COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 105
Crockett County, Texas
Crockett County permitting is running 1.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (5 total, versus 7 in the prior quarter).
Sem Operating Company LLC leads with 8 permits in the past 12 months, one of 6 operators active in the county.
3 operators filed a first Crockett County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,450 ft (prior year: 9,000 ft); 43% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 276 active disposal and injection permits, with 61.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 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.
12,231 drilling permits have been issued in Crockett County since 1977.
12,231 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 19, 2026
Watch Crockett CountyAlso: every Crockett County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 5
- permits issued, 90d
- -29%
- vs prior 90d (7)
- 2
- operators filing
- 40%
- horizontal
- 8,437
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 725
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 21 · prior 12 17(+24%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Sem Operating Company LLC | 8 | 81 |
| Scout Energy Management LLC | 6 | 2,602 |
| Petx Operating LLC | 4 | 67 |
| Walsh & Watts, Inc. | 1 | 35 |
| Beach Exploration, Inc. | 1 | 19 |
| Kaler Energy Corp. | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Crockett County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Petx Operating LLC4 permitsFeb 19, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Walsh & Watts, Inc.1 permitJun 2, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Kaler Energy Corp.1 permitDec 30, 2025 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Crockett County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Crockett County the Devonian is reported in 397 wells, median top 8,650 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 3,780 | 3 | 6,034 | 4,908–7,468 |
| Wolfcamp | 2,141 | 35 | 5,246 | 3,871–6,238 |
| San Andres | 1,452 | 36 | 1,852 | 1,244–2,499 |
| Dean | 1,238 | 0 | 5,066 | 4,419–6,089 |
| Strawn | 1,173 | 2 | 8,836 | 7,830–9,459 |
| Queen | 1,162 | 33 | 1,374 | 977–1,945 |
| Clear Fork | 907 | 1 | 2,839 | 1,799–3,957 |
| Grayburg | 721 | 2 | 1,790 | 1,216–2,226 |
| Base Cretaceous (marker) | 695 | 0 | 675 | 571–988 |
| Pennsylvanian | 615 | 1 | 7,784 | 7,507–8,015 |
| Spraberry | 598 | 1 | 4,208 | 3,181–5,573 |
| Yates | 533 | 3 | 1,150 | 744–1,480 |
| Leonard | 403 | 34 | 4,000 | 3,261–5,055 |
| Devonian | 397 | 1 | 8,650 | 5,070–9,773 |
| Seven Rivers | 388 | 1 | 1,252 | 809–1,562 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 276
- active UIC permits of 846
- 1.36M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 61.4M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Crockett 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919380 | Oct 21, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | Sem Operating Company LLC | University 40 B #1603WCH | 10,000 | 10542579 |
| 919379 | Oct 21, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | Sem Operating Company LLC | University 40 B #1601WCH | 10,000 | 10542578 |
| 917984 | Aug 23, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Hatton, E.H. Estate '14' #4 | 7,450 | 10532307 |
| 917924 | Aug 22, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Warren, W. K. Foundation '24' #12 | 7,235 | 10538645 |
| 917949 | Aug 22, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Hatton, E.H. Estate '8D' #3 | 7,500 | 10532135 |
| 917671 | Aug 9, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Warren,w. K. Foundation '24' #1 | 7,400 | 10531990 |
| 917613 | Aug 9, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Hatton, E.H. Estate '14B' #3 | 7,500 | 10532182 |
| 917033 | Jul 13, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 | Sem Operating Company LLC | University 40 #1511WCH | 10,000 | 10542577 |
| 917032 | Jul 13, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 | Sem Operating Company LLC | University 40 #1509WCH | 10,000 | 10542576 |
| 917031 | Jul 13, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 | Sem Operating Company LLC | University 40 #1507WCH | 10,000 | 10542575 |
Questions about Crockett County
How many drilling permits were issued in Crockett County in the last 12 months?
21 permits were issued in Crockett County in the last 12 months, up 17% from 18 in the 12 months before. 43% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 19, 2026. 12,231 are on file since 1977.
Every Crockett County permit →Who is the most active operator in Crockett County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Sem Operating Company LLC is the most active operator in Crockett County, with 8 of 21, followed by Scout Energy Management LLC (6) and Petx Operating LLC (4). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Crockett County →How many oil and gas wells are in Crockett County?
14,753 wells are on file in Crockett County, including 7,377 active, 4,220 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 878 are horizontal. The active wells are under 135 operators.
Every well in Crockett County →How much oil and gas does Crockett County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Crockett County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Crockett County →How much water is injected in Crockett County?
61.4 million barrels of water were injected in Crockett County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 276 of the county's 846 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Crockett County →What formations are drilled in Crockett County?
Completion filings for wells in Crockett County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (3,780 wells, median top 6,034 ft), the Wolfcamp (2,141 wells, median top 5,246 ft), and the San Andres (1,452 wells, median top 1,852 ft).
Formations in Crockett County →What basin is Crockett County in?
Petrora lists Crockett County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7C.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Crockett County?
1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more was located in the area of Crockett County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.0.
Earthquakes in Crockett 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/crockett?days=90, documented in the API reference.