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LEE County

District 5 · East Texas · Permits since 1977-06-13 · Data through 2026-07-16

All Permits Operators

Lee County permitting is running 2.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (8 total, down 27% on the prior quarter). SAGE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC leads with 18 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Lee County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,600 ft (prior year: 8,500 ft); 100% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (30d)

5

vs Prior

+400%

Operators (30d)

3

Avg Depth (30d)

9,213

Hz % (30d)

100%

All Time

3,684

Depth Range: 300 - 20,000 ft
SWD wells in LEE County → 6 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (30d)

DRILL

4

+3 vs prior

RECOMP

1

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
SAGE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC1817
MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC9391
IRONBLOOM OPERATING, LLC17

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
917170NELDARECOMP2026-07-16
916801BUCK TRAVIS TWODRILL2026-07-08
916745ALBERT LUECKE EF SOUTHDRILL2026-07-01
916816ALBERT LUECKE EF NORTHDRILL2026-07-01
916816ALBERT LUECKE EF NORTHDRILL2026-07-01
916744ALBERT LUECKE EF SOUTHDRILL2026-06-29
915583WEAVER EFDRILL2026-05-15
915582WEAVER EFDRILL2026-05-15
914635JASPER EF UNITDRILL2026-04-09
914634JASPER EF UNITDRILL2026-04-09

New to LEE County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
IRONBLOOM OPERATING, LLC2026-07-161first TX permits

Formations Beneath LEE County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Austin Chalk8447,736
Pecan Gap5607,256
Navarro4985,108
Eagle Ford4598,270
Taylor3935,610
Wilcox2193,694
Midway1714,600
Buda1718,328