COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 045
Briscoe County, Texas
Briscoe County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 12, 2023.
284 drilling permits have been issued in Briscoe County since 1977.
284 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Dec 12, 2023
Watch Briscoe CountyAlso: every Briscoe County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 365d
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- vs prior 365d (0)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 37
- 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 Briscoe County came in the last year. None.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- active UIC permits of 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Briscoe County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 895857 | Dec 12, 2023 | Dec 12, 2023 | Atmos Energy,west Texas Division | ATE208 #1 | 380 | 04530563 |
| 886598 | Dec 22, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | ATE122 #01 | 360 | 04530562 |
| 886553 | Dec 22, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | ATE110 #01 | 380 | 04530561 |
| 843704 | Aug 20, 2018 | Aug 20, 2018 | Faith Petroleum, a Texas LP | McWilliams #1 | 7,000 | 04530560 |
| 733664 | Mar 8, 2012 | Mar 8, 2012 | Texcel Exploration, Inc. | Garrison #1 | 5,500 | 04530559 |
| 672781 | Oct 15, 2008 | Oct 15, 2008 | Gunn Oil Company | Winston #1 | 8,500 | 04530558 |
| 672757 | Oct 15, 2008 | Oct 15, 2008 | Gunn Oil Company | Turner #1 | 6,500 | 04530557 |
| 631053 | Dec 28, 2006 | Dec 28, 2006 | Ogl Holdings, LLC | Mayfield, G. #1 | 9,500 | 04530517 |
| 618963 | May 16, 2006 | May 16, 2006 | DBP Exploration, Inc. | Rodgers D #1 | 8,600 | 04500033 |
| 617864 | Apr 27, 2006 | Apr 27, 2006 | Turner Transportation | Turner 50/50 SWD #1 | 4,150 | 04530556 |
Questions about Briscoe County
How many drilling permits were issued in Briscoe County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Briscoe County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Dec 12, 2023. 284 are on file since 1977.
Every Briscoe County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Briscoe County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Briscoe County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Gunn Oil Company, with 2, followed by Coalinga Corporation (2) and Esco Oil Operating Company LLC (2).
Operators in Briscoe County →How many oil and gas wells are in Briscoe County?
272 wells are on file in Briscoe County: 0 active and 111 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.
Every well in Briscoe County →How much oil and gas does Briscoe County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Briscoe County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Briscoe County →What basin is Briscoe County in?
Petrora lists Briscoe County in the Texas Panhandle. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 10.
The Texas Panhandle →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/briscoe?days=365, documented in the API reference.