COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 159
Franklin County, Texas
Franklin County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued April 23, 2026.
Fair Oil, Ltd. leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,250 ft (prior year: 9,642 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 32 active disposal and injection permits, with 23.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
551 drilling permits have been issued in Franklin County since 1977.
551 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Apr 23, 2026
Watch Franklin CountyAlso: every Franklin County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 30d
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- vs prior 30d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 106
- 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 3 · prior 12 6(-50%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Oil, Ltd. | 3 | 9 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Franklin County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paluxy | 180 | 4 | 4,252 | 4,134–5,710 |
| Woodbine | 151 | 4 | 3,230 | 2,820–4,019 |
| Goodland | 95 | 1 | 4,222 | 4,112–4,390 |
| Blossom | 61 | 2 | 2,390 | 1,807–2,586 |
| Eagle Ford | 52 | 0 | 2,510 | 2,457–2,958 |
| Pecan Gap | 42 | 0 | 1,596 | 1,278–1,738 |
| Cotton Valley | 38 | 1 | 9,605 | 9,222–11,125 |
| Smackover | 33 | 1 | 11,851 | 9,080–12,134 |
| Sub-Clarksville | 33 | 2 | 2,904 | 2,494–3,113 |
| Travis Peak | 31 | 5 | 8,122 | 7,072–9,118 |
| Nacatoch | 26 | 0 | 799 | 560–828 |
| Austin Chalk | 20 | 1 | 2,841 | 2,282–3,007 |
| Pettit | 17 | 4 | 7,022 | 6,962–8,066 |
| BMA | 12 | 0 | 7,247 | 6,931–7,642 |
| Rodessa | 12 | 3 | 6,827 | 6,630–7,602 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 32
- active UIC permits of 172
- 414K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 23.4M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 915015 | Apr 23, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | Fair Oil, Ltd. | Mary Ida Stone #1 | 7,262 | 15930594 |
| 915000 | Apr 23, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | Fair Oil, Ltd. | L. D. Stewart #2 | 7,250 | 15930629 |
| 914563 | Apr 6, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | Fair Oil, Ltd. | Stewart-Brody, et Al #1 | 7,250 | 15930592 |
| 910437 | Sep 17, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 | Incendium Resources LLC | T5 Blondie Lady #1 | 12,000 | 15930648 |
| 910437 | Sep 17, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 | Incendium Resources LLC | T5 Blondie Lady #1 | 12,250 | 15930648 |
| 908315 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Geoframe Energy, LLC | Ramsay Geothermal Producer #1 | 12,500 | 15930646 |
| 909936 | Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Energy Transfer Company | AM-73 #1 | 250 | 15930647 |
| 905908 | Feb 27, 2025 | Feb 27, 2025 | Mud Creek Operating, LLC | McVay #1 | 6,850 | 15930645 |
| 905394 | Jan 27, 2025 | Jan 27, 2025 | Fair Oil, Ltd. | M Hernandez #2 | 7,283 | 15930567 |
| 894042 | Sep 27, 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 | Fair Oil, Ltd. | Ripley Creek #1 | 7,400 | 15930644 |
Questions about Franklin County
How many drilling permits were issued in Franklin County in the last 12 months?
3 permits were issued in Franklin County in the last 12 months, down 50% from 6 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Apr 23, 2026. 551 are on file since 1977.
Every Franklin County permit →Who is the most active operator in Franklin County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Fair Oil, Ltd. is the most active operator in Franklin County, with 3 of 3. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Franklin County →How many oil and gas wells are in Franklin County?
958 wells are on file in Franklin County: 153 active, 512 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 22 are horizontal, and 8 operators hold them.
Every well in Franklin County →How much oil and gas does Franklin County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Franklin County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Franklin County →How much water is injected in Franklin County?
23.4 million barrels of water were injected in Franklin County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 32 of the county's 172 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Franklin County →What formations are drilled in Franklin County?
Completion filings for wells in Franklin County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Paluxy (180 wells, median top 4,252 ft), the Woodbine (151 wells, median top 3,230 ft), and the Goodland (95 wells, median top 4,222 ft).
Formations in Franklin County →What basin is Franklin County in?
Petrora lists Franklin County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Franklin County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Franklin County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Franklin 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/franklin?days=30, documented in the API reference.