COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 065
Carson County, Texas
Carson County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 8, 2022.
The county has 63 active disposal and injection permits, with 417K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.5.
1,779 drilling permits have been issued in Carson County since 1977.
1,779 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Dec 8, 2022
Watch Carson CountyAlso: every Carson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 90d
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- vs prior 90d (0)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 262
- 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 0 · prior 12 0
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Large Operating LLC | — | 827 |
| High River Res Operating LLC | — | 380 |
| Bce-Mach III LLC | — | 225 |
| Red Line Company Ltd. | — | 199 |
| Pantera Energy Company | — | 166 |
| Ponderosa TX Operating LLC | — | 133 |
| M5OEXIT LLC | — | 127 |
| Granitebay Operating Inc. | — | 81 |
| Kodiak Operating LLC | — | 73 |
| Chesapeake Operating Inc. | — | 73 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Carson County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Carson County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Carson County the Panhandle Lime is reported in 150 wells, median top 1,990 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Dolomite | 614 | 0 | 2,496 | 2,246–2,844 |
| Granite Wash | 448 | 0 | 2,840 | 2,558–3,152 |
| White Dolomite | 152 | 0 | 2,774 | 2,446–3,050 |
| Panhandle Lime | 150 | 0 | 1,990 | 1,834–2,420 |
| Moore County Lime | 54 | 0 | 2,509 | 2,343–2,938 |
| Red Cave | 46 | 0 | 1,842 | 1,604–2,170 |
| Glorieta | 35 | 0 | 1,100 | 810–1,100 |
| Wolfcamp | 21 | 0 | 2,913 | 2,494–3,850 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 63
- active UIC permits of 285
- 21.7K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 417K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Carson County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 1
- M2+ events in the area
- M2.5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 885757 | Dec 8, 2022 | Dec 8, 2022 | Pantera Energy Company | Thompson, Estate #2 | 3,390 | 06500161 |
| 883093 | Aug 29, 2022 | Aug 29, 2022 | Large Operating LLC | Fee -244- #39W | 3,080 | 06502184 |
| 883088 | Aug 29, 2022 | Aug 29, 2022 | Large Operating LLC | Fee -244- #37W | 3,075 | 06502182 |
| 879765 | May 12, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Burnett #40BH | 4,000 | 06532197 |
| 876684 | Feb 25, 2022 | Feb 25, 2022 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Burnett #62DH | 4,000 | 06532189 |
| 876725 | Feb 10, 2022 | Feb 10, 2022 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Burnett #65CH | 4,000 | 06532187 |
| 874676 | Jan 12, 2022 | Jan 12, 2022 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Burnett #29BH | 4,000 | 06532199 |
| 873838 | Nov 17, 2021 | Nov 17, 2021 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Burnett #40BH | 4,000 | 06532197 |
| 873519 | Oct 19, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Burnett St #33DH | 4,000 | 06532194 |
| 866475 | Dec 18, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | Bar L Producers | Sanford #1 | 3,090 | 06500865 |
Questions about Carson County
How many drilling permits were issued in Carson County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Carson County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Dec 8, 2022. 1,779 are on file since 1977.
Every Carson County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Carson County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Carson County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Large Operating LLC, with 827, followed by High River Res Operating LLC (380) and Bce-Mach III LLC (225).
Operators in Carson County →How many oil and gas wells are in Carson County?
4,455 wells are on file in Carson County, including 1,366 active and 1,961 plugged. 117 are horizontal. The active wells are under 49 operators.
Every well in Carson County →How much oil and gas does Carson County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Carson County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Carson County →How much water is injected in Carson County?
417,088 barrels of water were injected in Carson County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 63 of the county's 285 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Carson County →What formations are drilled in Carson County?
Completion filings for wells in Carson County report tops for 8 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Brown Dolomite (614 wells, median top 2,496 ft), the Granite Wash (448 wells, median top 2,840 ft), and the White Dolomite (152 wells, median top 2,774 ft).
Formations in Carson County →What basin is Carson County in?
Petrora lists Carson County in the Texas Panhandle. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 10.
The Texas Panhandle →Have there been earthquakes in Carson County?
1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more was located in the area of Carson County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.5.
Earthquakes in Carson 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/carson?days=90, documented in the API reference.