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LIPSCOMB County

District 14 · Panhandle / Haynesville · Permits since 1977-06-08 · Data through 2026-05-18

All Permits Operators

Lipscomb County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, after a quiet prior quarter). MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,325 ft (prior year: 8,248 ft); 80% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

5

vs Prior

-67%

Operators (1yr)

3

Avg Depth (1yr)

8,372

Hz % (1yr)

80%

All Time

5,120

Depth Range: 1 - 20,000 ft
SWD wells in LIPSCOMB County → 24 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory
Earthquakes in LIPSCOMB County → 35 M2+ events in 24mo · TexNet

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

DRILL

4

-10 vs prior

RECOMP

1

= vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY2365
DUNCAN OIL PROPERTIES, INC.218
UPLAND RESOURCES LLC117

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
915664KELLN 205DRILL2026-05-18
915169ARLENEDRILL2026-04-29
915175DOTRECOMP2026-04-29
911171KELLN 201/152 ADRILL2025-10-20
909884STARDRILL2025-08-15
908637ARLENEDRILL2025-07-14
907878JOHNSON-KELLN 148/205 ADRILL2025-05-13
907878JOHNSON-KELLN 148/205 ADRILL2025-05-13
906410MICHELLE-JONES 91/86 ADRILL2025-04-03
907105GOSSETT 967DRILL2025-04-03

Formations Beneath LIPSCOMB County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Cleveland1,8697,755
Tonkawa1,3506,606
Douglas1,1246,100
Brown Dolomite6753,470
Morrow5409,150
Atoka3019,065
Pennsylvanian2485,030
Kansas City2177,096