COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 271
Kinney County, Texas
Kinney County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued February 21, 2024.
53 drilling permits have been issued in Kinney County since 1978.
53 permits on file since 1978 · last issued Feb 21, 2024
Watch Kinney CountyAlso: every Kinney County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 180d
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- vs prior 180d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 34
- 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 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 Kinney County came in the last year. None.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 897090 | Feb 21, 2024 | Feb 21, 2024 | West Texas Gas Utility, LLC | WTG305 #1 | 400 | 27130237 |
| 866106 | Dec 1, 2020 | Dec 1, 2020 | Hamilton Pipeline, Inc. | Hamilton #1 Moody #1 | 15,000 | 27100102 |
| 786311 | Jun 7, 2014 | Jun 7, 2014 | Plains Pipeline L.P. | Valve Site 709 #1CP | 300 | 27130236 |
| 614828 | Feb 24, 2006 | Feb 24, 2006 | Great Texas Crude Inc. | Rose #1 | 3,500 | 27130235 |
| 557379 | Feb 9, 2005 | Feb 9, 2005 | Mesa Chica Corp. | Walters #1 | 4,000 | 27130234 |
| 524627 | Nov 15, 2002 | Nov 15, 2002 | Sarita Oil & Gas | Hope Behne Ranch #1 | 6,000 | 27130233 |
| 490215 | Dec 9, 1999 | Dec 9, 1999 | Pedeco, Inc. | Moody #1H | 13,000 | 27130232 |
| 444380 | Feb 12, 1996 | Feb 12, 1996 | MJM Oil & Gas, Inc. | Petrucha -A- #1 | 2,750 | 27130231 |
| 444380 | Feb 12, 1996 | Feb 12, 1996 | MJM Oil & Gas, Inc. | Petrucha -A- #1 | 2,750 | 27130231 |
| 425885 | Jul 14, 1994 | Jul 14, 1994 | Morgan & Moore Energy Inc. | Petrucha #2 | 3,000 | 27130230 |
Questions about Kinney County
How many drilling permits were issued in Kinney County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Kinney County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Feb 21, 2024. 53 are on file since 1978.
Every Kinney County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Kinney County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Kinney County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Morgan & Moore Energy Inc., with 2, followed by Pedeco Inc. (1) and Morgan & Moore Energy Inc. (1).
Operators in Kinney County →How many oil and gas wells are in Kinney County?
50 wells are on file in Kinney County: 0 active and 27 plugged. 1 is horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.
Every well in Kinney County →How much oil and gas does Kinney County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Kinney County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Kinney County →What basin is Kinney County in?
Petrora lists Kinney County in the Eagle Ford Shale. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 01.
The Eagle Ford Shale →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/kinney?days=180, documented in the API reference.