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COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 199

Hardin County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Hardin County at 663,902 bbl of oil and 2,118,854 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 12% on the twelve months before.

299 leases under 49 operators had production in those months.

4 drilling permits were issued in Hardin County in the past 90 days, none in the 90 days before.

Whitehead Resources, Ltd. leads with 6 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county.

3 operators filed a first Hardin County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,000 ft (prior year: 5,100 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 106 active disposal and injection permits of 715 on file, with 27.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

3,455 drilling permits have been issued in Hardin County since 1977.

3,455 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 5, 2026

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960
active wells · 5,301 on file
49
producing operators, 12 months
299
producing leases, 12 months
663,902
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −12%
2.1M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −13%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 84 IN OIL AND NO. 122 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Hardin County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. Leases are still filing for Aug 2026, so that month and the twelve-month totals will rise.

12 months through Aug 2026 663,902 · prior 12 751,507(-12%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving40,368 bbl180,218 Mcf
Jul 202653,606 bbl166,614 Mcf
Jun 202653,914 bbl164,533 Mcf
May 202657,114 bbl167,550 Mcf
Apr 202655,737 bbl168,451 Mcf
Mar 202658,202 bbl184,436 Mcf
Feb 202653,094 bbl172,570 Mcf
Jan 202655,268 bbl181,152 Mcf
Dec 202559,242 bbl208,823 Mcf
Nov 202558,451 bbl186,749 Mcf
Oct 202560,841 bbl201,917 Mcf
Sep 202558,065 bbl135,841 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Union Gas Operating Company21 leases

    98.8K bbl · 471K Mcf

  2. Foundation Energy Management LLC16 leases

    101K bbl · 105K Mcf

  3. Eqv Operating LLC9 leases

    6.62K bbl · 535K Mcf

  4. Radco Operations, L.P.55 leases

    71.7K bbl · 0 Mcf

  5. Saratoga Production Company LLC22 leases

    58K bbl · 0 Mcf

  6. Wagner Oil Company6 leases

    32.8K bbl · 124K Mcf

  7. Porter, James W. Special1 lease

    37K bbl · 0 Mcf

  8. Whitehead Resources, Ltd.4 leases

    22.6K bbl · 75.3K Mcf

49 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

299 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
BP "L"Gas 260041Eqv Operating LLCJazz (Wilcox Deep)6,256 bbl553,709 Mcf
Petty CGas 280322Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Vickers (Wilcox Middle)39,426 bbl168,890 Mcf
Feldman, D. D. FeeOil 3616Saratoga Production Company LLCSaratoga44,067 bbl0 Mcf
Wing, Wilson D.Oil 252Porter, James W. SpecialBatson Old37,043 bbl0 Mcf
F. P. Elliot FeeOil 27300Foundation Energy Management LLCSilsbee (Y-2)30,394 bbl9,383 Mcf
Panzer 43Gas 295596Cimarron Engineering, LLCSour Lake (Yegua 10,000)3,663 bbl153,548 Mcf
Jack KnifeGas 281629Wagner Oil CompanySour Lake (EY-3)13,470 bbl63,069 Mcf
PorterOil 25084Corona Operating, LLCBatson Old20,106 bbl0 Mcf
Tarver - HardinOil 3866Radco Operations, L.P.Sour Lake19,778 bbl0 Mcf
Rice, W. M. University UnitGas 224206Eqv Operating LLCVillage Mills Deep (WX Cons.)2,337 bbl104,386 Mcf
Arriola FeeOil 123Whitehead Resources, Ltd.Arriola*19,629 bbl0 Mcf
Brooks, G. W. FeeOil 23679Foundation Energy Management LLCSilsbee (2)12,041 bbl37,019 Mcf
Village Creek SP GUGas 265002Faulconer Energy, LLCVan Meter (Yegua, Lower)976 bbl100,602 Mcf
TriggerGas 296847Lawco Osage Operating, LLCPine Island Bayou (Yegua EY-1L)6,643 bbl50,975 Mcf
Choate FeeOil 224Tandem Energy CorporationBatson New15,064 bbl0 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

