COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 127
Dimmit County
Dimmit County permitting is running 16 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (47 total, up 9% on the prior quarter).
Javelin Energy Partners Mgmt LLC leads with 33 permits in the past 12 months, one of 15 operators active in the county.
5 operators filed a first Dimmit County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,201 ft (prior year: 8,000 ft); 99% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 171 active disposal and injection permits, with 42.7M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 25 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.6.
9,892 drilling permits have been issued in Dimmit County since 1977.
9,892 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 21, 2026
Watch Dimmit CountyAlso: every Dimmit County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 47
- permits issued, 90d
- +9%
- vs prior 90d (43)
- 6
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 7,601
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 520
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 113 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 167 · prior 12 156(+7%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Javelin Energy Partners Mgmt LLC | 33 | 1,454 |
| Jonah Energy LLC | 29 | 318 |
| Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - USA | 28 | 296 |
| Rosewood Resources, Inc. | 22 | 63 |
| Ineos USA Oil & Gas LLC | 11 | 727 |
| Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | 9 | 167 |
| EL Toro Resources LLC | 9 | 66 |
| Atlas Operating LLC | 7 | 273 |
| Espada Energy, LLC | 4 | 0 |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 3 | 19 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Dimmit County came in the last year. 5 in total.
- Jonah Energy LLC29 permitsJun 10, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Espada Energy, LLC4 permitsApr 8, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC3 permitsJan 21, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- TBM Catarina, LLC2 permitsJun 15, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Remora Operating, LLC2 permitsFeb 27, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Dimmit County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Dimmit County the Austin Chalk is reported in 3,449 wells, median top 6,546 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 4,413 | 233 | 4,142 | 2,205–5,047 |
| Eagle Ford | 4,054 | 168 | 7,183 | 6,139–7,874 |
| San Miguel | 3,992 | 164 | 5,152 | 2,875–6,022 |
| Austin Chalk | 3,449 | 206 | 6,546 | 5,258–7,308 |
| Escondido | 3,391 | 214 | 2,800 | 1,102–3,831 |
| Anacacho | 1,436 | 15 | 6,110 | 5,043–6,790 |
| Midway | 738 | 28 | 2,688 | 1,317–3,634 |
| Pecan Gap | 456 | 0 | 6,338 | 4,982–7,121 |
| Wilcox | 128 | 2 | 2,332 | 1,239–2,777 |
| Buda | 97 | 2 | 6,534 | 5,276–8,009 |
| Georgetown | 85 | 2 | 6,700 | 5,699–7,746 |
| Edwards | 46 | 1 | 7,480 | 6,194–8,720 |
| Del Rio | 41 | 0 | 5,939 | 5,270–7,534 |
| Carrizo | 39 | 0 | 948 | 300–1,470 |
| Glen Rose | 39 | 1 | 8,500 | 6,448–9,530 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 171
- active UIC permits of 504
- 788K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 42.7M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Dimmit County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 25
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919645 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Gulftex Energy, LLC | Ferguson-McKnight #D 4OXH | 10,000 | 12739259 |
| 919646 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Gulftex Energy, LLC | Ferguson-McKnight #C 3OXH | 10,000 | 12739260 |
| 919651 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Gulftex Energy, LLC | Ferguson-McKnight #B 2OXH | 10,000 | 12739261 |
| 919395 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Jonah Energy LLC | Dos a G #4106EHH | 7,500 | 12739258 |
| 919382 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Jonah Energy LLC | Dos a F #4104EHH | 7,500 | 12739257 |
| 919381 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Jonah Energy LLC | Dos a E #4102EHH | 7,500 | 12739256 |
| 919151 | Oct 11, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | Jonah Energy LLC | Dos a D #4208EHH | 7,500 | 12739255 |
| 919142 | Oct 11, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | Jonah Energy LLC | Dos a C #4206EHH | 7,500 | 12739254 |
| 919139 | Oct 11, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | Jonah Energy LLC | Dos a B #4204EHH | 7,500 | 12739253 |
| 919138 | Oct 11, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | Jonah Energy LLC | Dos a A #4202EHH | 7,500 | 12739252 |
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/dimmit?days=90, documented in the API reference.