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Dickens County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Dickens County at 203,613 bbl of oil and 13,708 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 21% on the twelve months before.

86 leases under 22 operators had production in those months.

1 drilling permit was issued in Dickens County in the past 90 days, 2 in the 90 days before.

Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 4,500 ft (prior year: 5,550 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 62 active disposal and injection permits of 141 on file, with 4.16M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

1,275 drilling permits have been issued in Dickens County since 1977.

1,275 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 20, 2026

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191
active wells · 1,263 on file
22
producing operators, 12 months
86
producing leases, 12 months
203,613
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −21%
13,708
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −12%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 134 IN OIL AND NO. 193 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Dickens County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. Leases are still filing for Aug 2026, so that month and the twelve-month totals will rise.

12 months through Aug 2026 203,613 · prior 12 256,143(-21%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving13,465 bbl1,073 Mcf
Jul 202616,439 bbl1,137 Mcf
Jun 202616,840 bbl1,110 Mcf
May 202616,123 bbl1,128 Mcf
Apr 202615,542 bbl1,105 Mcf
Mar 202617,831 bbl1,143 Mcf
Feb 202616,576 bbl1,063 Mcf
Jan 202616,268 bbl1,184 Mcf
Dec 202518,133 bbl1,192 Mcf
Nov 202519,291 bbl1,164 Mcf
Oct 202518,410 bbl1,216 Mcf
Sep 202518,695 bbl1,193 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC19 leases

    60.8K bbl · 13.3K Mcf

  2. Schalk Oil Company, Inc.17 leases

    37.6K bbl · 0 Mcf

  3. Gunn Oil Company14 leases

    35.6K bbl · 0 Mcf

  4. Halliburton Operating Company6 leases

    30.9K bbl · 0 Mcf

  5. BKM Production2 leases

    8.53K bbl · 0 Mcf

  6. Chisholm Operating, Inc.7 leases

    7.54K bbl · 0 Mcf

  7. Bridwell Oil Co.1 lease

    4.68K bbl · 0 Mcf

  8. Petex1 lease

    2.88K bbl · 0 Mcf

22 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

86 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Bell "A"Oil 68357Gunn Oil CompanySoldier Mound (Tannehill)13,618 bbl0 Mcf
SherryOil 71189Halliburton Operating CompanyMonte Hall (Tannehill Sand)13,438 bbl0 Mcf
Iron Bridge Tannehill a Sand UntOil 70886Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCIron Bridge (Tannehill a Sand)8,811 bbl2,625 Mcf
BellOil 68356Schalk Oil Company, Inc.Soldier Mound (Tannehill)7,508 bbl0 Mcf
Spring FectaOil 69932Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCDalwood (Woods Lime)6,772 bbl3,282 Mcf
KathiOil 69914Halliburton Operating CompanyAfter Five (Tannehill)7,267 bbl0 Mcf
Pitchfork Toreador "22"Oil 68264Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCSilverspur (Tannehill)6,612 bbl0 Mcf
SjwfOil 12407Halliburton Operating CompanyCroton Creek (Tannehill)6,091 bbl0 Mcf
Neal-Long UnitOil 69230Schalk Oil Company, Inc.Soldier Mound (Tannehill)5,887 bbl0 Mcf
Jones AOil 69467Schalk Oil Company, Inc.Girard, E. (Tannehill)5,885 bbl0 Mcf
Navigator UnitOil 68035BKM ProductionNavigator (Tannehill B)5,627 bbl0 Mcf
Pitchfork-Toreador BHOil 67853Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCSilverspur (Tannehill)5,420 bbl0 Mcf
Sage Draw UnitOil 66530Bridwell Oil Co.Sage Draw (Middle Tannehill)4,677 bbl0 Mcf
RichardsonOil 69445Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCDalwood (Woods Lime)4,532 bbl0 Mcf
DrumOil 69319Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCDalwood (Woods Lime)4,312 bbl0 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

1,263 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    940

  2. Producing

    134

  3. Not on schedule

    65

  4. Injection

    52

  5. Shut In

    45

  6. Spudded

    17

  7. Water Supply

    5

  8. No Production

    5

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
1
permits issued, 90d
-50%
vs prior 90d (2)
1
operators filing
0%
horizontal
4,050
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 5 · prior 12 8(-37%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC396
Schalk Oil Company, Inc.149
Medders Oil Company, Inc.139

Full operator directory: 143 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

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

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Reenter1136
Drill011,207

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Dickens County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

In Dickens County the Tubb is reported in 11 wells, median top 2,651 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Tannehill23644,4893,988–5,076
Coleman Junction7523,6903,294–4,382
Saddle Creek2004,1824,048–4,258
Clear Fork1211,9821,757–2,384
Tubb1112,6511,840–2,795

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

62
active UIC permits of 141
112K
permitted bbl/day, active
4.16M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Dickens County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

0
M2+ events in the area
—
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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919396Oct 22, 2026Oct 20, 2026Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCPitchfork-Toreador 15 #1W4,05012530681
916404Jun 19, 2026Jun 19, 2026Medders Oil Company, Inc.Pitchfork Tttt #34,50012531431
916419Jun 16, 2026Jun 16, 2026Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCPitchfork-Toreador BH #22044,50012530694
915516May 12, 2026May 12, 2026Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCPitchfork-Toreador BH #22035,00012530685
914865Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026Schalk Oil Company, Inc.Stewart #16,20012531430
911640Nov 10, 2025Nov 10, 2025Medders Oil Company, Inc.Pitchfork Cccc #184,50012531429
908593Jun 13, 2025Jun 13, 2025Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCPitchfork Otoe #17,20012531428
908578Jun 12, 2025Jun 12, 2025Canan Mowrey Operating, LLCPitchfork-Toreador D #66,10012530667
907655Apr 29, 2025Apr 29, 2025Halliburton Operating CompanyJean #15,00012531427
907330Apr 11, 2025Apr 11, 2025Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.Little Croton Plcc #26,20012531426

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Questions about Dickens County

How many drilling permits were issued in Dickens County in the last 12 months?

5 permits were issued in Dickens County in the last 12 months, down 37% from 8 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 20, 2026. 1,275 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Dickens County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Dickens County, with 3 of 5, followed by Schalk Oil Company, Inc. (1) and Medders Oil Company, Inc. (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Dickens County?

1,263 wells are on file in Dickens County, including 191 active and 940 plugged. 0 are horizontal. The active wells are under 20 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Dickens County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 203,613 barrels of oil and 13,708 Mcf of gas in Dickens County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 86 leases under 22 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

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Who are the largest producers in Dickens County?

By oil and gas produced in Dickens County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC, with 60,751 barrels of oil and 13,334 Mcf of gas from 19 leases, followed by Schalk Oil Company, Inc. and Gunn Oil Company. 22 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Dickens County?

4.2 million barrels of water were injected in Dickens County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 62 of the county's 141 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Dickens County?

Completion filings for wells in Dickens County report tops for 5 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Tannehill (236 wells, median top 4,489 ft), the Coleman Junction (75 wells, median top 3,690 ft), and the Saddle Creek (20 wells, median top 4,182 ft).

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What basin is Dickens County in?

Petrora lists Dickens County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.

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Have there been earthquakes in Dickens County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Dickens County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. 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/dickens?days=90, documented in the API reference.