COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 043
Brewster County, Texas
Brewster County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 30, 2016.
140 drilling permits have been issued in Brewster County since 1977.
140 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Dec 30, 2016
Watch Brewster CountyAlso: every Brewster 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
- 28
- 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 0 · prior 12 0
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 Brewster 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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| 821404 | Dec 30, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | Lincoln 10-31 #1 | 12,000 | 04330319 |
| 741577 | Jun 4, 2012 | Jun 4, 2012 | Cipem-USA LLC. | Cielo #2 | 9,000 | 04330318 |
| 741534 | May 25, 2012 | May 25, 2012 | Cipem-USA LLC. | Cielo #3 | 9,000 | 04330317 |
| 720849 | Jul 28, 2011 | Jul 28, 2011 | Tularosa Operating Company | Cielo #2R | 2,000 | 04330316 |
| 715534 | May 3, 2011 | May 3, 2011 | Tularosa Operating Company | Cielo #1R | 4,000 | 04330315 |
| 714017 | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | Tularosa Operating Company | Cielo #1 | 4,000 | 04330314 |
| 712398 | Mar 18, 2011 | Mar 18, 2011 | MLC Operating, LP | Pomerol 23 #1R | 9,000 | 04330313 |
| 710106 | Feb 23, 2011 | Feb 23, 2011 | MLC Operating, LP | Zinfandel 29 #1 | 11,000 | 04330312 |
| 710150 | Feb 15, 2011 | Feb 15, 2011 | MLC Operating, LP | Chianti 45 #1 | 8,000 | 04330311 |
| 710150 | Feb 15, 2011 | Feb 15, 2011 | MLC Operating, LP | Chianti 45 #1 | 5,000 | 04330311 |
Questions about Brewster County
How many drilling permits were issued in Brewster County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Brewster County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Dec 30, 2016. 140 are on file since 1977.
Every Brewster County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Brewster County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Brewster County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is MLC Operating LP, with 4, followed by Kalinga Corporation (3) and Gunnels Operating Company (3).
Operators in Brewster County →How many oil and gas wells are in Brewster County?
140 wells are on file in Brewster County: 0 active, 119 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 0 are horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.
Every well in Brewster County →How much oil and gas does Brewster County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Brewster County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Brewster County →What basin is Brewster County in?
Petrora lists Brewster County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 08.
The Permian Basin →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/brewster?days=180, documented in the API reference.