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COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 139

Ellis County

Ellis County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 9, 2021.

The county has 3 active disposal and injection permits.

608 drilling permits have been issued in Ellis County since 1978.

608 permits on file since 1978 · last issued Dec 9, 2021

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Also: every Ellis County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
0
permits issued, 90d
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vs prior 90d (0)
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operators filing
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horizontal
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avg permitted depth, ft
67
operators, all time

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 2

012

Operators by well inventory

No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.

OperatorPermitsWells
National Land Resources Inc.—277
Thompson-Carlile Ventures—79
Kiowa Oil & Gas Corporation—28
TEP Barnett USA LLC—24
Mixon Robert N.—23
Upp Operating LLC—19
Venture Oil & Gas Corporation—16
Deep Creek Operating Co.—15
Haynie Drilling Co. Inc.—13
Mixon Robert N.—13

Full operator directory →

New entrants, last 12 months

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

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Ellis County the Atoka is reported in 46 wells, median top 5,401 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Barnett6808,3288,193–8,552
Atoka4605,4012,987–8,228
Wolfe City400580559–630
Taylor32011–564
Marble Falls3007,9587,654–8,161
Strawn2502,0201,888–2,490
Bend1805,5505,144–7,489
Morrow1208,1618,015–9,122

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

3
active UIC permits of 42
75
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

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

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

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
875034Dec 9, 2021Dec 9, 2021Sage Natural Resources LLCMerrill #3HH9,00013930604
875033Dec 9, 2021Dec 9, 2021Sage Natural Resources LLCMerrill #2HH9,00013930603
808304Jul 17, 2015Jul 17, 2015Trinity River Energy Oper, LLCMoore #1V9,40013930494
802309Jan 22, 2015Jan 22, 2015Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.S #6028013930601
802305Jan 22, 2015Jan 22, 2015Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.S12 #0134013930600
742571Jun 29, 2012Jun 29, 2012Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.M-31 #0128013930599
713340Apr 25, 2011Apr 25, 2011Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.S-16 #0128013930598
703671Oct 18, 2010Oct 18, 2010Range Production CompanyHarmon Unit #2HH9,00013930597
703670Oct 18, 2010Oct 18, 2010Range Production CompanyHarmon Unit #1HH9,00013930596
697221Jun 9, 2010Jun 9, 2010Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div.S-36 #0130013930595

All Ellis County permits →

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/ellis?days=90, documented in the API reference.