139
SANGUINE GAS EXPLORATION, LLC20
MMGL TXPH, LLC1770
ENERVEST OPERATING, L.L.C.112
FX ENERGY OPERATING, LLC17

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
918709BOZ 46/44 ADRILL2026-09-21
918711RIPKOWSKI 46/48 ADRILL2026-09-21
917806JONES TRUST 21/22 ADRILL2026-08-18
917805JONES TRUST 21/20 ADRILL2026-08-14
917762HAMMER 56/55 ADRILL2026-08-13
917521YOUNG -2-RECOMP2026-08-10
915663SUPERMAN 38/39 ADRILL2026-05-20
914059THREEMILE CREEK 8805DRILL2026-03-18
914059THREEMILE CREEK 8805DRILL2026-03-18
813869ELM CREEK RANCH 46RECOMP2026-03-06

New to HEMPHILL County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
SANGUINE GAS EXPLORATION, LLC2026-03-182active elsewhere in TX
FX ENERGY OPERATING, LLC2026-08-101active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath HEMPHILL County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Granite Wash1,66211,139
Douglas1,6287,604
Brown Dolomite1,1394,229
Tonkawa1,0018,130
Cleveland9709,750
Oswego81510,533
Atoka48212,596
Pennsylvanian4596,252