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COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 077

Clay County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Clay County at 449,680 bbl of oil and 1,322,237 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 1% on the twelve months before.

332 leases under 84 operators had production in those months.

4 drilling permits were issued in Clay County in the past 90 days, 3 in the 90 days before.

Muirfield Exploration, Ltd. leads with 9 permits in the past 12 months, one of 10 operators active in the county.

One operator filed a first Clay County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 2,000 ft; 10% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 191 active disposal and injection permits of 1,099 on file, with 5.03M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

166 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M4.3.

5,083 drilling permits have been issued in Clay County since 1977.

5,083 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 2, 2026

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1,003
active wells · 7,319 on file
84
producing operators, 12 months
332
producing leases, 12 months
449,680
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −1%
1.3M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +60%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 98 IN OIL AND NO. 137 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Clay County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas.

12 months through Aug 2026 449,680 · prior 12 452,904(-1%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 202627,790 bbl84,780 Mcf
Jul 202632,194 bbl106,919 Mcf
Jun 202630,572 bbl104,412 Mcf
May 202634,679 bbl128,957 Mcf
Apr 202634,391 bbl143,672 Mcf
Mar 202639,275 bbl179,974 Mcf
Feb 202634,119 bbl65,387 Mcf
Jan 202636,163 bbl101,951 Mcf
Dec 202540,303 bbl88,846 Mcf
Nov 202541,314 bbl93,908 Mcf
Oct 202545,438 bbl124,036 Mcf
Sep 202553,442 bbl99,395 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Quail Ridge Operating LLC3 leases

    82.2K bbl · 632K Mcf

  2. Canan Operating, Inc.3 leases

    3.99K bbl · 339K Mcf

  3. Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.11 leases

    57.3K bbl · 0 Mcf

  4. Bridwell Oil Co.14 leases

    46.4K bbl · 2.9K Mcf

  5. Eleon Operators, LLC5 leases

    2.1K bbl · 189K Mcf

  6. Willowbend Investments, Inc.12 leases

    29.8K bbl · 5.75K Mcf

  7. Felty Drilling Co. Inc3 leases

    14.6K bbl · 0 Mcf

  8. Corda Corporation8 leases

    12.6K bbl · 8.61K Mcf

84 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

Every operator in Clay County →

Largest leases

332 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Eagle UnitOil 34409Quail Ridge Operating LLCNewark, East (Barnett Shale)79,682 bbl559,280 Mcf
Hapgood RanchOil 32527Canan Operating, Inc.Newark, East (Barnett Shale)3,257 bbl263,721 Mcf
KeetonOil 34098Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.Keeton (Bennett Sand)43,298 bbl0 Mcf
Bridwell River RanchOil 1458Bridwell Oil Co.Clay County Regular22,869 bbl2,432 Mcf
Sanzenbacher -F-Oil 10435Willowbend Investments, Inc.Sanzenbacher (Miss.)18,377 bbl2,752 Mcf
ScalingOil 31473Eleon Operators, LLCSt. JO Ridge (Barnett Shale)638 bbl102,716 Mcf
Hapgood RanchGas 281897Canan Operating, Inc.Newark, East (Barnett Shale)435 bbl75,416 Mcf
Orton 'a' UnitOil 33982Quail Ridge Operating LLCNewark, East (Barnett Shale)776 bbl73,153 Mcf
Dansby AOil 33220Eleon Operators, LLCNewark, East (Barnett Shale)431 bbl47,858 Mcf
KlementOil 34396Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.Keeton (Bennett Sand)8,379 bbl0 Mcf
HendersonOil 34217Dry Creek Operating, LLCVera (Strawn 3600)8,312 bbl0 Mcf
RossOil 34378Felty Drilling Co. IncRoss8,083 bbl0 Mcf
SparkmanOil 33262Oakridge Oil and Gas, LPKRS (Marble Falls)3,083 bbl22,526 Mcf
Holt 'D'Oil 34375Extech Operating, LLCDeer Creek (Israel 5000)5,797 bbl1,196 Mcf
Scaling BOil 33143Eleon Operators, LLCNewark, East (Barnett Shale)171 bbl33,962 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

