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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 103

Crane County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Crane County at 19,386,219 bbl of oil and 66,467,900 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is up 34% on the twelve months before.

1,017 leases under 110 operators had production in those months.

Crane County permitting is running 18 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (53 total, up 51% on the prior quarter). 7 were issued in the past week.

Blackbeard Operating, LLC leads with 113 permits in the past 12 months, one of 10 operators active in the county.

3 operators filed a first Crane County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,999 ft; 83% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 1,160 active disposal and injection permits of 3,157 on file, with 149M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

1 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.0.

9,120 drilling permits have been issued in Crane County since 1977.

9,120 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 10, 2026

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4,148
active wells · 13,340 on file
110
producing operators, 12 months
1,017
producing leases, 12 months
19.4M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +34%
66.5M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +10%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 26 IN OIL AND NO. 37 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Crane 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 19,386,219 · prior 12 14,479,105(+34%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 20261,686,020 bbl5,376,191 Mcf
Jul 20261,537,882 bbl5,074,312 Mcf
Jun 20261,466,208 bbl4,827,448 Mcf
May 20261,710,460 bbl5,160,814 Mcf
Apr 20261,684,570 bbl5,718,121 Mcf
Mar 20261,627,445 bbl6,123,577 Mcf
Feb 20261,521,134 bbl5,623,393 Mcf
Jan 20261,758,072 bbl6,089,757 Mcf
Dec 20251,784,238 bbl6,235,053 Mcf
Nov 20251,669,281 bbl5,318,657 Mcf
Oct 20251,498,261 bbl5,433,956 Mcf
Sep 20251,442,648 bbl5,486,621 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Blackbeard Operating, LLC228 leases

    13.5M bbl · 46M Mcf

  2. Ring Energy, Inc.73 leases

    875K bbl · 3.66M Mcf

  3. BTA Oil Producers, LLC11 leases

    1.01M bbl · 2.26M Mcf

  4. Formentera Operations LLC139 leases

    388K bbl · 3.15M Mcf

  5. OXY USA Inc.60 leases

    58.1K bbl · 5.09M Mcf

  6. Scout Energy Management LLC14 leases

    812K bbl · 366K Mcf

  7. Mewbourne Oil Company4 leases

    522K bbl · 861K Mcf

  8. Occidental Permian Ltd.1 lease

    171K bbl · 2.36M Mcf

110 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

1,017 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Waddell TR AOil 5263Blackbeard Operating, LLCSand Hills (McKnight)3,927,241 bbl7,319,742 Mcf
Waddell TR AOil 15266Blackbeard Operating, LLCSand Hills (Judkins)1,563,941 bbl6,228,596 Mcf
Waddell TR AOil 5294Blackbeard Operating, LLCSand Hills (Tubb)1,183,703 bbl6,428,758 Mcf
Waddell TR AOil 12207Blackbeard Operating, LLCSand Hills (Wichita-Albany)871,657 bbl6,186,483 Mcf
Waddell TR AOil 18745Blackbeard Operating, LLCSand Hills (San Angelo, Upper)1,144,641 bbl3,583,495 Mcf
Waddel TR 1Oil 60000Blackbeard Operating, LLCUniversity Waddell (Devonian)832,859 bbl1,729,926 Mcf
Waddell TR AOil 12508Blackbeard Operating, LLCSand Hills (Wolfcamp)480,217 bbl3,042,335 Mcf
McElroy, J. T., Cons.Oil 4161Scout Energy Management LLCMcElroy697,096 bbl237,789 Mcf
North Cross /Dev./ UnitOil 18696Occidental Permian Ltd.Crossett (Devonian)171,347 bbl2,357,880 Mcf
Lea, P.J. et AlOil 60004Ring Energy, Inc.Lea (Consolidated)362,532 bbl1,001,559 Mcf
Block 31 UnitOil 442OXY USA EOR, LLCBlock 31 (Devonian)35,565 bbl2,942,216 Mcf
Limelight 22305 26-29Oil 63603BTA Oil Producers, LLCPeart (Barnett)323,204 bbl652,629 Mcf
Waddell TR 12-13 1UDOil 64159Blackbeard Operating, LLCUniversity Waddell (Devonian)282,694 bbl885,073 Mcf
North McElroy UnitOil 20377Kinder Morgan Production Co LLCMcElroy407,375 bbl40,235 Mcf
McKnight, M. B.Oil 18323Ring Energy, Inc.Running W, N. (Holt)140,135 bbl1,032,102 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

