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MITCHELL County

District 11 · Permian (East) · Permits since 1977-06-06 · Data through 2026-07-16

All Permits Operators

Mitchell County permitting is running 2.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (8 total, versus 6 in the prior quarter). BAYSWATER OPERATING COMPANY LLC leads with 16 permits in the past 12 months, one of 7 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Mitchell County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,300 ft (prior year: 6,800 ft); 42% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (90d)

8

vs Prior

+33%

Operators (90d)

3

Avg Depth (90d)

6,588

Hz % (90d)

75%

All Time

5,835

Depth Range: 300 - 15,000 ft
SWD wells in MITCHELL County → 1,118 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory
Earthquakes in MITCHELL County → 132 M2+ events in 24mo · TexNet

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

8

+3 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
BAYSWATER OPERATING COMPANY LLC1626
SAGUARO PETROLEUM, LLC1314
KEK EXPLORATION LLC45
RHB EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION,LLC216
SD ROYALE ENERGY, INC.1149
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATINGLLC10
ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY10

Recent Permits

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PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
917122MEMPHIS 9-3-60DRILL2026-07-16
917121LUXOR 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
913974SPADE 15DRILL2026-03-11

New to MITCHELL County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
KEK EXPLORATION LLC2025-09-024active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath MITCHELL County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Clear Fork2,6602,578
San Andres1,5851,620
Yates1,087601
Queen9921,077
Glorieta6512,332
San Angelo5592,375
Seven Rivers349765
Grayburg2621,500