COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 213
Henderson County, Texas
Henderson County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued July 8, 2026.
Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Henderson County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,625 ft (prior year: 9,800 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 23 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.98M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,146 drilling permits have been issued in Henderson County since 1977.
1,146 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 8, 2026
Watch Henderson CountyAlso: every Henderson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 365d
- +50%
- vs prior 365d (2)
- 3
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 9,408
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 244
- 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 2 · prior 12 3(-33%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC | 1 | 307 |
| Cameron Exploration, Inc. | 1 | 0 |
| Mud Creek Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Henderson County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Cameron Exploration, Inc.1 permitJul 8, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Mud Creek Operating, LLC1 permitNov 24, 2025 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Henderson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodessa | 380 | 6 | 8,200 | 7,550–9,641 |
| Travis Peak | 355 | 2 | 8,656 | 7,797–9,228 |
| Pettit | 331 | 3 | 8,531 | 8,012–9,204 |
| Woodbine | 249 | 7 | 4,520 | 3,750–5,111 |
| James Lime | 181 | 4 | 9,830 | 8,201–10,145 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 141 | 3 | 8,565 | 7,471–9,285 |
| Paluxy | 129 | 6 | 6,914 | 4,962–7,556 |
| Austin Chalk | 114 | 1 | 4,070 | 3,271–4,622 |
| Cotton Valley | 114 | 2 | 10,305 | 9,051–10,702 |
| BMA | 86 | 1 | 7,702 | 7,030–8,551 |
| Glen Rose | 68 | 0 | 6,810 | 6,272–7,761 |
| Bossier | 67 | 2 | 11,551 | 10,915–11,938 |
| Buda | 45 | 0 | 5,160 | 4,719–5,916 |
| Pecan Gap | 37 | 1 | 2,616 | 2,254–3,198 |
| Taylor | 26 | 1 | 11,261 | 11,092–11,610 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 23
- active UIC permits of 98
- 119K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.98M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Henderson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916771 | Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | Cameron Exploration, Inc. | Malakoff South (Bacon Lime) Unit #26 | 7,600 | 21331125 |
| 913562 | Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 20, 2026 | Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC | Ogu (Harvard, J.M. 7) #156 | 12,000 | 21330647 |
| 910592 | Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | Mud Creek Operating, LLC | J. R. Coker #1 | 8,625 | 21331124 |
| 909720 | Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC | Ogu (Mc & Suggett -19) #158 | 11,950 | 21330651 |
| 904925 | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2025 | Atmos Pipeline - Texas | Tri-Cities Gas Storage Unit #41BHH | 7,650 | 21331123 |
| 903734 | Nov 4, 2024 | Nov 4, 2024 | Highmark Energy Operating, LLC | Ada J. Hightower #1 | 11,026 | 21330394 |
| 903564 | Oct 29, 2024 | Oct 29, 2024 | Atmos Pipeline - Texas | Tri-Cities Gas Storage Unit #35BHH | 7,650 | 21331122 |
| 900529 | Jun 19, 2024 | Jun 19, 2024 | Doughtie Operating Company, LLC | Forester #1 | 5,000 | 21331121 |
| 899809 | May 21, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | Highmark Energy Operating, LLC | Miller-Hurt NO.2 #3 | 10,140 | 21330755 |
| 898157 | Mar 14, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 | Esco Oil Operating Company LLC | Choate #1 | 8,500 | 21331120 |
Questions about Henderson County
How many drilling permits were issued in Henderson County in the last 12 months?
3 permits were issued in Henderson County in the last 12 months, up 50% from 2 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Jul 8, 2026. 1,146 are on file since 1977.
Every Henderson County permit →Who is the most active operator in Henderson County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC is the most active operator in Henderson County, with 1 of 3, followed by Cameron Exploration, Inc. (1) and Mud Creek Operating, LLC (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Henderson County →How many oil and gas wells are in Henderson County?
1,317 wells are on file in Henderson County, including 436 active and 547 plugged. 43 are horizontal. The active wells are under 32 operators.
Every well in Henderson County →How much oil and gas does Henderson County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Henderson County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Henderson County →How much water is injected in Henderson County?
2.0 million barrels of water were injected in Henderson County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 23 of the county's 98 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Henderson County →What formations are drilled in Henderson County?
Completion filings for wells in Henderson County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Rodessa (380 wells, median top 8,200 ft), the Travis Peak (355 wells, median top 8,656 ft), and the Pettit (331 wells, median top 8,531 ft).
Formations in Henderson County →What basin is Henderson County in?
Petrora lists Henderson County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Henderson County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Henderson County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Henderson 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/henderson?days=365, documented in the API reference.