COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 277
Lamar County, Texas
Lamar County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued October 27, 2015.
31 drilling permits have been issued in Lamar County since 1978.
31 permits on file since 1978 · last issued Oct 27, 2015
Watch Lamar CountyAlso: every Lamar 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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- vs prior 365d (0)
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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 Lamar County came in the last year. None.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
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| 810697 | Oct 27, 2015 | Oct 27, 2015 | Natural Gas P/L Co of Amer LLC | AG-122 #122 | 300 | 27730128 |
| 767017 | Jul 29, 2013 | Jul 29, 2013 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | E14 #01 | 400 | 27730127 |
| 767015 | Jul 29, 2013 | Jul 29, 2013 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | 033 #36 | 400 | 27730126 |
| 650847 | May 20, 2008 | May 20, 2008 | Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Div. | Paris-01 #1 | 210 | 27730123 |
| 612169 | Jan 11, 2006 | Jan 11, 2006 | J-O'B Operating Company | Eatherly #1 | 5,900 | 27730122 |
| 543716 | Apr 21, 2004 | Apr 21, 2004 | Roosth Production Co. | Cheatham. C.R. #1 | 6,000 | 27730121 |
| 480988 | Nov 18, 1998 | Nov 18, 1998 | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Ground #1 | 5,400 | 27730120 |
| 474487 | Mar 18, 1998 | Mar 18, 1998 | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | King #1 | 6,500 | 27730119 |
| 473548 | Feb 24, 1998 | Feb 24, 1998 | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | Cowper #1 | 7,800 | 27730118 |
| 467017 | Sep 8, 1997 | Sep 8, 1997 | Petroleum Technical Services Co. | Francis #1 | 6,000 | 27730117 |
Questions about Lamar County
How many drilling permits were issued in Lamar County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Lamar County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Oct 27, 2015. 31 are on file since 1978.
Every Lamar County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Lamar County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Lamar County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is United Oil & Minerals Inc., with 2, followed by Jeems Bayou Production Corp. (2) and Sonat Exploration Co.-Tyler (1).
Operators in Lamar County →How many oil and gas wells are in Lamar County?
31 wells are on file in Lamar County: 0 active and 25 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.
Every well in Lamar County →How much oil and gas does Lamar County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Lamar County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Lamar County →What basin is Lamar County in?
Petrora lists Lamar County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →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/lamar?days=365, documented in the API reference.