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MADISON County

District 6 · East Texas · Permits since 1977-06-06 · Data through 2026-09-21

All Permits Operators

Madison County permitting is running 2.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (7 total, versus 5 in the prior quarter). EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC leads with 8 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. 2 operators filed a first Madison County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,740 ft (prior year: 9,500 ft); 38% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (6mo)

12

vs Prior

+1100%

Operators (6mo)

2

Avg Depth (6mo)

11,581

Hz % (6mo)

33%

All Time

1,837

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

Permit Activity

Permit Types (6mo)

RECOMP

8

NEW vs prior

DRILL

4

+3 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
EMPIRE TEXAS OPERATING LLC863
CYTEX SOUTH TEXAS OPERATING LLC40
BULL RUN RESOURCES, LLC10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
918715BOWIE SDRILL2026-09-21
918714BOWIE NDRILL2026-09-21
917995CROCKETT BDRILL2026-09-04
917998CROCKETT ADRILL2026-09-02
917352FT TRINIDAD UPPER GLEN ROSE UNITRECOMP2026-08-03
916990FORREST D STATE UNITRECOMP2026-07-10
916990FORRESTRECOMP2026-07-10
916220JOYCE D UNITRECOMP2026-06-10
916220JOYCE D UNITRECOMP2026-06-10
916100W.M. FORREST DRECOMP2026-06-03

New to MADISON County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
CYTEX SOUTH TEXAS OPERATING LLC2026-09-024active elsewhere in TX
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 Ford2258,596
Wilcox1693,712
Pecan Gap1267,126