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HOPKINS County

District 6 · East Texas · Permits since 1977-08-23 · Data through 2026-08-06

All Permits Operators

Hopkins County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 2 in the prior quarter). BRIGHT STAR EXPLORATION, LLC leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. 3 operators filed a first Hopkins County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,200 ft (prior year: 8,650 ft); 29% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

7

vs Prior

+75%

Operators (1yr)

3

Avg Depth (1yr)

7,961

Hz % (1yr)

29%

All Time

295

Depth Range: 200 - 14,800 ft
SWD wells in HOPKINS County → 23 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

DRILL

5

+1 vs prior

RENTR

2

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
BRIGHT STAR EXPLORATION, LLC30
PICKTON GAS STORAGE LLC2141
ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY20

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
917614PICKTON PROJECT UNITDRILL2026-08-06
917612PICKTON PROJECT UNITDRILL2026-08-06
915719RT 249 TEXOMADRILL2026-05-27
915470RT 249 TEXOMADRILL2026-05-12
911707WILLIS W STEWARTRENTR2025-11-19
911709KEMPENAARDRILL2025-11-19
911707WILLIS W STEWARTRENTR2025-11-19
910212COSMODRILL2025-09-04
905206TABBY (ALLOC)DRILL2025-01-24
905206MALLOY UNITDRILL2025-01-24

New to HOPKINS County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
BRIGHT STAR EXPLORATION, LLC2025-11-193first TX permits
PICKTON GAS STORAGE LLC2026-08-062first TX permits
ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY2026-05-122active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath HOPKINS County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Austin Chalk663,838
Woodbine564,272
Paluxy485,130
Pecan Gap372,385
Sub-Clarksville343,976
Massive Anhydrite (marker)327,670
Smackover259,349
Goodland234,755