COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 199
Hardin County, Texas
Hardin County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, after a quiet prior quarter).
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 5,250 ft (prior year: 5,100 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 114 active disposal and injection permits, with 22.2M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
3,743 drilling permits have been issued in Hardin County since 1977.
3,743 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 25, 2026
Watch Hardin CountyAlso: every Hardin County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 180d
- -57%
- vs prior 180d (7)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 7,667
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 451
- 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 10 · prior 12 10(+0%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Whitehead Resources, Ltd. | 6 | 134 |
| Foundation Energy Management LLC | 1 | 99 |
| Hurd Enterprises, Ltd. | 1 | 1 |
| Gateway Operating LLC | 1 | 0 |
| Stroud Petroleum, Inc. | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Hardin County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Stroud Petroleum, Inc.1 permitSep 25, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Gateway Operating LLC1 permitFeb 18, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Hurd Enterprises, Ltd.1 permitJan 26, 2026 · active elsewhere first
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 411 | 5 | 1,360 | 1–3,000 |
| Yegua | 335 | 2 | 6,598 | 4,713–9,672 |
| Frio | 287 | 3 | 3,732 | 1,800–6,262 |
| Wilcox | 103 | 1 | 9,650 | 8,847–10,849 |
| Vicksburg | 92 | 2 | 5,626 | 3,554–7,431 |
| Caprock | 89 | 3 | 1,550 | 980–3,381 |
| Jackson | 67 | 0 | 5,244 | 2,560–7,958 |
| Cook Mountain | 26 | 0 | 7,852 | 7,025–9,591 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 114
- active UIC permits of 725
- 517K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 22.2M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Hardin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918913 | Sep 27, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Whitehead Resources, Ltd. | Arriola Fee #199 | 4,000 | 19933674 |
| 918876 | Sep 27, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Stroud Petroleum, Inc. | Osprey #1 | 14,500 | 19933673 |
| 917815 | Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | Whitehead Resources, Ltd. | Arriola Fee #197 | 4,500 | 19933672 |
| 914835 | Apr 16, 2026 | Apr 16, 2026 | Whitehead Resources, Ltd. | Arriola Fee #195 | 6,000 | 19933478 |
| 914487 | Apr 6, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | Whitehead Resources, Ltd. | Arriola Fee #196 | 4,000 | 19933671 |
| 914275 | Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | Whitehead Resources, Ltd. | Arriola Fee #194 | 4,500 | 19933670 |
| 912865 | Feb 18, 2026 | Feb 18, 2026 | Gateway Operating LLC | Vfe #1 | 12,600 | 19933667 |
| 913251 | Feb 11, 2026 | Feb 11, 2026 | Foundation Energy Management LLC | Elliot, F.P Fee #15 | 8,200 | 19933669 |
| 913117 | Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | Whitehead Resources, Ltd. | Arriola Fee #193 | 4,000 | 19933668 |
| 912783 | Jan 26, 2026 | Jan 26, 2026 | Hurd Enterprises, Ltd. | Petty Etal GU #1 | 12,500 | 19933666 |
Questions about Hardin County
How many drilling permits were issued in Hardin County in the last 12 months?
10 permits were issued in Hardin County in the last 12 months, down 9% from 11 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Sep 25, 2026. 3,743 are on file since 1977.
Every Hardin County permit →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 10, followed by Foundation Energy Management LLC (1) and Hurd Enterprises, Ltd. (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Hardin County →How many oil and gas wells are in Hardin County?
5,300 wells are on file in Hardin County: 960 active, 2,991 plugged, and 6 permitted and not yet drilled. 11 are horizontal, and 55 operators hold them.
Every well in Hardin County →How much oil and gas does Hardin County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Hardin County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Hardin County →How much water is injected in Hardin County?
22.2 million barrels of water were injected in Hardin County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 114 of the county's 725 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.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Hardin County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Hardin County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Hardin 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/hardin?days=180, documented in the API reference.