13,340 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    4,796

  2. Producing

    3,456

  3. Shut In

    2,580

  4. Not on schedule

    1,138

  5. Injection

    673

  6. No Production

    267

  7. Temp Abandoned

    171

  8. Spudded

    154

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
53
permits issued, 90d
+51%
vs prior 90d (35)
7
operators filing
81%
horizontal
8,399
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 163 · prior 12 208(-22%)

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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
Blackbeard Operating, LLC1133,488
Ring Energy, Inc.231,057
BTA Oil Producers, LLC1414
Mewbourne Oil Company45
SM Energy Company32
Green Century Exp & Prod, LLC226
Hilcorp Energy Company1337
OXY USA EOR, LLC1233
Nile Midstream, LLC117
WTG Exploration11

Full operator directory: 421 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Crane County came in the last year. 3 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill45336,167
Recompletion822,558

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Crane County the Tubb is reported in 1,366 wells, median top 4,300 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
San Andres2,7152642,9622,593–3,494
Yates2,5402781,7361,434–2,200
Grayburg2,4722722,7512,451–3,258
Rustler2,056179560360–1,110
Queen1,7652622,3862,182–2,955
Clear Fork1,4461713,9893,510–4,816
Tubb1,366424,3003,999–4,660
San Angelo1,2491503,6003,402–3,839
Seven Rivers1,1732621,8471,665–2,429
McKnight1,133733,1612,947–3,390
Glorieta802903,7803,055–4,458
Devonian682177,9205,264–8,827
Wichita-Albany583224,9154,502–5,541
Wolfcamp462245,7995,222–7,987
Holt17943,7593,431–4,071

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

1,160
active UIC permits of 3,157
2.88M
permitted bbl/day, active
149M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Crane County →

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

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

1
M2+ events in the area
M2.0
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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919862Nov 12, 2026Nov 10, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR AB 4M #4148HH7,99910337875
919866Nov 12, 2026Nov 10, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR AB 3M2 #4147HH7,99910337876
919867Nov 12, 2026Nov 10, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR AB 3M1 #4146HH7,99910337877
919826Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR Cab 7M1 #4152HH7,99910337871
919830Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR Cab 6M #4151HH7,99910337870
919855Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR Cab 5M2 #4150HH7,99910337873
919856Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR AB 5M1 #4149HH7,99910337874
919861Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Nile Midstream, LLCCorsaire #6SD9,00010337872
919824Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR Cab 8M #4154HH7,99910337869
919763Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCWaddell TR Cab 6G #4336HH7,99910337866

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Questions about Crane County

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

163 permits were issued in Crane County in the last 12 months, down 26% from 221 in the 12 months before. 83% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 10, 2026. 9,120 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Crane County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Blackbeard Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Crane County, with 113 of 163, followed by Ring Energy, Inc. (23) and BTA Oil Producers, LLC (14). 7 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Crane County?

13,340 wells are on file in Crane County, including 4,148 active, 4,797 plugged, and 78 permitted and not yet drilled. 743 are horizontal. The active wells are under 109 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Crane County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 19.4 million barrels of oil and 66.5 million Mcf of gas in Crane County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 1,017 leases under 110 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 Crane County?

By oil and gas produced in Crane County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Blackbeard Operating, LLC, with 13.5 million barrels of oil and 46.0 million Mcf of gas from 228 leases, followed by Ring Energy, Inc. and BTA Oil Producers, LLC. 110 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Crane County?

149 million barrels of water were injected in Crane County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 1,160 of the county's 3,157 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Crane County →

What formations are drilled in Crane County?

Completion filings for wells in Crane County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the San Andres (2,715 wells, median top 2,962 ft), the Yates (2,540 wells, median top 1,736 ft), and the Grayburg (2,472 wells, median top 2,751 ft).

Formations in Crane County →

What basin is Crane County in?

Petrora lists Crane County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 08.

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Have there been earthquakes in Crane County?

1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more was located in the area of Crane County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.0.

Earthquakes in Crane County →

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.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/crane?days=90, documented in the API reference.