COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 243
Jeff Davis County
Jeff Davis County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued January 26, 2018.
TexNet located 22 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.1.
32 drilling permits have been issued in Jeff Davis County since 1979.
32 permits on file since 1979 · last issued Jan 26, 2018
Watch Jeff Davis CountyAlso: every Jeff Davis 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 (0)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 12
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 7 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 17
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 Jeff Davis County came in the last year. None.
Beyond the permit record
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 22
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.1
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 835345 | Jan 26, 2018 | Jan 26, 2018 | Cody Energy LLC | Rocket #201H | 10,500 | 24330116 |
| 835345 | Jan 26, 2018 | Jan 26, 2018 | Cody Energy LLC | Rocket #201H | 10,500 | 24330116 |
| 835345 | Jan 26, 2018 | Jan 26, 2018 | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation | Rocket #201H | 10,500 | 24330116 |
| 833466 | Nov 29, 2017 | Nov 29, 2017 | Cody Energy LLC | Van Buren #102 | 12,500 | 24330115 |
| 831248 | Sep 28, 2017 | Sep 28, 2017 | Wolfcamp Water Partners, LLC | Velma C. Rounsaville #1 | 4,046 | 24300004 |
| 831170 | Sep 21, 2017 | Sep 21, 2017 | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | Franklin 320-31 #2 | 12,000 | 24330114 |
| 828623 | Jul 11, 2017 | Jul 11, 2017 | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | Franklin 320-31 #1 | 12,000 | 24330113 |
| 826892 | May 26, 2017 | May 26, 2017 | Cody Energy LLC | Van Buren #101 | 12,500 | 24330112 |
| 826525 | May 19, 2017 | May 19, 2017 | Cody Energy LLC | Rocket #101 | 14,000 | 24330111 |
| 826525 | May 19, 2017 | May 19, 2017 | Cody Energy LLC | Rocket #101H | 14,000 | 24330111 |
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/jeff-davis?days=365, documented in the API reference.