COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 023
Baylor County, Texas
Baylor County permitting is running 2.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (6 total, down 45% on the prior quarter).
Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. leads with 34 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Baylor County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,000 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 46 active disposal and injection permits, with 3.52M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,571 drilling permits have been issued in Baylor County since 1977.
1,571 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 20, 2026
Watch Baylor CountyAlso: every Baylor County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 6
- permits issued, 90d
- -45%
- vs prior 90d (11)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 6,500
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 330
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 35 · prior 12 33(+6%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | 34 | 77 |
| Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Baylor County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC1 permitAug 5, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Baylor County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Baylor County the Smithwick is reported in 13 wells, median top 4,926 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tannehill | 141 | 14 | 1,311 | 1,070–1,540 |
| Caddo | 123 | 0 | 4,930 | 4,715–5,156 |
| Gunsight | 114 | 47 | 2,008 | 1,324–2,284 |
| Mississippian | 108 | 0 | 5,276 | 5,149–5,452 |
| Palo Pinto | 98 | 3 | 3,099 | 2,978–3,773 |
| Canyon | 96 | 33 | 2,780 | 2,464–3,032 |
| Saddle Creek | 64 | 45 | 1,416 | 1,253–1,583 |
| Strawn | 61 | 2 | 4,030 | 3,600–4,802 |
| Coleman Junction | 53 | 16 | 833 | 538–1,158 |
| Barnett | 31 | 0 | 5,242 | 5,112–5,449 |
| KMA | 18 | 14 | 4,294 | 4,007–4,429 |
| Smithwick | 13 | 0 | 4,926 | 4,697–5,122 |
| Cisco | 11 | 2 | 1,345 | 1,019–2,594 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 46
- active UIC permits of 422
- 142K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 3.52M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Baylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919305 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Ero #972ER | 9,000 | 02331879 |
| 919431 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntl #2646DN | 6,000 | 02331881 |
| 919309 | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Erq #1141ER | 6,000 | 02331880 |
| 918699 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dnty #2651DN | 6,000 | 02331878 |
| 917694 | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntk #248DN | 6,000 | 02331876 |
| 917695 | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntk #247DN | 6,000 | 02331877 |
| 916017 | Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC | HF Sinclair #T006MP | 350 | 02331873 |
| 917172 | Jul 17, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntt #265B | 6,000 | 02331875 |
| 916763 | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Erl #1002ER | 4,000 | 02331874 |
| 916384 | Jun 12, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Swee #1661SW | 6,500 | 02331872 |
Questions about Baylor County
How many drilling permits were issued in Baylor County in the last 12 months?
35 permits were issued in Baylor County in the last 12 months, level with 35 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 20, 2026. 1,571 are on file since 1977.
Every Baylor County permit →Who is the most active operator in Baylor County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. is the most active operator in Baylor County, with 34 of 35, followed by Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Baylor County →How many oil and gas wells are in Baylor County?
2,416 wells are on file in Baylor County: 192 active, 1,453 plugged, and 8 permitted and not yet drilled. 7 are horizontal, and 21 operators hold them.
Every well in Baylor County →How much oil and gas does Baylor County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Baylor County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Baylor County →How much water is injected in Baylor County?
3.5 million barrels of water were injected in Baylor County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 46 of the county's 422 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Baylor County →What formations are drilled in Baylor County?
Completion filings for wells in Baylor County report tops for 13 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Tannehill (141 wells, median top 1,311 ft), the Caddo (123 wells, median top 4,930 ft), and the Gunsight (114 wells, median top 2,008 ft).
Formations in Baylor County →What basin is Baylor County in?
Petrora lists Baylor 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 Baylor County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Baylor County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Baylor 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/baylor?days=90, documented in the API reference.