COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 313
Madison County, Texas
Madison County permitting is running 1.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (5 total, versus 4 in the prior quarter).
Empire Texas Operating LLC leads with 6 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Madison County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,370 ft (prior year: 9,500 ft); 50% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 23 active disposal and injection permits, with 5.76M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,455 drilling permits have been issued in Madison County since 1977.
1,455 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 28, 2026
Watch Madison CountyAlso: every Madison County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 5
- permits issued, 90d
- +25%
- vs prior 90d (4)
- 2
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 8,800
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 258
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 12 · prior 12 7(+71%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Texas Operating LLC | 6 | 75 |
| Cytex South Texas Operating LLC | 4 | 6 |
| CML Exploration, LLC | 1 | 16 |
| Bull Run Resources, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Madison County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Cytex South Texas Operating LLC4 permitsSep 2, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Bull Run Resources, LLC1 permitMar 27, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Madison County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Madison County the Buda is reported in 284 wells, median top 9,404 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbine | 485 | 4 | 8,555 | 8,114–9,205 |
| Austin Chalk | 454 | 7 | 8,046 | 7,424–8,543 |
| Sub-Clarksville | 384 | 5 | 8,352 | 7,750–9,009 |
| Buda | 284 | 3 | 9,404 | 9,052–10,234 |
| Georgetown | 227 | 5 | 9,494 | 9,196–10,239 |
| Eagle Ford | 225 | 11 | 8,596 | 7,850–9,443 |
| Wilcox | 169 | 1 | 3,420 | 1,681–5,154 |
| Pecan Gap | 126 | 6 | 7,126 | 6,566–7,816 |
| Edwards | 108 | 1 | 10,164 | 9,568–10,734 |
| Glen Rose | 96 | 0 | 10,838 | 10,192–11,317 |
| Midway | 77 | 0 | 4,996 | 4,410–5,953 |
| Frio | 47 | 1 | 3,120 | 456–5,120 |
| Paluxy | 38 | 0 | 10,662 | 10,260–11,080 |
| Navarro | 36 | 0 | 6,075 | 5,070–6,624 |
| Del Rio | 35 | 0 | 9,441 | 9,294–10,048 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 23
- active UIC permits of 123
- 184K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 5.76M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Madison County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 0
- M2+ events in the area
- —
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919704 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | CML Exploration, LLC | Herbich #1REH | 9,000 | 31330813 |
| 918715 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Cytex South Texas Operating LLC | Bowie S #2HH | 8,500 | 31331419 |
| 918714 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Cytex South Texas Operating LLC | Bowie N #1HH | 8,500 | 31331418 |
| 917995 | Sep 6, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Cytex South Texas Operating LLC | Crockett B #2HH | 9,000 | 31331416 |
| 917998 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | Cytex South Texas Operating LLC | Crockett A #1HH | 9,000 | 31331417 |
| 917352 | Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | Empire Texas Operating LLC | FT Trinidad Upper Glen Rose Unit #14 | 10,885 | 31331209 |
| 916990Amendment | Aug 19, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Empire Texas Operating LLC | Forrest D State Unit #802 | 9,740 | 31331235 |
| 916990 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Empire Texas Operating LLC | Forrest #802 | 9,740 | 31331235 |
| 916220 | Jun 10, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | Empire Texas Operating LLC | Joyce D Unit #102 | 13,947 | 31331176 |
| 916220Amendment | Jun 10, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | Empire Texas Operating LLC | Joyce D Unit #102 | 18,000 | 31331176 |
Questions about Madison County
How many drilling permits were issued in Madison County in the last 12 months?
12 permits were issued in Madison County in the last 12 months, up 71% from 7 in the 12 months before. 50% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 28, 2026. 1,455 are on file since 1977.
Every Madison County permit →Who is the most active operator in Madison County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Empire Texas Operating LLC is the most active operator in Madison County, with 6 of 12, followed by Cytex South Texas Operating LLC (4) and CML Exploration, LLC (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Madison County →How many oil and gas wells are in Madison County?
1,434 wells are on file in Madison County, including 489 active, 489 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 336 are horizontal. The active wells are under 31 operators.
Every well in Madison County →How much oil and gas does Madison County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Madison County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Madison County →How much water is injected in Madison County?
5.8 million barrels of water were injected in Madison County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 23 of the county's 123 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Madison County →What formations are drilled in Madison County?
Completion filings for wells in Madison County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Woodbine (485 wells, median top 8,555 ft), the Austin Chalk (454 wells, median top 8,046 ft), and the Sub-Clarksville (384 wells, median top 8,352 ft).
Formations in Madison County →What basin is Madison County in?
Petrora lists Madison County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Madison County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Madison County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Madison 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/madison?days=90, documented in the API reference.