COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 197
Hardeman County, Texas
Hardeman County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 2 in the prior quarter).
Trio Consulting & Management,llc leads with 4 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Hardeman County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,700 ft (prior year: 6,500 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 29 active disposal and injection permits, with 2.09M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,994 drilling permits have been issued in Hardeman County since 1977.
1,994 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 12, 2026
Watch Hardeman CountyAlso: every Hardeman County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 2
- permits issued, 90d
- +0%
- vs prior 90d (2)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 8,850
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 297
- 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 7 · prior 12 4(+75%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Trio Consulting & Management,llc | 4 | 48 |
| Buffco Production Inc. | 3 | 38 |
| PWR Operating, LLC | 1 | 48 |
| Dimock Operating Company | 1 | 13 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Hardeman County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- PWR Operating, LLC1 permitFeb 20, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Hardeman County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Hardeman County the Bend is reported in 15 wells, median top 7,430 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto | 270 | 9 | 5,617 | 5,115–5,898 |
| Barnett | 219 | 8 | 7,930 | 7,590–8,220 |
| Chester | 192 | 1 | 7,942 | 7,653–8,250 |
| Mississippian | 152 | 0 | 7,796 | 7,541–8,168 |
| Canyon | 128 | 4 | 5,038 | 3,986–5,671 |
| Strawn | 63 | 4 | 5,890 | 2,670–6,406 |
| Coleman Junction | 57 | 4 | 2,230 | 234–2,914 |
| Ellenburger | 44 | 1 | 8,272 | 8,058–8,827 |
| Cisco | 42 | 2 | 3,423 | 2,670–4,002 |
| Caddo | 33 | 0 | 6,312 | 6,172–6,565 |
| Atoka | 32 | 0 | 6,766 | 5,986–7,396 |
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 29 | 2 | 3,310 | 2,437–3,310 |
| Morrow | 24 | 0 | 7,473 | 7,355–7,676 |
| Bend | 15 | 0 | 7,430 | 7,225–7,549 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 29
- active UIC permits of 101
- 97.7K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 2.09M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Hardeman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918525 | Oct 14, 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 | Dimock Operating Company | Grange #1 | 9,000 | 19731778 |
| 918992 | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | Trio Consulting & Management,llc | Stepp 110 #4 | 8,700 | 19731815 |
| 915577 | May 13, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Trio Consulting & Management,llc | Holbrook #1 | 9,000 | 19731814 |
| 915577 | May 13, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Trio Consulting & Management,llc | Holbrook #1 | 9,000 | 19731814 |
| 913347 | Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 20, 2026 | PWR Operating, LLC | Melear, W. A. #102 | 8,230 | 19700252 |
| 912525 | Jan 13, 2026 | Jan 13, 2026 | Buffco Production Inc. | Turner #2 | 7,839 | 19731661 |
| 912431 | Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | Trio Consulting & Management,llc | Section 72 #1 | 8,900 | 19731805 |
| 911767 | Nov 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | Buffco Production Inc. | Turner 'A' #2 | 7,850 | 19731732 |
| 911762 | Nov 17, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 | Buffco Production Inc. | Judd 'A' #1 | 7,830 | 19731715 |
| 907926 | May 22, 2025 | May 22, 2025 | Sutherland Energy Co., LLC | Qeru #10 | 6,500 | 19730578 |
Questions about Hardeman County
How many drilling permits were issued in Hardeman County in the last 12 months?
9 permits were issued in Hardeman County in the last 12 months, up 350% from 2 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 12, 2026. 1,994 are on file since 1977.
Every Hardeman County permit →Who is the most active operator in Hardeman County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Trio Consulting & Management,llc is the most active operator in Hardeman County, with 4 of 9, followed by Buffco Production Inc. (3) and PWR Operating, LLC (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Hardeman County →How many oil and gas wells are in Hardeman County?
1,674 wells are on file in Hardeman County: 195 active, 1,221 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 88 are horizontal, and 28 operators hold them.
Every well in Hardeman County →How much oil and gas does Hardeman County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Hardeman County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Hardeman County →How much water is injected in Hardeman County?
2.1 million barrels of water were injected in Hardeman County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 29 of the county's 101 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Hardeman County →What formations are drilled in Hardeman County?
Completion filings for wells in Hardeman County report tops for 14 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Palo Pinto (270 wells, median top 5,617 ft), the Barnett (219 wells, median top 7,930 ft), and the Chester (192 wells, median top 7,942 ft).
Formations in Hardeman County →What basin is Hardeman County in?
Petrora lists Hardeman County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Hardeman County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Hardeman County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Hardeman 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/hardeman?days=90, documented in the API reference.