COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 027
Bell County
Bell County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued January 19, 2022.
49 drilling permits have been issued in Bell County since 1978.
49 permits on file since 1978 · last issued Jan 19, 2022
Watch Bell CountyAlso: every Bell County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 180d
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- vs prior 180d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
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- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 3
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Bell County came in the last year. None.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
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| 876120 | Jan 19, 2022 | Jan 19, 2022 | Walker Operating Company | Wagar #3 | 1,500 | 02730145 |
| 876119 | Jan 19, 2022 | Jan 19, 2022 | Walker Operating Company | Wagar #2 | 1,500 | 02730144 |
| 876118 | Jan 19, 2022 | Jan 19, 2022 | Walker Operating Company | Wagar #1 | 1,500 | 02730143 |
| 814782 | Apr 8, 2016 | Apr 8, 2016 | Atmos Pipeline - Texas | P(2ND)-15 #1CP | 400 | 02730142 |
| 697222 | Jun 9, 2010 | Jun 9, 2010 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | P2ND #61 | 280 | 02730141 |
| 689480 | Jan 8, 2010 | Jan 8, 2010 | Pergerson Energy, L.L.C. | Braley-Vance-Herzog-Wells #2 | 4,000 | 02730140 |
| 688190 | Dec 4, 2009 | Dec 4, 2009 | Nelson Operating, Inc. | Braley-Vance-Herzog-Wells #1 | 4,000 | 02730139 |
| 688190 | Dec 4, 2009 | Dec 4, 2009 | Pergerson Energy, L.L.C. | Braley-Vance-Herzog-Wells #1 | 4,000 | 02730139 |
| 682721 | Jul 3, 2009 | Jul 3, 2009 | Scully Energy Corporation | Velesky #2 | 1,250 | 02730138 |
| 670419 | Sep 22, 2008 | Sep 22, 2008 | Scully Energy Corporation | Velesky #1 | 4,500 | 02730137 |
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/bell?days=180, documented in the API reference.