COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 079
Cochran County, Texas
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
Email me new permitsAlso: every Cochran County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1,897
- active wells · 5,627 on file
- 52
- operators of the active wells
- 2,076
- plugged wells
Wells by status
5,627 WELLBORES ON FILE
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
Drilling permits
- 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 11, 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%)
Operators by permits, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Double Barrel Oil LLC | 1 | 200 |
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.
- Double Barrel Oil LLC1 permitSep 21, 2026 · new to Texas permits
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 Tubb, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 1,872 | 6 | 4,292 | 3,997–4,976 |
| Yates | 752 | 6 | 2,805 | 2,600–2,950 |
| Rustler | 374 | 3 | 2,255 | 2,084–2,339 |
| Grayburg | 181 | 1 | 3,956 | 3,757–4,018 |
| Seven Rivers | 144 | 3 | 2,846 | 2,808–3,115 |
| Santa Rosa | 142 | 0 | 1,832 | 1,058–2,169 |
| Queen | 130 | 1 | 3,652 | 3,437–3,710 |
| Clear Fork | 22 | 0 | 6,418 | 5,500–7,150 |
| Wolfcamp | 20 | 0 | 8,865 | 8,293–9,300 |
| Strawn | 19 | 0 | 9,900 | 5,034–10,402 |
| Fusselman | 18 | 0 | 11,558 | 9,320–11,807 |
| Devonian | 17 | 0 | 11,369 | 10,559–11,895 |
| Tansill | 15 | 0 | 2,817 | 2,799–2,957 |
| Cisco | 14 | 0 | 9,337 | 9,090–9,708 |
| Mississippian | 14 | 0 | 11,055 | 10,949–11,251 |
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
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Cochran County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 0
- M2+ events in the area
- —
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918692 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Double Barrel Oil LLC | Whiteface Unit #59W | 5,000 | 07901639 |
| 909542 | Aug 1, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | Manzano, LLC | Ike Clanton C #3HH | 5,500 | 07933437 |
| 902219 | Aug 28, 2024 | Aug 28, 2024 | Manzano, LLC | Buffalo Bill B #1HH | 5,500 | 07933436 |
| 901658 | Aug 2, 2024 | Aug 2, 2024 | Manzano, LLC | Black Jack #1HH | 5,500 | 07933435 |
| 901183 | Jul 16, 2024 | Jul 16, 2024 | Manzano, LLC | Belle Starr #1HH | 5,500 | 07933434 |
| 896798 | Jan 24, 2024 | Jan 24, 2024 | Manzano, LLC | Ike Clanton B #2HH | 5,500 | 07933433 |
| 896798Amendment | Jan 24, 2024 | Jan 24, 2024 | Manzano, LLC | Ike Clanton 'B' #2HH | 5,500 | 07933433 |
| 894939 | Nov 16, 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 | A.C.T. Operating Company | Marty Wright #43 | 5,000 | 07930785 |
| 894344 | Oct 12, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 | A.C.T. Operating Company | Marty Wright #28 | 5,005 | 07931411 |
| 894334 | Oct 12, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 | A.C.T. Operating Company | Marty Wright #24 | 5,002 | 07930547 |
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.
Every Cochran County permit →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.
Operators in Cochran County →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.
Every well in Cochran County →How much oil and gas does Cochran County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Cochran County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Cochran County →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.
Disposal and injection in Cochran County →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).
Formations in Cochran County →What basin is Cochran County in?
Petrora lists Cochran County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.
The Permian Basin →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.
Earthquakes in Cochran County →About this data
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/cochran?days=90, documented in the API reference.