COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 119
Delta County, Texas
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
Watch Delta CountyAlso: every Delta County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 365d
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- vs prior 365d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 18
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Delta County came in the last year. None.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
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| 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 |
Questions about Delta County
How many drilling permits were issued in Delta County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Delta County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Jul 9, 2012. 24 are on file since 1977.
Every Delta County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Delta County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Delta County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is The Anschutz Corp., with 1, followed by TXO Production Corp. (1) and Basin Operating (1).
Operators in Delta County →How many oil and gas wells are in Delta County?
24 wells are on file in Delta County: 0 active and 17 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.
Every well in Delta County →How much oil and gas does Delta County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Delta County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Delta County →What basin is Delta County in?
Petrora lists Delta County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →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=365, documented in the API reference.