COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 301
Loving County, Texas
Loving County permitting is running 38 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (114 total, down 1% on the prior quarter).
Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC leads with 121 permits in the past 12 months, one of 23 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Loving County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 12,500 ft (prior year: 12,000 ft); 88% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 342 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.27B barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 429 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.7.
10,634 drilling permits have been issued in Loving County since 1977.
10,634 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 29, 2026
Watch Loving CountyAlso: every Loving County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 483
- permits issued, 365d
- -30%
- vs prior 365d (691)
- 23
- operators filing
- 88%
- horizontal
- 12,011
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 318
- 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 470 · prior 12 651(-28%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | 121 | 1,155 |
| EOG Resources, Inc. | 62 | 596 |
| Pdeh LLC | 57 | 736 |
| Admiral Permian Operating LLC | 46 | 50 |
| WPX Energy Permian, LLC | 44 | 875 |
| Greenlake Energy Operating, LLC | 27 | 53 |
| Waterbridge Stateline LLC | 21 | 51 |
| NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC | 15 | 67 |
| Circle-S Energy, LLC | 15 | 51 |
| BTA Oil Producers, LLC | 12 | 19 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Loving County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Powderhorn Operating, LLC7 permitsSep 1, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Lakewood Energy LLC7 permitsMay 19, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Permit types, 365d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 474 | 684 | 10,066 |
| Recompletion | 7 | 1 | 359 |
| Reenter | 2 | 2 | 89 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 4 | 90 |
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Loving 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Canyon | 4,740 | 755 | 5,552 | 4,414–6,230 |
| Bone Spring | 4,420 | 724 | 8,568 | 7,268–9,310 |
| Bell Canyon | 4,295 | 671 | 4,570 | 3,442–5,230 |
| Delaware | 4,194 | 697 | 4,552 | 3,379–5,207 |
| Brushy Canyon | 4,169 | 734 | 6,843 | 5,545–7,612 |
| Wolfcamp | 3,046 | 354 | 11,408 | 10,504–12,029 |
| Red Bluff | 751 | 112 | 3,900 | 1,000–6,041 |
| Lamar | 440 | 33 | 4,558 | 3,355–4,955 |
| Rustler | 232 | 17 | 607 | 487–988 |
| Atoka | 186 | 0 | 15,886 | 15,200–16,580 |
| Strawn | 165 | 0 | 14,908 | 14,198–15,122 |
| Avalon | 161 | 42 | 8,510 | 7,720–8,812 |
| Castile | 156 | 3 | 4,544 | 2,706–4,749 |
| Morrow | 146 | 0 | 16,662 | 16,022–17,013 |
| Salado | 123 | 11 | 953 | 894–1,030 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 342
- active UIC permits of 937
- 9.59M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.27B
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Loving County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 429
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.7
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919757 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 I #55HH | 12,000 | 30138051 |
| 919756 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 H #64HH | 12,000 | 30138050 |
| 919755 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 G #54HH | 12,000 | 30138049 |
| 919754 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 F #63HH | 12,000 | 30138048 |
| 919753 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 E #53HH | 12,000 | 30138047 |
| 919752 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 D #62HH | 12,000 | 30138046 |
| 919751 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 C #52HH | 12,000 | 30138045 |
| 919750 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 B #61HH | 12,000 | 30138044 |
| 919749 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | Weizen 1-0-50-52 A #51HH | 12,000 | 30138043 |
| 919444 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | XTO Energy Inc. | St. Cloud #702RW | 5,000 | 30138039 |
Questions about Loving County
How many drilling permits were issued in Loving County in the last 12 months?
483 permits were issued in Loving County in the last 12 months, down 30% from 691 in the 12 months before. 88% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 29, 2026. 10,634 are on file since 1977.
Every Loving County permit →Who is the most active operator in Loving County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC is the most active operator in Loving County, with 121 of 483, followed by EOG Resources, Inc. (62) and Pdeh LLC (57). 14 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Loving County →How many oil and gas wells are in Loving County?
8,643 wells are on file in Loving County: 4,073 active, 1,527 plugged, and 251 permitted and not yet drilled. 4,903 are horizontal, and 69 operators hold them.
Every well in Loving County →How much oil and gas does Loving County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Loving County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Loving County →How much water is injected in Loving County?
1.27 billion barrels of water were injected in Loving County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 342 of the county's 937 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Loving County →What formations are drilled in Loving County?
Completion filings for wells in Loving County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Cherry Canyon (4,740 wells, median top 5,552 ft), the Bone Spring (4,420 wells, median top 8,568 ft), and the Bell Canyon (4,295 wells, median top 4,570 ft).
Formations in Loving County →What basin is Loving County in?
Petrora lists Loving County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 08.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Loving County?
TexNet located 429 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Loving County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.7.
Earthquakes in Loving 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/loving?days=365, documented in the API reference.