COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 033
Borden County, Texas
Borden County permitting is running 7.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (22 total, down 4% on the prior quarter). 5 were issued in the past week.
Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC leads with 30 permits in the past 12 months, one of 9 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Borden County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,325 ft (prior year: 7,500 ft); 84% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 311 active disposal and injection permits, with 48.2M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
14 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M4.3.
3,062 drilling permits have been issued in Borden County since 1977.
3,062 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 2, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Borden County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 45
- permits issued, 180d
- +29%
- vs prior 180d (35)
- 6
- operators filing
- 87%
- horizontal
- 8,309
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 497
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 78 · prior 12 84(-7%)
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 Borden County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Seaboard Operating Co.1 permitAug 20, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Eastland Oil Company, The1 permitMar 9, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Permit types, 180d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 41 | 29 | 2,436 |
| Reenter | 3 | 4 | 163 |
| Recompletion | 1 | 1 | 383 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Borden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spraberry | 1,156 | 113 | 6,008 | 4,705–7,019 |
| San Andres | 898 | 118 | 3,150 | 2,298–3,529 |
| Yates | 802 | 113 | 1,748 | 1,198–2,042 |
| Clear Fork | 704 | 113 | 4,760 | 3,200–6,027 |
| Rustler | 535 | 112 | 1,172 | 604–1,430 |
| Wolfcamp | 471 | 26 | 6,753 | 6,008–7,477 |
| Dean | 456 | 72 | 6,465 | 5,796–7,762 |
| Santa Rosa | 274 | 57 | 518 | 332–1,004 |
| Mississippian | 232 | 1 | 8,582 | 8,164–9,294 |
| Strawn | 230 | 1 | 7,980 | 7,655–8,635 |
| Leonard | 189 | 52 | 5,677 | 5,192–6,107 |
| Canyon | 153 | 2 | 7,944 | 6,769–8,253 |
| Ellenburger | 139 | 1 | 8,614 | 8,312–9,746 |
| Cisco | 104 | 2 | 6,868 | 6,568–8,018 |
| Seven Rivers | 96 | 51 | 1,412 | 1,259–2,005 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 311
- active UIC permits of 683
- 1.12M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 48.2M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Borden County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 14
- M2+ events in the area
- M4.3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919666 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Surge Operating, LLC | Wraith Unit a 12-16 #3MHH | 9,000 | 03332885 |
| 919664 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Surge Operating, LLC | Wraith Unit a 12-16 #2MHH | 9,000 | 03332883 |
| 919663 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Surge Operating, LLC | Rougarou TW 10-16 #7MHH | 9,000 | 03332882 |
| 919662 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Surge Operating, LLC | Rougarou RW B 36-16 #6MHH | 9,000 | 03332881 |
| 919661 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Surge Operating, LLC | Rougarou RW a 36-16 #5MHH | 9,000 | 03332880 |
| 919684 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Yukon Exploration Operating, LLC | Gunsmoke 31-19 C #3JMH | 8,000 | 03332884 |
| 919408 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Yukon Exploration Operating, LLC | Gunsmoke 30-31 #7UH | 7,000 | 03332879 |
| 919388 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Yukon Exploration Operating, LLC | Gunsmoke 30-31 #6MH | 7,500 | 03332878 |
| 919387 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Yukon Exploration Operating, LLC | Gunsmoke 30-31 #2JMH | 8,000 | 03332877 |
| 918347Amendment | Oct 24, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC | Winstep 31-9 B Unit #L 6HH | 7,500 | 03332874 |
Questions about Borden County
How many drilling permits were issued in Borden County in the last 12 months?
81 permits were issued in Borden County in the last 12 months, down 1% from 82 in the 12 months before. 84% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 2, 2026. 3,062 are on file since 1977.
Every Borden County permit →Who is the most active operator in Borden County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC is the most active operator in Borden County, with 30 of 81, followed by Surge Operating, LLC (28) and Yukon Exploration Operating, LLC (9). 4 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Borden County →How many oil and gas wells are in Borden County?
3,494 wells are on file in Borden County, including 1,038 active, 1,565 plugged, and 34 permitted and not yet drilled. 470 are horizontal. The active wells are under 53 operators.
Every well in Borden County →How much oil and gas does Borden County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Borden County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Borden County →How much water is injected in Borden County?
48.2 million barrels of water were injected in Borden County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 311 of the county's 683 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Borden County →What formations are drilled in Borden County?
Completion filings for wells in Borden County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Spraberry (1,156 wells, median top 6,008 ft), the San Andres (898 wells, median top 3,150 ft), and the Yates (802 wells, median top 1,748 ft).
Formations in Borden County →What basin is Borden County in?
Petrora lists Borden County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Borden County?
14 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Borden County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M4.3.
Earthquakes in Borden 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/borden?days=180, documented in the API reference.