COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 103
Crane County, Texas
Crane County permitting is running 16 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (48 total, down 9% on the prior quarter). 5 were issued in the past week.
Blackbeard Operating, LLC leads with 112 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; 84% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 1,177 active disposal and injection permits, with 134M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 1 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.0.
10,076 drilling permits have been issued in Crane County since 1977.
10,076 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 2, 2026
Watch Crane CountyAlso: every Crane County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 101
- permits issued, 180d
- +31%
- vs prior 180d (77)
- 9
- operators filing
- 86%
- horizontal
- 8,445
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 425
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 178 · prior 12 256(-30%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbeard Operating, LLC | 112 | 3,488 |
| Ring Energy, Inc. | 28 | 1,057 |
| BTA Oil Producers, LLC | 18 | 14 |
| SM Energy Company | 9 | 2 |
| Mewbourne Oil Company | 5 | 5 |
| Green Century Exp & Prod, LLC | 2 | 26 |
| Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 337 |
| OXY USA EOR, LLC | 1 | 233 |
| Nile Midstream, LLC | 1 | 17 |
| WTG Exploration | 1 | 1 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Crane County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- OXY USA EOR, LLC1 permitSep 28, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Hilcorp Energy Company1 permitSep 25, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- WTG Exploration1 permitApr 24, 2026 · active elsewhere first
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 2,713 | 266 | 2,962 | 2,593–3,494 |
| Yates | 2,539 | 283 | 1,736 | 1,434–2,200 |
| Grayburg | 2,471 | 276 | 2,751 | 2,451–3,258 |
| Rustler | 2,056 | 180 | 560 | 360–1,110 |
| Queen | 1,764 | 266 | 2,386 | 2,182–2,954 |
| Clear Fork | 1,443 | 174 | 3,989 | 3,511–4,811 |
| Tubb | 1,366 | 46 | 4,300 | 3,999–4,660 |
| San Angelo | 1,248 | 153 | 3,600 | 3,401–3,838 |
| Seven Rivers | 1,172 | 266 | 1,846 | 1,665–2,429 |
| McKnight | 1,133 | 75 | 3,161 | 2,947–3,390 |
| Glorieta | 801 | 91 | 3,780 | 3,055–4,458 |
| Devonian | 682 | 18 | 7,920 | 5,264–8,827 |
| Wichita-Albany | 583 | 24 | 4,915 | 4,502–5,541 |
| Wolfcamp | 462 | 24 | 5,799 | 5,222–7,987 |
| Holt | 179 | 4 | 3,759 | 3,431–4,071 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 1,177
- active UIC permits of 3,166
- 2.89M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 134M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Crane County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919861 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Nile Midstream, LLC | Corsaire #6SD | 9,000 | 10337872 |
| 919824 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR Cab 8M #4154HH | 7,999 | 10337869 |
| 919763 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR Cab 6G #4336HH | 7,999 | 10337866 |
| 919769 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR AB 4G #4335HH | 7,999 | 10337867 |
| 919771 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR AB 3G #4334HH | 7,999 | 10337868 |
| 919744 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR Cab 8G2 #4338HH | 7,999 | 10337864 |
| 919745 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR Cab 8G #4337HH | 7,999 | 10337865 |
| 919729 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR A #4896HH | 7,999 | 10337862 |
| 919732 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Waddell TR A #4895HH | 7,999 | 10337863 |
| 919434 | Oct 25, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 | Green Century Exp & Prod, LLC | Syndicate Fee ''A'' #5A | 5,005 | 10337654 |
Questions about Crane County
How many drilling permits were issued in Crane County in the last 12 months?
178 permits were issued in Crane County in the last 12 months, down 34% from 270 in the 12 months before. 84% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 2, 2026. 10,076 are on file since 1977.
Every Crane County permit →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 112 of 178, followed by Ring Energy, Inc. (28) and BTA Oil Producers, LLC (18). 7 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Crane County →How many oil and gas wells are in Crane County?
13,332 wells are on file in Crane County: 4,148 active, 4,797 plugged, and 81 permitted and not yet drilled. 742 are horizontal, and 109 operators hold them.
Every well in Crane County →How much oil and gas does Crane County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Crane County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Crane County →How much water is injected in Crane County?
134 million barrels of water were injected in Crane County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 1,177 of the county's 3,166 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 (2,713 wells, median top 2,962 ft), the Yates (2,539 wells, median top 1,736 ft), and the Grayburg (2,471 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.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Crane County?
TexNet located 1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more 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
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=180, documented in the API reference.