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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 219

Hockley County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Hockley County at 8,456,843 bbl of oil and 7,116,784 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 7% on the twelve months before.

391 leases under 69 operators had production in those months.

Hockley County permitting is running 4.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (13 total, versus 7 in the prior quarter). 4 were issued in the past week.

Texland Petroleum, L.P. leads with 12 permits in the past 12 months, one of 10 operators active in the county.

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

Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,000 ft (prior year: 6,600 ft); 3% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 2,355 active disposal and injection permits of 3,989 on file, with 162M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

6,126 drilling permits have been issued in Hockley County since 1977.

6,126 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 6, 2026

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5,004
active wells · 10,252 on file
69
producing operators, 12 months
391
producing leases, 12 months
8.5M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −7%
7.1M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +27%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 31 IN OIL AND NO. 82 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Hockley 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.

12 months through Aug 2026 8,456,843 · prior 12 9,064,530(-7%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026675,338 bbl428,275 Mcf
Jul 2026669,407 bbl395,008 Mcf
Jun 2026641,933 bbl618,096 Mcf
May 2026707,309 bbl909,577 Mcf
Apr 2026696,407 bbl668,031 Mcf
Mar 2026728,893 bbl868,423 Mcf
Feb 2026674,639 bbl510,392 Mcf
Jan 2026731,754 bbl612,047 Mcf
Dec 2025752,747 bbl622,120 Mcf
Nov 2025720,747 bbl666,528 Mcf
Oct 2025734,807 bbl432,191 Mcf
Sep 2025722,862 bbl386,096 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Occidental Permian Ltd.30 leases

    2.51M bbl · 3.13M Mcf

  2. Bce-Mach III LLC11 leases

    1.27M bbl · 1.33M Mcf

  3. Hilcorp Energy Company35 leases

    1.2M bbl · 1.05M Mcf

  4. Occidental Permian EOR, LLC7 leases

    668K bbl · 584K Mcf

  5. OXY USA Inc.1 lease

    589K bbl · 346K Mcf

  6. OXY USA EOR, LLC1 lease

    273K bbl · 170K Mcf

  7. Beryl Oil and Gas, LP1 lease

    250K bbl · 303K Mcf

  8. Texland Petroleum, L.P.40 leases

    291K bbl · 29.5K Mcf

69 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

391 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Levelland UnitOil 3780Occidental Permian EOR, LLCLevelland1,008,547 bbl819,119 Mcf
West Sundown UnitOil 70442OXY USA EOR, LLCSlaughter861,860 bbl515,604 Mcf
Sundown Slaughter UnitOil 67166Bce-Mach III LLCSlaughter691,147 bbl1,147,119 Mcf
Slaughter ConsolidatedOil 68016Hilcorp Energy CompanyTstar (Abo)334,058 bbl1,534,605 Mcf
Southeast Levelland UnitOil 18515Occidental Permian EOR, LLCLevelland487,713 bbl426,419 Mcf
Central Mallet UnitOil 18244Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter448,998 bbl515,734 Mcf
West RKM UnitOil 19691Occidental Permian EOR, LLCSlaughter379,257 bbl246,843 Mcf
Slaughter Estate UnitOil 18105Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter346,663 bbl354,181 Mcf
CMCOil 71338Beryl Oil and Gas, LPIllusion Lake (San Andres)250,301 bbl302,825 Mcf
Linker (Lower Clearfork) UnitOil 70429Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLCLinker (Clear Fork)259,273 bbl22,249 Mcf
Mallet UnitOil 18149Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter204,216 bbl134,201 Mcf
North Central Levelland UnitOil 60557Hilcorp Energy CompanyLevelland179,914 bbl36,786 Mcf
Montgomery Estate-Davies NCT-2Oil 14567Bce-Mach III LLCLevelland166,028 bbl52,275 Mcf
Northwest Mallet UnitOil 18246Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter159,639 bbl79,215 Mcf
East Mallet UnitOil 15298Hilcorp Energy CompanySlaughter118,003 bbl269,069 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

