COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 267
Kimble County, Texas
Kimble County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued July 29, 2014.
178 drilling permits have been issued in Kimble County since 1977.
178 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 29, 2014
Watch Kimble CountyAlso: every Kimble 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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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
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- 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 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 Kimble County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Kimble 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 |
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| Canyon | 20 | 0 | 1,505 | 962–1,730 |
| Strawn | 19 | 0 | 1,767 | 1,157–2,673 |
| Palo Pinto | 11 | 0 | 1,392 | 746–1,780 |
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
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| 775428 | Jul 29, 2014 | Jul 29, 2014 | Southwest Resources, Inc. | Kennedy B #2 | 2,170 | 26730020 |
| 775427 | Jul 28, 2014 | Jul 28, 2014 | Southwest Resources, Inc. | Kennedy A #1 | 2,170 | 26700053 |
| 692982 | Mar 30, 2010 | Mar 30, 2010 | Mextex Operating Company | Lozano a Unit #1 | 2,000 | 26730434 |
| 679515 | Mar 17, 2009 | Mar 17, 2009 | Sed Energy Inc. | Shajumar Hope #1 | 2,500 | 26730433 |
| 645141 | Aug 29, 2007 | Aug 29, 2007 | Osborn Heirs Company | Csta Ranch LP #1 | 4,000 | 26730432 |
| 634256 | Feb 28, 2007 | Feb 28, 2007 | Simpson Energy, Inc. | Mason Martindale Group L.P. #2 | 3,500 | 26730431 |
| 626004 | Sep 22, 2006 | Sep 22, 2006 | Leclair Operating Co., Inc. | Pfluger "L" #6 | 2,000 | 26730430 |
| 623231 | Jul 26, 2006 | Jul 26, 2006 | Simpson Energy, Inc. | Mason Martindale Group L.P. #1R | 3,300 | 26730429 |
| 620815 | Jun 16, 2006 | Jun 16, 2006 | Drill-Co., Inc. | Kothmann "88" #1 | 1,700 | 26730428 |
| 617075 | Apr 5, 2006 | Apr 5, 2006 | Leclair Operating Co., Inc. | Pfluger "L" #5 | 2,000 | 26730427 |
Questions about Kimble County
How many drilling permits were issued in Kimble County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Kimble County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Jul 29, 2014. 178 are on file since 1977.
Every Kimble County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Kimble County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Kimble County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Concho Oilfield Serv & Oper Co., with 18, followed by Texas Oil & Gas Corp. (11) and MWJ Producing Company (10).
Operators in Kimble County →How many oil and gas wells are in Kimble County?
319 wells are on file in Kimble County: 6 active and 277 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 4 operators hold them.
Every well in Kimble County →How much oil and gas does Kimble County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Kimble County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Kimble County →What formations are drilled in Kimble County?
Completion filings for wells in Kimble County report tops for 3 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (20 wells, median top 1,505 ft), the Strawn (19 wells, median top 1,767 ft), and the Palo Pinto (11 wells, median top 1,392 ft).
Formations in Kimble County →What basin is Kimble County in?
Petrora lists Kimble County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7C.
The Permian Basin →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/kimble?days=365, documented in the API reference.