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NEWTON County

District 6 · East Texas · Permits since 1977-07-22 · Data through 2026-02-02

All Permits Operators

Newton County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued 2026-02-02. THERON ENERGY OPERATING, LLC leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Newton County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,100 ft (prior year: 8,500 ft); 29% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

7

vs Prior

+40%

Operators (1yr)

4

Avg Depth (1yr)

9,257

Hz % (1yr)

29%

All Time

1,037

Depth Range: 1,200 - 23,000 ft
SWD wells in NEWTON County → 27 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

DRILL

7

+3 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
THERON ENERGY OPERATING, LLC31
FOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC215
INDIAN EXPLORATION, INC.15
EXXONMOBIL LOW C SOL ON STOR LLC10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
912708POTATO AZMDRILL2026-02-02
913053ATHENADRILL2026-01-22
913053ATHENADRILL2026-01-22
911927ARTEMIS SWDDRILL2025-11-21
901441KURTH, J.H., JR. -B-DRILL2025-10-29
900869QUINNDRILL2025-10-29
901441KURTH, J.H., JR. -B-DRILL2025-10-29
908168B. E. QUINN, III ET ALDRILL2025-05-27
905793ARTEMISDRILL2025-03-07
905793ARTEMISDRILL2025-03-07

New to NEWTON County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
EXXONMOBIL LOW C SOL ON STOR LLC2026-02-021active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath NEWTON County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Wilcox1829,479
Austin Chalk13411,149
Frio995,240
Yegua887,010
Midway718,815
Taylor6311,150
Blossom5010,459
Miocene (undifferentiated)353,115