COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 263
Kent County, Texas
Kent County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 2 in the prior quarter).
OXY USA WTP LP leads with 6 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Kent County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,200 ft (prior year: 7,000 ft); 20% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 263 active disposal and injection permits, with 96.6M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 7 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.1.
2,097 drilling permits have been issued in Kent County since 1977.
2,097 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 19, 2026
Watch Kent CountyAlso: every Kent County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 180d
- -57%
- vs prior 180d (7)
- 3
- operators filing
- 33%
- horizontal
- 5,567
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 338
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 10 · prior 12 7(+43%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| OXY USA WTP LP | 6 | 518 |
| Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | 2 | 10 |
| Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 1 | 53 |
| Salida Exploration, LLC | 1 | 2 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Kent County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Salida Exploration, LLC1 permitJul 23, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Kent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 567 | 26 | 6,300 | 5,913–6,600 |
| Strawn | 261 | 4 | 6,630 | 6,520–7,072 |
| Wolfcamp | 211 | 17 | 4,048 | 3,826–5,300 |
| Clear Fork | 206 | 20 | 2,116 | 2,033–2,534 |
| San Andres | 199 | 19 | 1,258 | 1,100–1,826 |
| Yates | 138 | 17 | 700 | 206–1,253 |
| Coleman Junction | 90 | 2 | 3,761 | 2,500–4,360 |
| Wichita-Albany | 70 | 20 | 2,955 | 2,843–3,040 |
| Pennsylvanian | 66 | 0 | 6,450 | 5,020–6,775 |
| Cisco | 60 | 2 | 5,687 | 4,799–6,152 |
| Mississippian | 55 | 0 | 7,400 | 7,220–7,594 |
| Tannehill | 50 | 1 | 4,284 | 3,907–4,689 |
| Tubb | 47 | 3 | 2,770 | 2,087–2,832 |
| Ellenburger | 41 | 0 | 7,616 | 7,528–7,801 |
| Glorieta | 40 | 4 | 2,132 | 1,838–2,392 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 263
- active UIC permits of 580
- 2.26M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 96.6M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Kent County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 7
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919045 | Oct 21, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Hot Springs #5 | 4,500 | 26332184 |
| 916893 | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | Salida Exploration, LLC | Beadle #1A | 5,000 | 26332183 |
| 916012 | Jun 3, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | OXY USA WTP LP | Salt Creek Field Unit #F043H | 7,200 | 26332154 |
| 915311 | May 7, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | Molly #3501 | 7,200 | 26332182 |
| 915204 | Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC | Brynn #2101 | 7,200 | 26332181 |
| 915047 | Apr 24, 2026 | Apr 24, 2026 | OXY USA WTP LP | Salt Creek Field Unit #N049AH | 7,200 | 26332023 |
| 914539 | Apr 8, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | OXY USA WTP LP | Salt Creek Field Unit #F615 | 7,000 | 26331510 |
| 914511 | Apr 2, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | OXY USA WTP LP | Salt Creek Field Unit #H610 | 9,000 | 26331279 |
| 914507 | Apr 2, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | OXY USA WTP LP | Salt Creek Field Unit #F215 | 9,000 | 26331183 |
| 913300 | Feb 9, 2026 | Feb 9, 2026 | OXY USA WTP LP | Salt Creek Field Unit #F 11 | 9,000 | 26300227 |
Questions about Kent County
How many drilling permits were issued in Kent County in the last 12 months?
10 permits were issued in Kent County in the last 12 months, up 43% from 7 in the 12 months before. 20% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 19, 2026. 2,097 are on file since 1977.
Every Kent County permit →Who is the most active operator in Kent County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, OXY USA WTP LP is the most active operator in Kent County, with 6 of 10, followed by Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC (2) and Sojourner Drilling Corporation (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Kent County →How many oil and gas wells are in Kent County?
2,430 wells are on file in Kent County: 604 active, 1,290 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 17 are horizontal, and 35 operators hold them.
Every well in Kent County →How much oil and gas does Kent County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Kent County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Kent County →How much water is injected in Kent County?
96.6 million barrels of water were injected in Kent County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 263 of the county's 580 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Kent County →What formations are drilled in Kent County?
Completion filings for wells in Kent County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (567 wells, median top 6,300 ft), the Strawn (261 wells, median top 6,630 ft), and the Wolfcamp (211 wells, median top 4,048 ft).
Formations in Kent County →What basin is Kent County in?
Petrora lists Kent County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Kent County?
TexNet located 7 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Kent County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.1.
Earthquakes in Kent 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/kent?days=180, documented in the API reference.