COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 085
Collin County, Texas
Collin County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, after a quiet prior quarter).
Atmos Pipeline - Texas leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
One operator filed a first Collin County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 550 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
23 drilling permits have been issued in Collin County since 1977.
23 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 9, 2026
Watch Collin CountyAlso: every Collin County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 2
- permits issued, 365d
- —
- vs prior 365d (0)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 550
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 16
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 7, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 0
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Atmos Pipeline - Texas | 2 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Collin County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Atmos Pipeline - Texas2 permitsSep 2, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917926 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Atmos Pipeline - Texas | Atmos D17 #1 | 550 | 08530119 |
| 917930 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | Atmos Pipeline - Texas | Atmos D9 #1 | 550 | 08530118 |
| 806195 | May 12, 2015 | May 12, 2015 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | D17 #17 | 300 | 08530117 |
| 797481 | Oct 31, 2014 | Oct 31, 2014 | Enterprise Products Operatingllc | S15 Nevada Station #1 | 300 | 08530116 |
| 480541 | Oct 29, 1998 | Oct 29, 1998 | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Keim #1 | 7,500 | 08530115 |
| 457095 | Jan 28, 1997 | Jan 28, 1997 | Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. | Rectifier #M 65 | 250 | 08530114 |
| 390808 | Aug 16, 1991 | Aug 16, 1991 | Baron Exploration Co. | Glendenning #1 | 7,000 | 08530113 |
| 382295 | Dec 12, 1990 | Dec 12, 1990 | Baron Exploration Co. | Pace-Anderson #1 | 7,100 | 08530112 |
| 370526 | Mar 7, 1990 | Mar 7, 1990 | Park Avenue Exploration Corp. | Usf&g Merritt #1 | 6,000 | 08530111 |
| 365023 | Oct 12, 1989 | Oct 12, 1989 | Park Avenue Exploration Corp. | Usf&g Walton #1 | 5,500 | 08530110 |
Questions about Collin County
How many drilling permits were issued in Collin County in the last 12 months?
2 permits were issued in Collin County in the last 12 months. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Sep 9, 2026. 23 are on file since 1977.
Every Collin County permit →Who is the most active operator in Collin County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Atmos Pipeline - Texas is the most active operator in Collin County, with 2 of 2. 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Collin County →How many oil and gas wells are in Collin County?
25 wells are on file in Collin County, including 0 active, 16 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 0 are horizontal.
Every well in Collin County →How much oil and gas does Collin County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Collin County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Collin County →What basin is Collin County in?
Petrora lists Collin County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →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/collin?days=365, documented in the API reference.