7,319 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    4,624

  2. Not on schedule

    1,277

  3. Producing

    821

  4. Shut In

    310

  5. Injection

    154

  6. Spudded

    47

  7. No Production

    45

  8. Gas Strg-Withdrawal

    14

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
4
permits issued, 90d
+33%
vs prior 90d (3)
4
operators filing
0%
horizontal
4,969
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 19 · prior 12 25(-24%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.9259
Quail Ridge Operating LLC319
Bridwell Oil Co.1314
Dry Creek Operating, LLC163
Atmos Pipeline - Texas117
Felty Drilling Co. Inc19
Trio Consulting & Management,llc17
Extech Operating, LLC16
Enterprise Products Operatingllc10
B.O.L.D. Oil and Gas, LLC10

Full operator directory: 726 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Clay County came in the last year. 1 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill324,444
Reenter10102
Recompletion01271

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Clay County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

In Clay County the Barnett is reported in 113 wells, median top 6,100 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Caddo40405,6005,298–6,006
Bryson35014,4624,064–4,849
Thomas Sand32821,1221,059–1,170
Cisco29425705171–1,772
Strawn20494,0302,830–5,087
Gunsight17751,260786–1,368
Canyon162201,8901,665–2,508
Ellenburger15306,2405,914–6,524
Barnett11316,1005,788–6,456
Marble Falls8805,8745,587–6,089
Mississippian7705,9655,638–6,258
Palo Pinto6302,5001,295–2,699
Atoka4206,0075,722–6,247
Permian (undifferentiated)370200141–659
Viola2216,1746,090–6,435

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

191
active UIC permits of 1,099
96.7K
permitted bbl/day, active
5.03M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Clay County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

166
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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919849Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.Keeton #352,00007735430
919765Oct 31, 2026Oct 28, 2026B.O.L.D. Oil and Gas, LLCScaling #16,50007735429
919735Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Bridwell Oil Co.Halsell, Furd -A- #334,87507780847
918532Sep 16, 2026Sep 14, 2026Extech Operating, LLCJohnny Ringgold #16,50007735428
917557Aug 7, 2026Aug 5, 2026Quail Ridge Operating LLCBellevue Unit #3046,10007735426
915654Jun 2, 2026Jun 2, 2026Enterprise Products OperatingllcSB1-MP 199.571 #140007735425
915231May 22, 2026May 22, 2026Quail Ridge Operating LLCOrton B Unit #2HH6,60007735351
915588May 15, 2026May 15, 2026Dry Creek Operating, LLCHenderson #15,66007735339
915108Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.Karmichael #12,00007735424
914972Apr 23, 2026Apr 23, 2026Felty Drilling Co. IncRoss #35,80007735423

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Questions about Clay County

How many drilling permits were issued in Clay County in the last 12 months?

20 permits were issued in Clay County in the last 12 months, down 17% from 24 in the 12 months before. 10% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 2, 2026. 5,083 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Clay County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Muirfield Exploration, Ltd. is the most active operator in Clay County, with 9 of 20, followed by Quail Ridge Operating LLC (3) and Bridwell Oil Co. (1). 4 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Clay County?

7,319 wells are on file in Clay County, including 1,003 active, 4,624 plugged, and 12 permitted and not yet drilled. 38 are horizontal. The active wells are under 85 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Clay County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 449,680 barrels of oil and 1.3 million Mcf of gas in Clay County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 332 leases under 84 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Clay County →

Who are the largest producers in Clay County?

By oil and gas produced in Clay County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Quail Ridge Operating LLC, with 82,164 barrels of oil and 632,433 Mcf of gas from 3 leases, followed by Canan Operating, Inc. and Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.. 84 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Clay County?

5.0 million barrels of water were injected in Clay County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 191 of the county's 1,099 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Clay County →

What formations are drilled in Clay County?

Completion filings for wells in Clay County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Caddo (404 wells, median top 5,600 ft), the Bryson (350 wells, median top 4,462 ft), and the Thomas Sand (328 wells, median top 1,122 ft).

Formations in Clay County →

What basin is Clay County in?

Petrora lists Clay County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.

The Barnett Shale and North Texas →

Have there been earthquakes in Clay County?

166 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Clay County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M4.3.

Earthquakes in Clay County →

About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. 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/clay?days=90, documented in the API reference.