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LEE County

District 5 · East Texas · Permits since 1977-06-13 · Data through 2026-09-10

All Permits Operators

Lee County permitting is running 3.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (9 total, versus 4 in the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week. SAGE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC leads with 18 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county. 2 operators filed a first Lee County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,200 ft (prior year: 8,500 ft); 100% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (90d)

9

vs Prior

+125%

Operators (90d)

4

Avg Depth (90d)

8,903

Hz % (90d)

100%

All Time

3,687

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

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

7

+3 vs prior

RECOMP

2

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
SAGE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC1817
MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS OPERATING LLC9391
WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC225
IRONBLOOM OPERATING, LLC27

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
917913LAGUNA ADRILL2026-09-10
917927LAGUNA BDRILL2026-08-21
917170NELDARECOMP2026-07-16
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

New to LEE County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
WILDFIRE ENERGY OPERATING LLC2026-08-212active elsewhere in TX
IRONBLOOM OPERATING, LLC2026-07-162first TX permits

Formations Beneath LEE County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Austin Chalk8467,736
Pecan Gap5607,256
Navarro4995,106
Eagle Ford4618,264
Taylor3935,610
Wilcox2213,672
Midway1714,600
Buda1718,328