COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 139
Ellis County, Texas
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
Watch Ellis CountyAlso: every Ellis County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 180d
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- vs prior 180d (0)
- 0
- 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 NOV 6, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
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 Ellis County came in the last year. None.
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 68 | 0 | 8,328 | 8,193–8,552 |
| Atoka | 46 | 0 | 5,401 | 2,987–8,228 |
| Wolfe City | 40 | 0 | 580 | 559–630 |
| Taylor | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1–564 |
| Marble Falls | 30 | 0 | 7,958 | 7,654–8,161 |
| Strawn | 25 | 0 | 2,020 | 1,888–2,490 |
| Bend | 18 | 0 | 5,550 | 5,144–7,489 |
| Morrow | 12 | 0 | 8,161 | 8,015–9,122 |
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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 875034 | Dec 9, 2021 | Dec 9, 2021 | Sage Natural Resources LLC | Merrill #3HH | 9,000 | 13930604 |
| 875033 | Dec 9, 2021 | Dec 9, 2021 | Sage Natural Resources LLC | Merrill #2HH | 9,000 | 13930603 |
| 808304 | Jul 17, 2015 | Jul 17, 2015 | Trinity River Energy Oper, LLC | Moore #1V | 9,400 | 13930494 |
| 802309 | Jan 22, 2015 | Jan 22, 2015 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | S #60 | 280 | 13930601 |
| 802305 | Jan 22, 2015 | Jan 22, 2015 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | S12 #01 | 340 | 13930600 |
| 742571 | Jun 29, 2012 | Jun 29, 2012 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | M-31 #01 | 280 | 13930599 |
| 713340 | Apr 25, 2011 | Apr 25, 2011 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | S-16 #01 | 280 | 13930598 |
| 703671 | Oct 18, 2010 | Oct 18, 2010 | Range Production Company | Harmon Unit #2HH | 9,000 | 13930597 |
| 703670 | Oct 18, 2010 | Oct 18, 2010 | Range Production Company | Harmon Unit #1HH | 9,000 | 13930596 |
| 697221 | Jun 9, 2010 | Jun 9, 2010 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | S-36 #01 | 300 | 13930595 |
Questions about Ellis County
How many drilling permits were issued in Ellis County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Ellis County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Dec 9, 2021. 608 are on file since 1978.
Every Ellis County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Ellis County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Ellis County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is National Land Resources Inc., with 277, followed by Thompson-Carlile Ventures (72) and Means Oil Company LLC (27).
Operators in Ellis County →How many oil and gas wells are in Ellis County?
961 wells are on file in Ellis County: 58 active and 638 plugged. 77 are horizontal, and 5 operators hold them.
Every well in Ellis County →How much oil and gas does Ellis County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Ellis County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Ellis County →What formations are drilled in Ellis County?
Completion filings for wells in Ellis County report tops for 8 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Barnett (68 wells, median top 8,328 ft), the Atoka (46 wells, median top 5,401 ft), and the Wolfe City (40 wells, median top 580 ft).
Formations in Ellis County →What basin is Ellis County in?
Petrora lists Ellis County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →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=180, documented in the API reference.