COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 095
Concho County
Concho County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, after a quiet prior quarter).
Texas Operating Partners LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Concho County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 5,000 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 53 active disposal and injection permits, with 3.09M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
2,537 drilling permits have been issued in Concho County since 1977.
2,537 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 20, 2026
Watch Concho CountyAlso: every Concho County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 90d
- —
- vs prior 90d (0)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 3,967
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 464
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 38 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 16 · prior 12 13(+23%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Operating Partners LLC | 2 | 3 |
| Out West Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Concho County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Texas Operating Partners LLC2 permitsSep 10, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Out West Operating, LLC1 permitAug 24, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Concho County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Concho County the Strawn is reported in 112 wells, median top 3,326 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto | 163 | 0 | 2,704 | 2,044–3,301 |
| Strawn | 112 | 2 | 3,326 | 2,422–3,842 |
| Tannehill | 105 | 0 | 1,208 | 926–1,350 |
| Canyon | 100 | 1 | 3,017 | 2,236–3,510 |
| Saddle Creek | 86 | 0 | 1,660 | 1,388–1,806 |
| Ellenburger | 59 | 0 | 3,630 | 2,840–3,995 |
| Coleman Junction | 48 | 2 | 1,214 | 826–1,566 |
| Cisco | 29 | 1 | 2,460 | 1,722–2,784 |
| Gunsight | 21 | 0 | 2,166 | 1,796–2,516 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 53
- active UIC permits of 150
- 55.1K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 3.09M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Concho County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919350 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Texas Operating Partners LLC | Rise Lilly Jack #1 | 5,000 | 09532478 |
| 918383 | Sep 12, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | Texas Operating Partners LLC | Rise Concho 208 #8 | 5,000 | 09532477 |
| 917923 | Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | Out West Operating, LLC | Choat #1 | 1,900 | 09532476 |
| 909638 | Aug 1, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | Harvest Petroleum Inc. | Concho 204 #4 | 5,000 | 09532475 |
| 909637 | Aug 1, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | Harvest Petroleum Inc. | Concho 203 #3 | 5,000 | 09532474 |
| 909636 | Aug 1, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | Harvest Petroleum Inc. | Concho 202 #2 | 5,000 | 09532473 |
| 909635 | Aug 1, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | Harvest Petroleum Inc. | Concho 201 #1 | 5,000 | 09532472 |
| 909030 | Jul 2, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | Production Operators of TX, LLC | Stansberry Trust #1 | 2,200 | 09532471 |
| 903228 | Nov 25, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 | Big Run Production Company | Lightsey, Earl #4 | 4,000 | 09532470 |
| 903173 | Oct 22, 2024 | Oct 22, 2024 | WWM Operating, LLC | Concho #1CP | 400 | 09532469 |
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/concho?days=90, documented in the API reference.