JACKSON County

District 4 · Gulf Coast (Southwest) · Permits since 1977-06-06 · Data through 2025-12-23

Jackson County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued 2025-12-23. BEARD OIL COMPANY, LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Jackson County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,815 ft (prior year: 6,497 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (all)

6612

Operators (all)

729

Avg Depth (all)

6,735

Hz % (all)

1%

All Time

6,612

Depth Range: 40 - 69,006 ft
SWD wells in JACKSON County → 188 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (all)

RECOMP

3178

DRILL

3176

OTHER

121

RENTR

106

RECLASS

23

FLD-XFR

8

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
19
14
12
12
11

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
LORENZENDRILL2025-12-23
YAUSSI BDRILL2025-12-15
L RANCH D UNITRECOMP2025-09-18
HESSRENTR2025-08-21
MAUDE K. HILLYERRECOMP2025-08-08
ROSE-SAMPLERENTR2025-03-25
LORENZENRECOMP2025-03-21
WEST RANCH (41-A/98-A CONS) UNITRECOMP2024-12-10
YAUSSI BDRILL2024-12-04
WEST RANCH -A-RECOMP2024-11-13

New to JACKSON County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
2025-08-081first TX permits

Formations Beneath JACKSON County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Frio1,2045,000
Catahoula8354,261
Greta3755,080
Miocene (undifferentiated)3211,800
Yegua1627,476
Vicksburg1285,624
Jackson645,925
Wilcox2910,040