COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 7B · CODE 151
Fisher County
Fisher County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, versus 8 in the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
R K Petroleum Corp. leads with 6 permits in the past 12 months, one of 10 operators active in the county.
3 operators filed a first Fisher County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 4,700 ft (prior year: 6,000 ft); 32% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 162 active disposal and injection permits, with 40.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 55 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.7.
3,304 drilling permits have been issued in Fisher County since 1977.
3,304 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 26, 2026
Watch Fisher CountyAlso: every Fisher County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 90d
- -62%
- vs prior 90d (8)
- 3
- operators filing
- 33%
- horizontal
- 5,533
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 578
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 101 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 27 · prior 12 53(-49%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Fisher County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Coke Co. Operating5 permitsJul 10, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Amtex Energy, Inc.1 permitMay 8, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Energy Transfer Company1 permitApr 21, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Permit types, 90d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 2 | 3 | 2,820 |
| Recompletion | 1 | 0 | 217 |
| Reenter | 0 | 5 | 149 |
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Fisher County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Fisher County the Strawn is reported in 173 wells, median top 5,535 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 475 | 10 | 4,456 | 4,156–5,433 |
| Coleman Junction | 443 | 45 | 2,655 | 2,171–3,481 |
| Saddle Creek | 316 | 39 | 3,250 | 2,793–4,290 |
| Cisco | 189 | 27 | 3,310 | 2,975–5,000 |
| Strawn | 173 | 5 | 5,535 | 4,981–6,471 |
| Palo Pinto | 127 | 5 | 4,808 | 4,425–5,637 |
| Ellenburger | 92 | 2 | 6,052 | 5,806–6,947 |
| San Andres | 87 | 4 | 775 | 338–1,145 |
| Gunsight | 68 | 3 | 3,686 | 3,584–3,726 |
| Caddo | 61 | 0 | 6,074 | 5,592–6,742 |
| Mississippian | 24 | 0 | 6,554 | 5,878–6,851 |
| Wolfcamp | 15 | 0 | 4,698 | 2,232–6,747 |
| Cline | 13 | 1 | 5,639 | 5,119–6,239 |
| Tannehill | 10 | 0 | 3,120 | 2,842–4,393 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 162
- active UIC permits of 633
- 878K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 40.4M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Fisher County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 55
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.7
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919446 | Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 | R K Petroleum Corp. | Kimber #1HH | 7,100 | 15133404 |
| 918330 | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | Clear Fork, Incorporated | Alpine #1 | 4,800 | 15133403 |
| 917844 | Aug 19, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Rice Bros. (Canyon) Unit #201 | 4,700 | 15130319 |
| 916892 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Coke Co. Operating | Mary K. Kennedy #4 | 3,783 | 15101775 |
| 916891 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Coke Co. Operating | Mary K. Kennedy #3 | 3,787 | 15101774 |
| 916886 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Coke Co. Operating | Mary K. Kennedy #2 | 3,799 | 15101773 |
| 916876 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Coke Co. Operating | Cassle, H. O. #9 | 3,797 | 15101758 |
| 916875 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Coke Co. Operating | Cassle, H. O. #5 | 3,766 | 15101754 |
| 915397 | May 11, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | R K Petroleum Corp. | Callan B #2HH | 7,100 | 15133402 |
| 915397 | May 11, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | R K Petroleum Corp. | Callan #2HH | 7,100 | 15133402 |
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/fisher?days=90, documented in the API reference.