COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 183
Gregg County
Gregg County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, after a quiet prior quarter).
Faulconer Energy, LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
3 operators filed a first Gregg County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 10,950 ft (prior year: 11,030 ft); 40% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 61 active disposal and injection permits, with 134M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
2,547 drilling permits have been issued in Gregg County since 1977.
2,547 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 3, 2026
Watch Gregg CountyAlso: every Gregg County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 90d
- —
- vs prior 90d (0)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 10,950
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 266
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 65 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 31 · prior 12 20(+55%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Faulconer Energy, LLC | 2 | 163 |
| Rose City Resources, LLC | 2 | 0 |
| Neches Exploration, L.L.C. | 1 | 17 |
| Mud Creek Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Gregg County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Faulconer Energy, LLC2 permitsApr 17, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Rose City Resources, LLC2 permitsMar 4, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Mud Creek Operating, LLC1 permitMar 18, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Gregg County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Gregg County the Pecan Gap is reported in 126 wells, median top 2,580 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Peak | 906 | 24 | 7,510 | 7,228–7,764 |
| Pettit | 826 | 22 | 7,259 | 6,970–7,548 |
| Rodessa | 558 | 18 | 6,701 | 6,380–7,013 |
| Cotton Valley | 512 | 13 | 9,150 | 8,850–10,468 |
| Woodbine | 393 | 5 | 3,547 | 3,484–3,665 |
| BMA | 306 | 2 | 6,495 | 6,205–6,810 |
| Bossier | 293 | 5 | 10,698 | 10,502–10,892 |
| James Lime | 277 | 9 | 7,038 | 6,876–7,302 |
| Taylor | 253 | 2 | 10,404 | 3,060–10,700 |
| Austin Chalk | 246 | 0 | 3,500 | 3,122–3,586 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 242 | 5 | 6,522 | 6,226–6,747 |
| Pecan Gap | 126 | 8 | 2,580 | 2,430–2,900 |
| Glen Rose | 109 | 9 | 4,950 | 4,000–5,368 |
| Paluxy | 71 | 1 | 4,720 | 4,080–5,430 |
| Goodland | 58 | 7 | 4,514 | 3,792–4,839 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 61
- active UIC permits of 128
- 951K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 134M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Gregg County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 0
- M2+ events in the area
- —
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919738 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Neches Exploration, L.L.C. | Culpepper #7 | 10,799 | 18331294 |
| 917516 | Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | Faulconer Energy, LLC | Hamby 4 #1 | 10,950 | 18331018 |
| 913933 | Apr 17, 2026 | Apr 17, 2026 | Faulconer Energy, LLC | Spear No. 1 #1 | 10,958 | 18330627 |
| 914205 | Apr 16, 2026 | Apr 16, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Vail #1HH | 8,500 | 18332190 |
| 913923 | Mar 18, 2026 | Mar 18, 2026 | Mud Creek Operating, LLC | Evans, M. W. #2 | 11,017 | 18331893 |
| 913801 | Mar 4, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Beaver Creek #1HH | 8,300 | 18332189 |
| 911024 | Oct 13, 2025 | Oct 13, 2025 | Harleton Oil & Gas Inc. | A.J. Money #1 | 9,500 | 18330587 |
| 909851 | Sep 17, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 | Sabine Energy Inc. | Evans a (AW) #1HH | 12,000 | 18332187 |
| 909851 | Sep 17, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation | Evans a (AW) #1HH | 12,000 | 18332187 |
| 910325 | Sep 10, 2025 | Sep 10, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Thrasher, S.R. #2 | 10,775 | 18330903 |
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/gregg?days=90, documented in the API reference.