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LIMESTONE County

District 13 · Barnett / North Texas · Permits since 1977-06-09 · Data through 2026-06-26

All Permits Operators

Limestone County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter). HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY leads with 6 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county. One operator filed a first Limestone County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 13,952 ft (prior year: 5,600 ft); 17% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (6mo)

4

vs Prior

+100%

Operators (6mo)

1

Avg Depth (6mo)

14,559

Hz % (6mo)

25%

All Time

2,731

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

4

+2 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY6489

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
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
910274W.O. STONE GAS UNIT NO. 1RECOMP2025-09-08
910273BEACHCOMBER GAS UNIT NO. 2RECOMP2025-09-08
904892TIPPIE-6 R-5DRILL2025-01-06
895553L8A(2ND)-22 UNITDRILL2024-01-08
895450L8A(2ND)-21 UNITDRILL2024-01-08
895120TIPPIE4 SCOTTDRILL2023-11-13

New to LIMESTONE County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY2025-09-086active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath LIMESTONE County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Travis Peak1,1878,086
Pettit1,1237,852
Cotton Valley83010,602
Bossier74711,514
BMA5357,496
Rodessa3346,543
Austin Chalk1863,395
Glen Rose1845,510