COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 009
Archer County, Texas
Archer County permitting is running 2.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (8 total, down 67% on the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
Eagle Oil & Gas Co. leads with 11 permits in the past 12 months, one of 19 operators active in the county.
3 operators filed a first Archer County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 5,000 ft (prior year: 4,999 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 525 active disposal and injection permits, with 13.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
11,476 drilling permits have been issued in Archer County since 1977.
11,476 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 2, 2026
Watch Archer CountyAlso: every Archer County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 61
- permits issued, 365d
- +49%
- vs prior 365d (41)
- 19
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 4,377
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 1,331
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 59 · prior 12 42(+40%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Archer County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC2 permitsAug 3, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Palmer Operating LLC1 permitJun 30, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Blackflat Oil Company LLC1 permitJun 15, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Permit types, 365d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 51 | 36 | 10,737 |
| Recompletion | 8 | 2 | 256 |
| Field transfer | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Reenter | 0 | 3 | 201 |
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Archer County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunsight | 1,926 | 50 | 1,194 | 686–1,607 |
| Thomas Sand | 767 | 17 | 1,112 | 730–1,410 |
| Caddo | 709 | 4 | 4,825 | 4,480–5,244 |
| Strawn | 443 | 36 | 3,685 | 2,860–4,303 |
| Mississippian | 325 | 2 | 5,185 | 4,997–5,348 |
| Palo Pinto | 203 | 1 | 3,170 | 2,751–3,350 |
| Cisco | 200 | 7 | 871 | 419–1,765 |
| Canyon | 172 | 20 | 2,470 | 1,814–3,564 |
| Ellenburger | 114 | 1 | 5,360 | 4,997–5,880 |
| Bryson | 107 | 25 | 4,236 | 3,787–4,690 |
| Barnett | 83 | 0 | 5,192 | 4,991–5,517 |
| KMA | 68 | 0 | 3,888 | 3,303–4,231 |
| Marble Falls | 44 | 1 | 4,986 | 4,850–5,358 |
| Smithwick | 40 | 0 | 4,692 | 4,508–5,076 |
| Bend | 10 | 0 | 5,018 | 4,724–5,472 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 525
- active UIC permits of 3,124
- 271K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 13.4M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Archer County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 0
- M2+ events in the area
- —
- largest
Monthly counts, magnitudes, and every recent event in the area →
Events are not tagged with a county; this counts M2+ events inside the bounding box of the county’s located permits, padded 0.1°. About TexNet →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919852 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Bridwell Archer Ranch -100- #3 | 6,000 | 00943450 |
| 919606 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Wilcox Energy Company LLC | Andrews, M.P. -C- #16 | 4,999 | 00943448 |
| 919601 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Wilcox Energy Company LLC | Andrews, M.P. -C- #15 | 4,999 | 00943447 |
| 919258 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Plains Marketing, L.P. | Basin 326.125 #1 | 300 | 00943446 |
| 919426 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Olney Oil LLC | Richardson -A- #9 | 1,300 | 00943445 |
| 919427 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Guidance Oil Developers | Deitrich -C- #2C | 1,300 | 00943444 |
| 918290 | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Borderline Operating Corp. | Andrews 'D' #1 | 5,999 | 00943443 |
| 918093 | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | Borderline Operating Corp. | Andrews North #2 | 5,100 | 00943442 |
| 916011 | Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC | HF Sinclair #T012MP | 350 | 00943433 |
| 916015 | Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC | HF Sinclair #T013MP | 350 | 00943437 |
Questions about Archer County
How many drilling permits were issued in Archer County in the last 12 months?
61 permits were issued in Archer County in the last 12 months, up 49% from 41 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 2, 2026. 11,476 are on file since 1977.
Every Archer County permit →Who is the most active operator in Archer County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Eagle Oil & Gas Co. is the most active operator in Archer County, with 11 of 61, followed by B.O.L.D. Oil and Gas, LLC (9) and Wilcox Energy Company LLC (7). 6 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Archer County →How many oil and gas wells are in Archer County?
19,089 wells are on file in Archer County: 2,269 active, 11,516 plugged, and 25 permitted and not yet drilled. 9 are horizontal, and 137 operators hold them.
Every well in Archer County →How much oil and gas does Archer County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Archer County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Archer County →How much water is injected in Archer County?
13.4 million barrels of water were injected in Archer County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 525 of the county's 3,124 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Archer County →What formations are drilled in Archer County?
Completion filings for wells in Archer County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Gunsight (1,926 wells, median top 1,194 ft), the Thomas Sand (767 wells, median top 1,112 ft), and the Caddo (709 wells, median top 4,825 ft).
Formations in Archer County →What basin is Archer County in?
Petrora lists Archer County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Archer County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Archer County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Archer County →About this data
Drilling permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, rebuilt nightly into per-county figures; windows are on the date issued. Disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports at the last settled month; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog inside the county's located-permit footprint.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/archer?days=365, documented in the API reference.