COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 137
Edwards County, Texas
Edwards County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 3, 2024.
The county has 10 active disposal and injection permits, with 140K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,882 drilling permits have been issued in Edwards County since 1977.
1,882 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Dec 3, 2024
Watch Edwards CountyAlso: every Edwards 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 (2)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 176
- 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 1(-100%)
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 Edwards County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Edwards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 501 | 0 | 3,030 | 1,888–6,655 |
| Base Cretaceous (marker) | 263 | 0 | 1,027 | 930–1,200 |
| Wolfcamp | 205 | 0 | 1,606 | 1,170–2,305 |
| Ellenburger | 128 | 0 | 7,027 | 5,571–10,842 |
| Strawn | 120 | 0 | 6,664 | 4,842–9,750 |
| Glen Rose | 89 | 0 | 238 | 228–361 |
| Paluxy | 78 | 1 | 404 | 275–553 |
| Pennsylvanian | 51 | 0 | 6,680 | 2,703–8,980 |
| Cisco | 18 | 0 | 2,356 | 1,927–2,735 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 10
- active UIC permits of 55
- 13K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 140K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Edwards County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
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- M2+ events in the area
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- 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 |
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| 904347 | Dec 3, 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Dunbar #13 | 500 | 13732275 |
| 904252 | Nov 25, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Dunbar #12 | 500 | 13732274 |
| 900095 | May 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Farm #5 | 600 | 13732272 |
| 899726 | May 17, 2024 | May 17, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Friess Brothers #2 | 700 | 13730780 |
| 899725 | May 17, 2024 | May 17, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Farm #4 | 600 | 13732271 |
| 899628 | May 14, 2024 | May 14, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Schenkel 'A' #13 | 500 | 13732270 |
| 899096 | Apr 24, 2024 | Apr 24, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Schenkel 'A' #12 | 500 | 13732267 |
| 899095 | Apr 24, 2024 | Apr 24, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Dunbar #11 | 500 | 13732269 |
| 899094 | Apr 24, 2024 | Apr 24, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Dunbar #10 | 500 | 13732268 |
| 898090 | Mar 12, 2024 | Mar 12, 2024 | PNP Operating Company LLC | Farm #2R | 600 | 13732266 |
Questions about Edwards County
How many drilling permits were issued in Edwards County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Edwards County in the last 12 months, down 100% from 2 in the 12 months before. The most recent was issued Dec 3, 2024. 1,882 are on file since 1977.
Every Edwards County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Edwards County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Edwards County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Upp Operating LLC, with 220, followed by Henry Petroleum LLC (158) and Lakeshore Operating LLC (117).
Operators in Edwards County →How many oil and gas wells are in Edwards County?
1,926 wells are on file in Edwards County: 441 active, 915 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 54 are horizontal, and 18 operators hold them.
Every well in Edwards County →How much oil and gas does Edwards County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Edwards County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Edwards County →How much water is injected in Edwards County?
140,382 barrels of water were injected in Edwards County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 10 of the county's 55 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Edwards County →What formations are drilled in Edwards County?
Completion filings for wells in Edwards County report tops for 9 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (501 wells, median top 3,030 ft), the Base Cretaceous (marker) (263 wells, median top 1,027 ft), and the Wolfcamp (205 wells, median top 1,606 ft).
Formations in Edwards County →What basin is Edwards County in?
Petrora lists Edwards County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 01.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Edwards County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Edwards County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Edwards 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/edwards?days=365, documented in the API reference.