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MADISON County

District 6 · East Texas · Permits since 1977-06-06 · Data through 2026-08-03

All Permits Operators

Madison County permitting is running 1.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (5 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter). EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC leads with 7 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Madison County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 10,745 ft (prior year: 9,500 ft); 13% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (all)

1832

Operators (all)

262

Avg Depth (all)

10,052

Hz % (all)

31%

All Time

1,832

Depth Range: 250 - 24,000 ft
SWD wells in MADISON County → 23 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (all)

DRILL

1519

RECOMP

251

RENTR

26

OTHER

26

FLD-XFR

9

RECLASS

1

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC763
BULL RUN RESOURCES, LLC10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
917352FT TRINIDAD UPPER GLEN ROSE UNITRECOMP2026-08-03
916990FORRESTRECOMP2026-07-10
916220JOYCE D UNITRECOMP2026-06-10
916220JOYCE D UNITRECOMP2026-06-10
916100W.M. FORREST DRECOMP2026-06-03
915398WAKEFIELD & HARRISON GAS UNIT BRECOMP2026-05-07
914736W.M. FORREST D WELL NO.RECOMP2026-04-14
914359AUGUSTUS UNITDRILL2026-03-27
909689FT TRINIDAD UPPER GLEN ROSE UNITRENTR2025-08-06
909689FT TRINIDAD UPPER GLEN ROSE UNITRENTR2025-08-06

New to MADISON County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
BULL RUN RESOURCES, LLC2026-03-271first TX permits

Formations Beneath MADISON County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Woodbine4858,560
Austin Chalk4548,090
Sub-Clarksville3848,355
Buda2839,420
Georgetown2269,502
Eagle Ford2248,596
Wilcox1683,725
Pecan Gap1267,126