COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 183
Gregg County, Texas
Gregg County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 1 in the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
Faulconer Energy, LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 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: 10,848 ft); 43% 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.
2,186 drilling permits have been issued in Gregg County since 1977.
2,186 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 2, 2026
Watch Gregg CountyAlso: every Gregg County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 7
- permits issued, 365d
- -61%
- vs prior 365d (18)
- 5
- operators filing
- 43%
- horizontal
- 10,218
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 262
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 7 · prior 12 18(-61%)
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 | 198 |
| Rose City Resources, LLC | 2 | 0 |
| Buffco Production Inc. | 1 | 63 |
| Neches Exploration, L.L.C. | 1 | 21 |
| Mud Creek Operating, LLC | 1 | 1 |
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 →
| 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 →
USGS catalog, Texas
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919770 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Buffco Production Inc. | Longview North - Henderson (AW) #1HH | 11,000 | 18332178 |
| 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 |
| 909851Amendment | 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 |
Questions about Gregg County
How many drilling permits were issued in Gregg County in the last 12 months?
7 permits were issued in Gregg County in the last 12 months, down 61% from 18 in the 12 months before. 43% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 2, 2026. 2,186 are on file since 1977.
Every Gregg County permit →Who is the most active operator in Gregg County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Faulconer Energy, LLC is the most active operator in Gregg County, with 2 of 7, followed by Rose City Resources, LLC (2) and Buffco Production Inc. (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Gregg County →How many oil and gas wells are in Gregg County?
11,791 wells are on file in Gregg County, including 3,512 active, 5,311 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 47 are horizontal. The active wells are under 74 operators.
Every well in Gregg County →How much oil and gas does Gregg County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Gregg County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Gregg County →How much water is injected in Gregg County?
134 million barrels of water were injected in Gregg County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 61 of the county's 128 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Gregg County →What formations are drilled in Gregg County?
Completion filings for wells in Gregg County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Travis Peak (906 wells, median top 7,510 ft), the Pettit (826 wells, median top 7,259 ft), and the Rodessa (558 wells, median top 6,701 ft).
Formations in Gregg County →What basin is Gregg County in?
Petrora lists Gregg County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Gregg County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Gregg County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Gregg 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/gregg?days=365, documented in the API reference.