COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 221
Hood County, Texas
Hood County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued October 5, 2015.
The county has 9 active disposal and injection permits, with 6.93M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
2,005 drilling permits have been issued in Hood County since 1977.
2,005 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 5, 2015
Watch Hood CountyAlso: every Hood County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 30d
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- vs prior 30d (0)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 180
- 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 0 · prior 12 0
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Hood County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Hood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 853 | 0 | 5,747 | 4,961–6,198 |
| Marble Falls | 771 | 0 | 5,186 | 4,579–5,620 |
| Atoka | 290 | 0 | 3,692 | 2,458–5,798 |
| Hood | 235 | 0 | 5,082 | 4,792–5,416 |
| Strawn | 150 | 0 | 1,362 | 225–3,231 |
| Bend | 96 | 0 | 4,790 | 3,892–5,382 |
| Big Saline | 77 | 0 | 4,575 | 3,710–5,591 |
| Base Cretaceous (marker) | 73 | 0 | 600 | 325–800 |
| Caddo | 60 | 0 | 1,051 | 633–3,818 |
| Duffer | 57 | 0 | 4,686 | 4,171–5,231 |
| Ellenburger | 36 | 0 | 5,968 | 5,282–6,510 |
| Smithwick | 26 | 0 | 5,021 | 4,209–6,297 |
| Morrow | 16 | 0 | 5,827 | 5,332–6,036 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 9
- active UIC permits of 32
- 225K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 6.93M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Hood County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 810075 | Oct 5, 2015 | Oct 5, 2015 | Enervest Operating, L.L.C. | Stank Unit #1H | 9,000 | 22131068 |
| 793052 | Aug 30, 2014 | Aug 30, 2014 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | San Raphael Unit #R 6HH | 9,000 | 22131980 |
| 793050 | Aug 30, 2014 | Aug 30, 2014 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | San Raphael Unit #R 7HH | 9,000 | 22131979 |
| 793049 | Aug 30, 2014 | Aug 30, 2014 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | San Raphael Unit #R 8HH | 9,000 | 22131978 |
| 793053 | Aug 28, 2014 | Aug 28, 2014 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | San Raphael Unit #R 5HH | 9,000 | 22131981 |
| 789109 | Jul 19, 2014 | Jul 19, 2014 | Premier Natural Resources Ii,llc | Tomlinson #3HH | 10,000 | 22131975 |
| 788198 | Jul 17, 2014 | Jul 17, 2014 | Premier Natural Resources Ii,llc | West Granbury Unit #4HH | 9,000 | 22131974 |
| 787240 | Jun 28, 2014 | Jun 28, 2014 | Premier Natural Resources Ii,llc | West Granbury #3HH | 9,000 | 22131973 |
| 785267 | May 21, 2014 | May 21, 2014 | Enervest Operating, L.L.C. | Odom #6HH | 9,000 | 22131972 |
| 781410 | Apr 9, 2014 | Apr 9, 2014 | Enervest Operating, L.L.C. | Odom #5HH | 9,000 | 22131971 |
Questions about Hood County
How many drilling permits were issued in Hood County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Hood County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Oct 5, 2015. 2,005 are on file since 1977.
Every Hood County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Hood County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Hood County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Eagleridge Operating LLC, with 646, followed by XTO Energy Inc. (99) and BKV North Texas LLC (59).
Operators in Hood County →How many oil and gas wells are in Hood County?
1,757 wells are on file in Hood County: 615 active and 742 plugged. 839 are horizontal, and 21 operators hold them.
Every well in Hood County →How much oil and gas does Hood County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Hood County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Hood County →How much water is injected in Hood County?
6.9 million barrels of water were injected in Hood County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 9 of the county's 32 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Hood County →What formations are drilled in Hood County?
Completion filings for wells in Hood County report tops for 13 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Barnett (853 wells, median top 5,747 ft), the Marble Falls (771 wells, median top 5,186 ft), and the Atoka (290 wells, median top 3,692 ft).
Formations in Hood County →What basin is Hood County in?
Petrora lists Hood County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →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/hood?days=30, documented in the API reference.