COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 077
Clay County
Clay County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter).
Muirfield Exploration, Ltd. leads with 8 permits in the past 12 months, one of 8 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; 12% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 203 active disposal and injection permits, with 5.2M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 168 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M4.3.
5,213 drilling permits have been issued in Clay County since 1977.
5,213 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 14, 2026
Watch Clay CountyAlso: every Clay County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 2
- permits issued, 90d
- -33%
- vs prior 90d (3)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 6,300
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 729
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 89 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 23 · prior 12 30(-23%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Clay County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- B.O.L.D. Oil and Gas, LLC1 permitOct 28, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Permit types, 90d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 3 | 1 | 4,563 |
| Reenter | 1 | 0 | 109 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 2 | 276 |
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 Ellenburger is reported in 153 wells, median top 6,240 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 404 | 0 | 5,600 | 5,298–6,006 |
| Bryson | 350 | 1 | 4,462 | 4,064–4,849 |
| Thomas Sand | 328 | 2 | 1,124 | 1,060–1,170 |
| Cisco | 294 | 25 | 705 | 171–1,772 |
| Strawn | 204 | 9 | 4,030 | 2,830–5,087 |
| Gunsight | 177 | 5 | 1,260 | 786–1,368 |
| Canyon | 162 | 20 | 1,890 | 1,665–2,508 |
| Ellenburger | 153 | 0 | 6,240 | 5,914–6,524 |
| Barnett | 113 | 1 | 6,100 | 5,788–6,456 |
| Marble Falls | 88 | 0 | 5,874 | 5,587–6,089 |
| Mississippian | 77 | 0 | 5,965 | 5,638–6,258 |
| Palo Pinto | 63 | 0 | 2,500 | 1,295–2,699 |
| Atoka | 42 | 0 | 6,007 | 5,722–6,247 |
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 37 | 0 | 200 | 141–659 |
| Viola | 22 | 1 | 6,174 | 6,090–6,435 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 203
- active UIC permits of 1,120
- 96.9K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 5.2M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Clay County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 168
- 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919765 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | B.O.L.D. Oil and Gas, LLC | Scaling #1 | 6,500 | 07735429 |
| 919735 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Halsell, Furd -A- #33 | 4,875 | 07780847 |
| 918532 | Sep 16, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | Extech Operating, LLC | Johnny Ringgold #1 | 6,500 | 07735428 |
| 917557 | Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | Quail Ridge Operating LLC | Bellevue Unit #304 | 6,100 | 07735426 |
| 915654 | Jun 2, 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 | Enterprise Products Operatingllc | SB1-MP 199.571 #1 | 400 | 07735425 |
| 915231 | May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | Quail Ridge Operating LLC | Orton B Unit #2HH | 6,600 | 07735351 |
| 915588 | May 15, 2026 | May 15, 2026 | Dry Creek Operating, LLC | Henderson #1 | 5,660 | 07735339 |
| 915108 | Apr 24, 2026 | Apr 24, 2026 | Muirfield Exploration, Ltd. | Karmichael #1 | 2,000 | 07735424 |
| 914972 | Apr 23, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | Felty Drilling Co. Inc | Ross #3 | 5,800 | 07735423 |
| 914923 | Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | Trio Consulting & Management,llc | Fuller #1 | 6,430 | 07735003 |
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/clay?days=90, documented in the API reference.