COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 231
Hunt County, Texas
Hunt County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued September 11, 2025.
The county has 2 active disposal and injection permits, with 61.3K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
92 drilling permits have been issued in Hunt County since 1977.
92 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 11, 2025
Watch Hunt CountyAlso: every Hunt County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 0
- permits issued, 365d
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- vs prior 365d (1)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 53
- 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 1(-100%)
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 Hunt County came in the last year. None.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 2
- active UIC permits of 5
- 3.4K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 61.3K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Hunt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 910199 | Sep 11, 2025 | Sep 11, 2025 | Delek Crude Logistics, LLC | DELEK1 #002 | 300 | 23130271 |
| 901715 | Aug 8, 2024 | Aug 8, 2024 | Triangle Operating Company, LLC | Stroope #1 | 9,400 | 23130270 |
| 901715 | Aug 8, 2024 | Aug 8, 2024 | Guardian Operating LLC | Stroope #1 | 9,400 | 23130270 |
| 899637 | May 14, 2024 | May 14, 2024 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | O37-20 CP Unit #1 | 500 | 23130269 |
| 853010 | May 23, 2019 | May 23, 2019 | Explorer Pipeline Company | MP 317.92 #1 | 325 | 23130268 |
| 825882 | May 8, 2017 | May 8, 2017 | Plains Pipeline L.P. | Valve Site #37 #1CP | 300 | 23130267 |
| 803873 | Feb 20, 2015 | Feb 20, 2015 | Texcel Exploration, Inc. | Ivy Unit #1 | 5,700 | 23130266 |
| 794550 | Sep 11, 2014 | Sep 11, 2014 | Explorer Pipeline Company | MP 313.8 CP UNIT#1CP #1 | 375 | 23130265 |
| 788820 | Jul 8, 2014 | Jul 8, 2014 | Explorer Pipeline Company | Greenville TF CP Unit #1CP #1 | 375 | 23130264 |
| 788514 | Jul 2, 2014 | Jul 2, 2014 | Explorer Pipeline Company | MP 307.1 CP Unit #1CP #1 | 375 | 23130263 |
Questions about Hunt County
How many drilling permits were issued in Hunt County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Hunt County in the last 12 months, down 100% from 1 in the 12 months before. The most recent was issued Sep 11, 2025. 92 are on file since 1977.
Every Hunt County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Hunt County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Hunt County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Crow David, with 5, followed by Greenlight Enterprises LLC (4) and Machin Art & Associates Inc. (2).
Operators in Hunt County →How many oil and gas wells are in Hunt County?
89 wells are on file in Hunt County: 4 active, 61 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 0 are horizontal, and 1 operator holds them.
Every well in Hunt County →How much oil and gas does Hunt County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Hunt County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Hunt County →How much water is injected in Hunt County?
61,300 barrels of water were injected in Hunt County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 2 of the county's 5 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Hunt County →What basin is Hunt County in?
Petrora lists Hunt County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Hunt County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Hunt County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Hunt 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/hunt?days=365, documented in the API reference.