5,301 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    2,991

  2. Not on schedule

    999

  3. Producing

    871

  4. Shut In

    282

  5. Injection

    79

  6. Temp Abandoned

    27

  7. Spudded

    24

  8. No Production

    11

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
4
permits issued, 90d
—
vs prior 90d (0)
2
operators filing
0%
horizontal
9,250
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 11, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 11 · prior 12 8(+38%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Whitehead Resources, Ltd.6134
Stroud Petroleum, Inc.20
Foundation Energy Management LLC199
Hurd Enterprises, Ltd.11
Gateway Operating LLC10

Full operator directory: 450 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Hardin County came in the last year. 3 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill402,513

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Hardin County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

In Hardin County the Miocene (undifferentiated) is reported in 411 wells, median top 1,360 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Miocene (undifferentiated)41151,3601–3,000
Yegua33526,5984,713–9,672
Frio28733,7321,800–6,262
Wilcox10319,6508,847–10,849
Vicksburg9225,6263,554–7,431
Caprock8931,550980–3,381
Jackson6705,2442,560–7,958
Cook Mountain2607,8527,025–9,591

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

106
active UIC permits of 715
426K
permitted bbl/day, active
27.4M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Hardin 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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919889Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Stroud Petroleum, Inc.Spirit #114,00019933675
918913Sep 27, 2026Sep 25, 2026Whitehead Resources, Ltd.Arriola Fee #1994,00019933674
918876Sep 27, 2026Sep 25, 2026Stroud Petroleum, Inc.Osprey #114,50019933673
917815Aug 17, 2026Aug 14, 2026Whitehead Resources, Ltd.Arriola Fee #1974,50019933672
914835Apr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026Whitehead Resources, Ltd.Arriola Fee #1956,00019933478
914487Apr 6, 2026Apr 6, 2026Whitehead Resources, Ltd.Arriola Fee #1964,00019933671
914275Mar 24, 2026Mar 24, 2026Whitehead Resources, Ltd.Arriola Fee #1944,50019933670
912865Feb 18, 2026Feb 18, 2026Gateway Operating LLCVfe #112,60019933667
913251Feb 11, 2026Feb 11, 2026Foundation Energy Management LLCElliot, F.P Fee #158,20019933669
913117Feb 2, 2026Feb 2, 2026Whitehead Resources, Ltd.Arriola Fee #1934,00019933668

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Questions about Hardin County

How many drilling permits were issued in Hardin County in the last 12 months?

11 permits were issued in Hardin County in the last 12 months, up 22% from 9 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 5, 2026. 3,455 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Hardin County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Whitehead Resources, Ltd. is the most active operator in Hardin County, with 6 of 11, followed by Stroud Petroleum, Inc. (2) and Foundation Energy Management LLC (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Hardin County?

5,301 wells are on file in Hardin County, including 960 active, 2,991 plugged, and 7 permitted and not yet drilled. 11 are horizontal. The active wells are under 55 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Hardin County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 663,902 barrels of oil and 2.1 million Mcf of gas in Hardin County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 299 leases under 49 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Hardin County →

Who are the largest producers in Hardin County?

By oil and gas produced in Hardin County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Union Gas Operating Company, with 98,769 barrels of oil and 470,831 Mcf of gas from 21 leases, followed by Foundation Energy Management LLC and Eqv Operating LLC. 49 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Hardin County?

27.4 million barrels of water were injected in Hardin County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 106 of the county's 715 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Hardin County →

What formations are drilled in Hardin County?

Completion filings for wells in Hardin County report tops for 8 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Miocene (undifferentiated) (411 wells, median top 1,360 ft), the Yegua (335 wells, median top 6,598 ft), and the Frio (287 wells, median top 3,732 ft).

Formations in Hardin County →

What basin is Hardin County in?

Petrora lists Hardin County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.

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Have there been earthquakes in Hardin County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Hardin County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. 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/hardin?days=90, documented in the API reference.