COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 115
Dawson County, Texas
Dawson County permitting is running 5.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (15 total, versus 6 in the prior quarter).
Pbex-MCM Operating, LLC leads with 16 permits in the past 12 months, one of 12 operators active in the county.
3 operators filed a first Dawson County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,000 ft; 66% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 638 active disposal and injection permits, with 89.3M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 35 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.7.
3,769 drilling permits have been issued in Dawson County since 1977.
3,769 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 27, 2026
Watch Dawson CountyAlso: every Dawson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 89
- permits issued, 365d
- -1%
- vs prior 365d (90)
- 12
- operators filing
- 66%
- horizontal
- 9,024
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 513
- 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 79 · prior 12 79(+0%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Dawson County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Laguna Texas Resources, LLC13 permitsApr 2, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Lithos Resources II, LLC4 permitsMay 13, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Estacado Resources, LLC1 permitJun 29, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Permit types, 365d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 85 | 90 | 3,300 |
| Recompletion | 2 | 0 | 271 |
| Reenter | 2 | 0 | 126 |
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Dawson 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 | 1,549 | 132 | 4,408 | 3,610–4,869 |
| Spraberry | 1,203 | 125 | 7,312 | 6,592–8,076 |
| Yates | 831 | 132 | 2,635 | 2,118–3,017 |
| Dean | 603 | 109 | 8,500 | 8,144–9,304 |
| Clear Fork | 371 | 111 | 5,780 | 4,839–6,592 |
| Wolfcamp | 313 | 9 | 9,086 | 8,338–9,600 |
| Rustler | 242 | 11 | 2,114 | 1,568–2,209 |
| Mississippian | 191 | 1 | 10,880 | 10,128–11,337 |
| Strawn | 176 | 0 | 10,740 | 10,116–10,954 |
| Pennsylvanian | 131 | 2 | 9,085 | 8,322–10,246 |
| Grayburg | 125 | 10 | 4,122 | 3,350–4,322 |
| Canyon | 89 | 4 | 9,180 | 8,647–10,314 |
| Woodford | 70 | 0 | 11,668 | 10,601–12,060 |
| Atoka | 68 | 0 | 10,988 | 10,336–11,121 |
| Jo Mill | 68 | 2 | 7,670 | 7,390–8,355 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 638
- active UIC permits of 1,167
- 2.83M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 89.3M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Dawson County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 35
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.7
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919605 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Laguna Texas Resources, LLC | Trinity C Unit #5HH | 9,000 | 11534147 |
| 918235 | Oct 18, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Laguna Texas Resources, LLC | Overton D 4 #A 4HH | 9,200 | 11534143 |
| 918235 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Laguna Texas Resources, LLC | Overton D 4 #A 4HH | 9,200 | 11534143 |
| 918235 | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Laguna Texas Resources, LLC | Overton D 4 #A 4HH | 8,600 | 11534143 |
| 918404 | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Estancia Oil & Gas, LLC | JO-Mill West Unit #208 | 7,600 | 11534146 |
| 918400 | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Estancia Oil & Gas, LLC | JO-Mill West Unit #207 | 7,600 | 11534144 |
| 918234 | Oct 18, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Laguna Texas Resources, LLC | Overton D #A 3HH | 9,200 | 11534141 |
| 918234 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Laguna Texas Resources, LLC | Overton D #A 3HH | 9,200 | 11534141 |
| 918234 | Sep 6, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Laguna Texas Resources, LLC | Overton D #A 3HH | 8,600 | 11534141 |
| 918231 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Stonehill Dawson, LLC | Sinj 3 SWD #2 | 6,500 | 11534142 |
Questions about Dawson County
How many drilling permits were issued in Dawson County in the last 12 months?
89 permits were issued in Dawson County in the last 12 months, down 1% from 90 in the 12 months before. 66% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 27, 2026. 3,769 are on file since 1977.
Every Dawson County permit →Who is the most active operator in Dawson County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Pbex-MCM Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Dawson County, with 16 of 89, followed by Laguna Texas Resources, LLC (13) and Deep Blue Central LLC (13). 4 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Dawson County →How many oil and gas wells are in Dawson County?
4,603 wells are on file in Dawson County: 1,498 active, 1,917 plugged, and 33 permitted and not yet drilled. 302 are horizontal, and 91 operators hold them.
Every well in Dawson County →How much oil and gas does Dawson County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Dawson County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Dawson County →How much water is injected in Dawson County?
89.3 million barrels of water were injected in Dawson County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 638 of the county's 1,167 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Dawson County →What formations are drilled in Dawson County?
Completion filings for wells in Dawson County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the San Andres (1,549 wells, median top 4,408 ft), the Spraberry (1,203 wells, median top 7,312 ft), and the Yates (831 wells, median top 2,635 ft).
Formations in Dawson County →What basin is Dawson County in?
Petrora lists Dawson County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Dawson County?
TexNet located 35 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Dawson County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.7.
Earthquakes in Dawson 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/dawson?days=365, documented in the API reference.