COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7B · CODE 151
Fisher County, Texas
Fisher County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, versus 7 in the prior quarter).
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 53 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 →
- 1
- permits issued, 30d
- +0%
- vs prior 30d (1)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 7,100
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 578
- 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 17 · prior 12 26(-35%)
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
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 475 | 10 | 4,456 | 4,156–5,433 |
| Coleman Junction | 443 | 43 | 2,655 | 2,171–3,481 |
| Saddle Creek | 316 | 37 | 3,250 | 2,793–4,290 |
| Cisco | 189 | 26 | 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
- 53
- 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 |
Questions about Fisher County
How many drilling permits were issued in Fisher County in the last 12 months?
19 permits were issued in Fisher County in the last 12 months, down 27% from 26 in the 12 months before. 32% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 26, 2026. 3,304 are on file since 1977.
Every Fisher County permit →Who is the most active operator in Fisher County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, R K Petroleum Corp. is the most active operator in Fisher County, with 6 of 19, followed by Coke Co. Operating (5) and L.C.S. Production Company (1). 3 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Fisher County →How many oil and gas wells are in Fisher County?
3,853 wells are on file in Fisher County: 681 active, 2,250 plugged, and 8 permitted and not yet drilled. 130 are horizontal, and 44 operators hold them.
Every well in Fisher County →How much oil and gas does Fisher County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Fisher County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Fisher County →How much water is injected in Fisher County?
40.4 million barrels of water were injected in Fisher County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 162 of the county's 633 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Fisher County →What formations are drilled in Fisher County?
Completion filings for wells in Fisher County report tops for 14 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (475 wells, median top 4,456 ft), the Coleman Junction (443 wells, median top 2,655 ft), and the Saddle Creek (316 wells, median top 3,250 ft).
Formations in Fisher County →What basin is Fisher County in?
Petrora lists Fisher County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7B.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Fisher County?
TexNet located 53 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Fisher County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.7.
Earthquakes in Fisher 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/fisher?days=30, documented in the API reference.