COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 201
Harris County
Harris County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, after a quiet prior quarter).
Frio Resources, LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Harris County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,426 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 137 active disposal and injection permits, with 42M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
3,826 drilling permits have been issued in Harris County since 1977.
3,826 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 11, 2026
Watch Harris CountyAlso: every Harris County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 180d
- +0%
- vs prior 180d (1)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 4,852
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 544
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 37 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 22 · prior 12 25(-12%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Frio Resources, LLC | 1 | 0 |
| Rise Petroleum Investments LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Harris County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Frio Resources, LLC1 permitFeb 13, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Harris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio | 466 | 1 | 5,516 | 3,438–5,906 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 242 | 1 | 2,313 | 600–4,563 |
| Yegua | 220 | 0 | 6,638 | 4,719–10,350 |
| Anahuac | 197 | 0 | 4,958 | 2,920–5,255 |
| Vicksburg | 144 | 0 | 7,589 | 4,352–8,450 |
| Wilcox | 80 | 0 | 9,880 | 9,529–11,281 |
| Jackson | 69 | 0 | 6,490 | 4,327–9,053 |
| Cook Mountain | 45 | 0 | 7,950 | 7,483–9,498 |
| Caprock | 37 | 0 | 840 | 30–2,526 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 137
- active UIC permits of 633
- 5.13M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 42M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Harris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917502 | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | Rise Petroleum Investments LLC | JC Stribling #2 | 4,852 | 20101279 |
| 913245 | Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | Frio Resources, LLC | Brown-Ferris Unit #1 | 14,000 | 20132063 |
| 901056 | Jul 10, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | WRD Operating LLC | R J S Unit #7 | 8,365 | 20130797 |
| 899104 | May 24, 2024 | May 24, 2024 | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | Monument #1 | 13,000 | 20133009 |
| 899035 | Apr 26, 2024 | Apr 26, 2024 | All American Ops LLC | R.H.L. 'X' #2 | 5,200 | 20133008 |
| 899035 | Apr 26, 2024 | Apr 26, 2024 | All American Ops LLC | R.H.L. 'X' #2 | 5,600 | 20133008 |
| 898367 | Apr 2, 2024 | Apr 2, 2024 | All American Ops LLC | R.H.L. 'X' #1 | 5,200 | 20133007 |
| 898367 | Apr 2, 2024 | Apr 2, 2024 | All American Ops LLC | R.H.L. 'X' #1 | 5,600 | 20133007 |
| 894707 | Jan 29, 2024 | Jan 29, 2024 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Susan B. Michalsky et AL #1 | 11,700 | 20133006 |
| 894698 | Oct 24, 2023 | Oct 24, 2023 | Baywater Operating, LLC | State Lease 118426 JP #1 | 13,500 | 20133005 |
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/harris?days=180, documented in the API reference.