10,252 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    3,431

  2. Producing

    2,922

  3. Injection

    1,996

  4. Shut In

    1,201

  5. Not on schedule

    556

  6. Water Supply

    78

  7. Spudded

    24

  8. Permitted

    19

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
13
permits issued, 90d
+86%
vs prior 90d (7)
7
operators filing
0%
horizontal
7,523
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 29 · prior 12 28(+4%)

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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
Texland Petroleum, L.P.12142
Saddle Rim Energy (Texas), LLC545
Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.3476
Hilcorp Energy Company23,525
Occidental Permian EOR, LLC22,048
Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.2142
Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC259
Beryl Oil and Gas, LP28
Raw Oil & Gas, Inc.140
Het Levelland, LLC10

Full operator directory: 377 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

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

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill865,248
Recompletion40696
Reclass1017
Reenter01104

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

Fewer than ten wells in Hockley County report the Dean, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
San Andres4,742324,2253,800–4,947
Yates2,231352,6602,417–2,871
Rustler1,385152,0981,968–2,250
Clear Fork825276,0745,748–6,760
Glorieta656115,5905,170–5,950
Grayburg63003,8143,588–3,955
Queen51703,5243,253–3,665
Santa Rosa410261,100378–2,055
Seven Rivers27802,9862,792–3,086
Tubb25206,7356,388–6,950
Abo16767,5007,233–7,720
Wichita-Albany13927,3647,140–7,900
Wolfcamp9048,3237,774–9,300
Canyon8619,6249,304–9,962
Tansill7302,6692,530–2,781

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

2,355
active UIC permits of 3,989
6.87M
permitted bbl/day, active
162M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Hockley County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

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M2+ events in the area
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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
919926Nov 9, 2026Nov 6, 2026Texland Petroleum, L.P.Slider #36,80021937593
919900Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Texland Petroleum, L.P.Jester #36,80021937590
919904Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Texland Petroleum, L.P.Iceman #56,80021937592
919897Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Texland Petroleum, L.P.Goose #16,80021937591
919912Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Finley Estate #5027,00021930915
919640Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Hilcorp Energy CompanyCoons, W. A. #808,30021937588
919768Oct 31, 2026Oct 29, 2026Raw Oil & Gas, Inc.Southeast Whiteface Unit #18014,91321933734
919368Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Young-Hankins #48,00021934444
919282Oct 18, 2026Oct 16, 2026Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.Carter, David #17,20021937587
918568Oct 16, 2026Oct 14, 2026Occidental Permian EOR, LLCFrazier, W.G. #110W7,97221932525

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Questions about Hockley County

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

32 permits were issued in Hockley County in the last 12 months, up 19% from 27 in the 12 months before. 3% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 6, 2026. 6,126 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Hockley County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Texland Petroleum, L.P. is the most active operator in Hockley County, with 12 of 32, followed by Saddle Rim Energy (Texas), LLC (5) and Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. (3). 7 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

Operators in Hockley County →

How many oil and gas wells are in Hockley County?

10,252 wells are on file in Hockley County, including 5,004 active, 3,431 plugged, and 19 permitted and not yet drilled. 369 are horizontal. The active wells are under 69 operators.

Every well in Hockley County →

How much oil and gas does Hockley County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 8.5 million barrels of oil and 7.1 million Mcf of gas in Hockley County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 391 leases under 69 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 Hockley County →

Who are the largest producers in Hockley County?

By oil and gas produced in Hockley County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Occidental Permian Ltd., with 2.5 million barrels of oil and 3.1 million Mcf of gas from 30 leases, followed by Bce-Mach III LLC and Hilcorp Energy Company. 69 operators had production here in those months.

Operators in Hockley County →

How much water is injected in Hockley County?

162 million barrels of water were injected in Hockley County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 2,355 of the county's 3,989 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Hockley County →

What formations are drilled in Hockley County?

Completion filings for wells in Hockley County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the San Andres (4,742 wells, median top 4,225 ft), the Yates (2,231 wells, median top 2,660 ft), and the Rustler (1,385 wells, median top 2,098 ft).

Formations in Hockley County →

What basin is Hockley County in?

Petrora lists Hockley County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.

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Have there been earthquakes in Hockley County?

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

Earthquakes in Hockley County →

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/hockley?days=90, documented in the API reference.