SCURRY County

District 11 · Permian (East) · Permits since 1977-06-09 · Data through 2026-07-17

Scurry County permitting is running 6.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (20 total, versus 9 in the prior quarter). KINDER MORGAN PRODUCTION CO LLC leads with 31 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Scurry County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,800 ft; 8% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (90d)

20

vs Prior

+122%

Operators (90d)

1

Avg Depth (90d)

7,800

Hz % (90d)

0%

All Time

6,251

Depth Range: 0 - 35,006 ft
SWD wells in SCURRY County → 1,529 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory
Earthquakes in SCURRY County → 88 M2+ events in 24mo · TexNet

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

15

+6 vs prior

RENTR

5

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
312816
331
126
18
10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
LION DIAMOND 'M' UNITDRILL2026-07-17
SACROC UNITDRILL2026-06-18
SACROC UNITDRILL2026-06-18
SACROC UNITDRILL2026-06-18
SACROC UNITDRILL2026-06-18
SACROC UNITDRILL2026-06-17
SACROC UNITDRILL2026-06-17
SACROC UNITDRILL2026-06-17
LION DIAMOND 'M' UNITRENTR2026-05-11
LION DIAMOND 'M' UNITRENTR2026-05-11

New to SCURRY County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
2025-08-281first TX permits

Formations Beneath SCURRY County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
San Andres2,3291,670
Clear Fork2,0592,675
Wolfcamp1,8984,810
Glorieta1,8802,451
Yates1,531835
Canyon1,5256,708
Cisco1,2066,638
Wichita-Albany1,1074,342