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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 079

Cochran County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Cochran County at 1,679,894 bbl of oil and 1,697,260 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 9% on the twelve months before.

190 leases under 58 operators had production in those months.

1 drilling permit was issued in Cochran County in the past 90 days, none in the 90 days before.

Double Barrel Oil LLC filed the only permit of the past 12 months.

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

The county has 954 active disposal and injection permits of 2,112 on file, with 30.1M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

2,827 drilling permits have been issued in Cochran County since 1977.

2,827 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 21, 2026

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1,897
active wells · 5,627 on file
58
producing operators, 12 months
190
producing leases, 12 months
1.7M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −9%
1.7M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −5%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 55 IN OIL AND NO. 129 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Cochran 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 1,679,894 · prior 12 1,836,382(-9%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026136,982 bbl152,754 Mcf
Jul 2026135,913 bbl152,780 Mcf
Jun 2026135,112 bbl149,627 Mcf
May 2026142,669 bbl159,969 Mcf
Apr 2026138,931 bbl137,878 Mcf
Mar 2026142,163 bbl147,326 Mcf
Feb 2026129,178 bbl122,358 Mcf
Jan 2026139,505 bbl131,452 Mcf
Dec 2025146,627 bbl137,441 Mcf
Nov 2025144,628 bbl134,346 Mcf
Oct 2025146,685 bbl140,767 Mcf
Sep 2025141,501 bbl130,562 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Hilcorp Energy Company11 leases

    557K bbl · 289K Mcf

  2. Manzano, LLC32 leases

    301K bbl · 962K Mcf

  3. Occidental Permian Ltd.4 leases

    151K bbl · 85.5K Mcf

  4. OXY USA WTP LP1 lease

    97.6K bbl · 83.2K Mcf

  5. A.C.T. Operating Company6 leases

    59.7K bbl · 32.9K Mcf

  6. Occidental Permian EOR, LLC1 lease

    43.8K bbl · 31.4K Mcf

  7. Aviator Energy, LLC9 leases

    47K bbl · 4.05K Mcf

  8. Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.2 leases

    26.5K bbl · 87.7K Mcf

58 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.

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Largest leases

190 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Igoe-Smith Oper. AreaOil 5947Occidental Permian EOR, LLCSlaughter126,157 bbl76,751 Mcf
West Levelland UnitOil 60190Hilcorp Energy CompanyLevelland132,597 bbl33,028 Mcf
BoydOil 5907Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter118,050 bbl99,584 Mcf
Mallet UnitOil 18149Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter113,508 bbl74,075 Mcf
Woodley, F. L.Oil 5998Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter85,734 bbl69,978 Mcf
North Central Levelland UnitOil 60557Hilcorp Energy CompanyLevelland68,704 bbl14,249 Mcf
Xit UnitOil 60436Hilcorp Energy CompanyLevelland58,099 bbl30,921 Mcf
Northwest Mallet UnitOil 18246Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter58,332 bbl28,632 Mcf
Ike Clanton COil 71518Manzano, LLCCochran (San Andres)38,480 bbl68,029 Mcf
Dean, C. S. "A"Oil 6035Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter39,395 bbl32,380 Mcf
Buffalo BillOil 71265Manzano, LLCCochran (San Andres)27,999 bbl95,931 Mcf
Duggan Slaughter UnitOil 17616Ctoc Energy, LLCSlaughter38,508 bbl13,840 Mcf
Buffalo Bill BOil 71434Manzano, LLCCochran (San Andres)27,410 bbl79,662 Mcf
LandrethOil 71264Manzano, LLCCochran (San Andres)10,775 bbl172,156 Mcf
Wright, J.M. UnitOil 68120A.C.T. Operating CompanyLevelland37,796 bbl2,325 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

5,627 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    2,076

  2. Producing

    1,284

  3. Shut In

    1,166

  4. Injection

    591

  5. Not on schedule

    441

  6. No Production

    28

  7. Water Supply

    22

  8. Temp Abandoned

    13

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
1
permits issued, 90d
—
vs prior 90d (0)
1
operators filing
0%
horizontal
5,000
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 1 · prior 12 1(+0%)

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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
Double Barrel Oil LLC1200

Full operator directory: 250 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

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

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Reclass109

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Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

Fewer than ten wells in Cochran County report the Base Cretaceous, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
San Andres1,87264,2923,997–4,976
Yates75262,8052,600–2,950
Rustler37432,2552,084–2,339
Grayburg18113,9563,757–4,018
Seven Rivers14432,8462,808–3,115
Santa Rosa14201,8321,058–2,169
Queen13013,6523,437–3,710
Clear Fork2206,4185,500–7,150
Wolfcamp2008,8658,293–9,300
Strawn1909,9005,034–10,402
Fusselman18011,5589,320–11,807
Devonian17011,36910,559–11,895
Tansill1502,8172,799–2,957
Cisco1409,3379,090–9,708
Mississippian14011,05510,949–11,251

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

954
active UIC permits of 2,112
1.25M
permitted bbl/day, active
30.1M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

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

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

0
M2+ events in the area
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largest

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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
918692Sep 23, 2026Sep 21, 2026Double Barrel Oil LLCWhiteface Unit #59W5,00007901639
909542Aug 1, 2025Aug 1, 2025Manzano, LLCIke Clanton C #3HH5,50007933437
902219Aug 28, 2024Aug 28, 2024Manzano, LLCBuffalo Bill B #1HH5,50007933436
901658Aug 2, 2024Aug 2, 2024Manzano, LLCBlack Jack #1HH5,50007933435
901183Jul 16, 2024Jul 16, 2024Manzano, LLCBelle Starr #1HH5,50007933434
896798Jan 24, 2024Jan 24, 2024Manzano, LLCIke Clanton B #2HH5,50007933433
896798AmendmentJan 24, 2024Jan 24, 2024Manzano, LLCIke Clanton 'B' #2HH5,50007933433
894939Nov 16, 2023Nov 16, 2023A.C.T. Operating CompanyMarty Wright #435,00007930785
894344Oct 12, 2023Oct 12, 2023A.C.T. Operating CompanyMarty Wright #285,00507931411
894334Oct 12, 2023Oct 12, 2023A.C.T. Operating CompanyMarty Wright #245,00207930547

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Questions about Cochran County

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

1 permit was issued in Cochran County in the last 12 months, level with 1 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Sep 21, 2026. 2,827 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Cochran County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Double Barrel Oil LLC is the most active operator in Cochran County, with 1 of 1. 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Cochran County?

5,627 wells are on file in Cochran County, including 1,897 active and 2,076 plugged. 136 are horizontal. The active wells are under 52 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Cochran County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 1.7 million barrels of oil and 1.7 million Mcf of gas in Cochran County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 190 leases under 58 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

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Who are the largest producers in Cochran County?

By oil and gas produced in Cochran County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Hilcorp Energy Company, with 556,503 barrels of oil and 289,006 Mcf of gas from 11 leases, followed by Manzano, LLC and Occidental Permian Ltd.. 58 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Cochran County?

30.1 million barrels of water were injected in Cochran County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 954 of the county's 2,112 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Cochran County?

Completion filings for wells in Cochran County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the San Andres (1,872 wells, median top 4,292 ft), the Yates (752 wells, median top 2,805 ft), and the Rustler (374 wells, median top 2,255 ft).

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What basin is Cochran County in?

Petrora lists Cochran County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.

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Have there been earthquakes in Cochran County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Cochran County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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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.

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