COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 119

Delta County

Delta County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued July 9, 2012.

24 drilling permits have been issued in Delta County since 1977.

24 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 9, 2012

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Also: every Delta County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →

Window30 days 90 days 180 days 365 days

0: permits issued, 90d
—: vs prior 90d (0)
0: operators filing
—: horizontal
—: avg permitted depth, ft
18: operators, all time

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Operators by well inventory

No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.

Operator	Permits	Wells
The Anschutz Corp.	—	1
TXO Production Corp.	—	1
Basin Operating	—	1
Sonat Exploration Company-Tyler	—	1
Sulphur River Exploration Inc.	—	1
Cenergy Exploration	—	1
Exxon Corporation	—	1
Hudson Resources Corporation	—	1
Wessely Energy Company	—	1
Fair Oil Company	—	1

Full operator directory →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Delta County came in the last year. None.

Permit types, 90d

Type	Window	Prior	All time

What the types mean →

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	Lease / well	Depth	API
742966	Jul 9, 2012	Jul 9, 2012	Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.	016-24 #01	320	11930121
742963	Jul 5, 2012	Jul 5, 2012	Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.	016-23 #01	370	11930120
742960	Jul 5, 2012	Jul 5, 2012	Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.	016-22 #01	425	11930119
480540	Oct 29, 1998	Oct 29, 1998	Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler	Olson #1	6,400	11930118
366326	Nov 10, 1989	Nov 10, 1989	Helmer Energy	Scott, Jack #1	1,500	11930117
360066	Jun 6, 1989	Jun 6, 1989	Fair Oil Company	Chandler, Eutah #1	8,250	11930116
351332	Sep 19, 1988	Sep 19, 1988	Exxon Corp.	Foust, Joe C. #1	7,000	11930115
346659	May 17, 1988	May 17, 1988	Basin Operating Co. Ltd.	Kurn #1	9,200	11930114
292807	Dec 16, 1985	Dec 16, 1985	TXO Production Corp.	Willey #1	9,775	11930113
254134	Oct 10, 1984	Oct 10, 1984	Hudson Resources Corporation	Leonard, O. P. #1	9,000	11930112

All Delta County permits →

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/delta?days=90, documented in the API reference.