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MITCHELL County

District 11 · Permian (East) · Permits since 1977-06-06 · Data through 2026-08-26

All Permits Operators

Mitchell County permitting is running 2.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (8 total, versus 2 in the prior quarter). SAGUARO PETROLEUM, LLC leads with 13 permits in the past 12 months, one of 7 operators active in the county. Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,400 ft (prior year: 6,800 ft); 38% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

32

vs Prior

-29%

Operators (1yr)

7

Avg Depth (1yr)

7,028

Hz % (1yr)

38%

All Time

5,837

Depth Range: 300 - 15,000 ft
SWD wells in MITCHELL County → 1,118 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory
Earthquakes in MITCHELL County → 128 M2+ events in 24mo · TexNet

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

DRILL

31

-10 vs prior

RECOMP

1

= vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
SAGUARO PETROLEUM, LLC1314
BAYSWATER OPERATING COMPANY LLC1226
RHB EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,LLC216
KEK EXPLORATION LLC25
SD ROYALE ENERGY, INC.1149
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC10
ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY10

Recent Permits

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PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
918113CP# 26-146 CATHODIC PROTECTIONDRILL2026-08-26
917121LUXOR 9-3-60DRILL2026-07-16
917122MEMPHIS 9-3-60DRILL2026-07-16
915988OASIS 9-16-33-40DRILL2026-06-29
915987OASIS 9-16-33-40DRILL2026-06-29
916708SPADE 18DRILL2026-06-26
916293NILE 9-16-33-40DRILL2026-06-15
916292NILE 9-16-33-40DRILL2026-06-15
915657SE-118DRILL2026-05-19
914339MCCABE, V. T.RECOMP2026-03-24

Formations Beneath MITCHELL County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Clear Fork2,6632,578
San Andres1,5871,620
Yates1,087601
Queen9921,077
Glorieta6532,332
San Angelo5592,375
Seven Rivers349765
Grayburg2621,500