COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 275
Knox County, Texas
Knox County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued June 16, 2026.
Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. leads with 5 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Knox County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,500 ft (prior year: 400 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 44 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.49M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,960 drilling permits have been issued in Knox County since 1977.
1,960 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jun 16, 2026
Watch Knox CountyAlso: every Knox County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 30d
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- vs prior 30d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 397
- 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 5 · prior 12 11(-55%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | 5 | 1 |
| Double M Petroproperties, Inc. | 1 | 11 |
| Chisholm Operating, Inc. | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Knox County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Waggoner Operating, L.L.C.5 permitsNov 25, 2025 · active elsewhere first
- Chisholm Operating, Inc.1 permitMar 12, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Knox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tannehill | 305 | 5 | 2,097 | 1,694–2,548 |
| Coleman Junction | 130 | 7 | 1,512 | 1,152–1,997 |
| Strawn | 64 | 2 | 4,873 | 4,594–5,182 |
| Caddo | 32 | 2 | 5,718 | 5,581–5,974 |
| Canyon | 30 | 2 | 3,842 | 3,609–4,316 |
| Palo Pinto | 18 | 1 | 4,196 | 4,150–4,399 |
| Saddle Creek | 18 | 4 | 2,426 | 2,006–2,682 |
| Cisco | 15 | 2 | 2,825 | 2,068–3,360 |
| Bend | 14 | 1 | 5,952 | 5,733–6,175 |
| Mississippian | 13 | 0 | 6,077 | 4,850–6,315 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 44
- active UIC permits of 484
- 57.4K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.49M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Knox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916403 | Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Swwi #421SW | 9,000 | 27532394 |
| 916403 | Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Swwi #421SW | 6,500 | 27532394 |
| 913883 | Mar 12, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | Chisholm Operating, Inc. | Beavers #1 | 5,933 | 27500649 |
| 912510 | Jan 7, 2026 | Jan 7, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Swwf #101SW | 6,500 | 27532393 |
| 911983 | Dec 3, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Swwd #341SW | 6,500 | 27532392 |
| 911958 | Nov 25, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Swed #71SW | 6,500 | 27532391 |
| 911639 | Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | Double M Petroproperties, Inc. | Brown, Williams et Al #1 | 7,000 | 27532390 |
| 908766 | Jul 1, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | Energy Transfer Company | TP 16.5 #1 | 400 | 27532389 |
| 908780 | Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | Energy Transfer Company | TP 17C #1 | 400 | 27532387 |
| 908779 | Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | Energy Transfer Company | TP 17.45 #1 | 400 | 27532386 |
Questions about Knox County
How many drilling permits were issued in Knox County in the last 12 months?
7 permits were issued in Knox County in the last 12 months, down 22% from 9 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Jun 16, 2026. 1,960 are on file since 1977.
Every Knox County permit →Who is the most active operator in Knox County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. is the most active operator in Knox County, with 5 of 7, followed by Double M Petroproperties, Inc. (1) and Chisholm Operating, Inc. (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Knox County →How many oil and gas wells are in Knox County?
3,973 wells are on file in Knox County: 130 active, 3,212 plugged, and 6 permitted and not yet drilled. 3 are horizontal, and 24 operators hold them.
Every well in Knox County →How much oil and gas does Knox County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Knox County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Knox County →How much water is injected in Knox County?
1.5 million barrels of water were injected in Knox County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 44 of the county's 484 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Knox County →What formations are drilled in Knox County?
Completion filings for wells in Knox County report tops for 10 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Tannehill (305 wells, median top 2,097 ft), the Coleman Junction (130 wells, median top 1,512 ft), and the Strawn (64 wells, median top 4,873 ft).
Formations in Knox County →What basin is Knox County in?
Petrora lists Knox County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Knox County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Knox County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Knox 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/knox?days=30, documented in the API reference.