COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 125
Dickens County, Texas
Dickens County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter).
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: 6,100 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 62 active disposal and injection permits, with 4.12M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,363 drilling permits have been issued in Dickens County since 1977.
1,363 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 20, 2026
Watch Dickens CountyAlso: every Dickens County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 6
- permits issued, 365d
- -14%
- vs prior 365d (7)
- 3
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 4,792
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 143
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 7, 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%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | 3 | 96 |
| Medders Oil Company, Inc. | 2 | 39 |
| Schalk Oil Company, Inc. | 1 | 49 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Dickens County came in the last year. None.
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tannehill | 236 | 4 | 4,489 | 3,988–5,076 |
| Coleman Junction | 75 | 2 | 3,690 | 3,294–4,382 |
| Saddle Creek | 20 | 0 | 4,182 | 4,048–4,258 |
| Clear Fork | 12 | 1 | 1,982 | 1,757–2,384 |
| Tubb | 11 | 1 | 2,651 | 1,840–2,795 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 62
- active UIC permits of 140
- 112K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 4.12M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919396 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | Pitchfork-Toreador 15 #1W | 4,050 | 12530681 |
| 916404 | Jun 19, 2026 | Jun 19, 2026 | Medders Oil Company, Inc. | Pitchfork Tttt #3 | 4,500 | 12531431 |
| 916419 | Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 | Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | Pitchfork-Toreador BH #2204 | 4,500 | 12530694 |
| 915516 | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 | Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | Pitchfork-Toreador BH #2203 | 5,000 | 12530685 |
| 914865 | Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 | Schalk Oil Company, Inc. | Stewart #1 | 6,200 | 12531430 |
| 911640 | Nov 10, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 | Medders Oil Company, Inc. | Pitchfork Cccc #18 | 4,500 | 12531429 |
| 908593 | Jun 13, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | Pitchfork Otoe #1 | 7,200 | 12531428 |
| 908578 | Jun 12, 2025 | Jun 12, 2025 | Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | Pitchfork-Toreador D #6 | 6,100 | 12530667 |
| 907655 | Apr 29, 2025 | Apr 29, 2025 | Halliburton Operating Company | Jean #1 | 5,000 | 12531427 |
| 907330 | Apr 11, 2025 | Apr 11, 2025 | Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. | Little Croton Plcc #2 | 6,200 | 12531426 |
Questions about Dickens County
How many drilling permits were issued in Dickens County in the last 12 months?
6 permits were issued in Dickens County in the last 12 months, down 14% from 7 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 20, 2026. 1,363 are on file since 1977.
Every Dickens County permit →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 6, followed by Medders Oil Company, Inc. (2) and Schalk Oil Company, Inc. (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Dickens County →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.
Every well in Dickens County →How much oil and gas does Dickens County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Dickens County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Dickens County →How much water is injected in Dickens County?
4.1 million barrels of water were injected in Dickens County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 62 of the county's 140 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Dickens County →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).
Formations in Dickens County →What basin is Dickens County in?
Petrora lists Dickens County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.
The Permian Basin →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.
Earthquakes in Dickens 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/dickens?days=365, documented in the API reference.