COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 229
Hudspeth County
Hudspeth County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued October 8, 2024.
142 drilling permits have been issued in Hudspeth County since 1979.
142 permits on file since 1979 · last issued Oct 8, 2024
Watch Hudspeth CountyAlso: every Hudspeth County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 365d
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- vs prior 365d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 26
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 15 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 33
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 Hudspeth County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Hudspeth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvanian | 12 | 0 | 5,189 | 1,730–5,362 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
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- active UIC permits of 1
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- permitted bbl/day, active
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- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Hudspeth County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
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| 903028 | Oct 8, 2024 | Oct 8, 2024 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E23 #4 | 4,000 | 22930294 |
| 903083 | Oct 4, 2024 | Oct 4, 2024 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E15 #3 | 4,000 | 22930299 |
| 903081 | Oct 4, 2024 | Oct 4, 2024 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E15 #1 | 4,000 | 22930298 |
| 903027 | Oct 4, 2024 | Oct 4, 2024 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E23 #3 | 4,000 | 22930293 |
| 895066 | Nov 6, 2023 | Nov 6, 2023 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E15 #1 | 7,999 | 22930298 |
| 894120 | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E23 #7 | 7,999 | 22930297 |
| 894118 | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E23 #6 | 7,999 | 22930296 |
| 892168 | Jul 24, 2023 | Jul 24, 2023 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E23 #5 | 7,999 | 22930295 |
| 892029 | Jul 19, 2023 | Jul 19, 2023 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E23 #3 | 7,999 | 22930293 |
| 892031 | Jul 18, 2023 | Jul 18, 2023 | Hudspeth Operating, LLC | University Johnson E23 #4 | 7,999 | 22930294 |
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/hudspeth?days=365, documented in the API reference.