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LIMESTONE County

District 13 · Barnett / North Texas · Permits since 1977-06-09 · Data through 2026-09-22

All Permits Operators

Limestone County permitting is running 1.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (4 total, versus 4 in the prior quarter). HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY leads with 6 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Limestone County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 13,722 ft (prior year: 13,205 ft); 38% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (6mo)

8

vs Prior

NEW

Operators (6mo)

3

Avg Depth (6mo)

11,406

Hz % (6mo)

38%

All Time

2,735

Depth Range: 240 - 21,000 ft
SWD wells in LIMESTONE County → 25 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (6mo)

RECOMP

6

NEW vs prior

DRILL

2

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY6489
SOUTHWEST OPERATING, INC.-TYLER12
ATMOS PIPELINE - TEXAS10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
918728NM 1011DRILL2026-09-22
918565CP# 26-152 CATHODIC PROTECTIONDRILL2026-09-16
918183CARPENTER GAS UNIT IIRECOMP2026-09-14
918004ROBERT SHAW GAS UNIT NO. 1RECOMP2026-08-24
916743W. O. STONE GAS UNIT NO. 1RECOMP2026-06-26
914828STANDLEY GAS UNIT NO. 1RECOMP2026-04-20
914703CARPENTER GAS UNIT IIRECOMP2026-04-16
914681STANDLEY GAS UNIT NO. 1RECOMP2026-04-09
910273BEACHCOMBER GAS UNIT NO. 2RECOMP2025-09-08
910274W.O. STONE GAS UNIT NO. 1RECOMP2025-09-08

New to LIMESTONE County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
ATMOS PIPELINE - TEXAS2026-09-161active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath LIMESTONE County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Travis Peak1,1878,086
Pettit1,1237,853
Cotton Valley83110,603
Bossier74711,514
BMA5357,496
Rodessa3346,543
Austin Chalk1863,395
Glen Rose1845,510