COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 069
Castro County, Texas
Castro County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued October 17, 1996.
10 drilling permits have been issued in Castro County since 1980.
10 permits on file since 1980 · last issued Oct 17, 1996
Watch Castro CountyAlso: every Castro 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)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 6
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | — | 1 |
| Gypsy Production Company | — | 1 |
| Gypsy Production Co. | — | 1 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Castro County came in the last year. None.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454013 | Oct 17, 1996 | Oct 17, 1996 | Bay Rock Operating Company | Steakley #1 | 3,990 | 06930105 |
| 452801 | Sep 26, 1996 | Sep 26, 1996 | Energas Company | City of Dimmitt #C007DM | 625 | 06930104 |
| 440211 | Oct 17, 1995 | Oct 17, 1995 | Energas Company | Energas #C005DM | 625 | 06930100 |
| 440210 | Oct 17, 1995 | Oct 17, 1995 | Energas Company | Energas #C004DM | 625 | 06930101 |
| 440209 | Oct 17, 1995 | Oct 17, 1995 | Energas Company | Energas #C006DM | 625 | 06930102 |
| 440698 | Oct 11, 1995 | Oct 11, 1995 | El Paso Natural Gas Co. | Rectifier, C. P. #1354CP | 650 | 06930103 |
| 365028 | Oct 11, 1989 | Oct 11, 1989 | Gypsy Production Company | Brooks #1 | 6,000 | 06930099 |
| 356751 | Mar 8, 1989 | Mar 8, 1989 | Gypsy Production Company | Roy #1 | 6,500 | 06930098 |
| 114809 | Apr 7, 1981 | Apr 7, 1981 | Marathon Oil Company | Taylor, Stephen Y. #1 | 6,500 | 06930097 |
| 78847 | Apr 22, 1980 | Apr 22, 1980 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Matthews, J. R. #1 | 10,391 | 06930096 |
Questions about Castro County
How many drilling permits were issued in Castro County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Castro County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Oct 17, 1996. 10 are on file since 1980.
Every Castro County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Castro County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Castro County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Burk Royalty Co. Ltd., with 1, followed by Gypsy Production Company (1) and Gypsy Production Co. (1).
Operators in Castro County →How many oil and gas wells are in Castro County?
10 wells are on file in Castro County: 0 active and 5 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.
Every well in Castro County →How much oil and gas does Castro County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Castro County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Castro County →What basin is Castro County in?
Petrora lists Castro 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/castro?days=365, documented in the API reference.