COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 315
Marion County, Texas
Marion County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, versus 2 in the prior quarter).
Rose City Resources, LLC leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,190 ft (prior year: 9,700 ft); 83% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 30 active disposal and injection permits, with 2.29M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
738 drilling permits have been issued in Marion County since 1977.
738 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 21, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Marion County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 90d
- +50%
- vs prior 90d (2)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 7,833
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 217
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 9, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 5 · prior 12 4(+25%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Rose City Resources, LLC | 3 | 69 |
| RFE Operating, LLC | 3 | 38 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Marion County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Marion County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Marion County the BMA is reported in 42 wells, median top 5,770 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pettit | 218 | 2 | 6,767 | 5,900–7,421 |
| Travis Peak | 180 | 1 | 7,331 | 6,136–7,593 |
| Rodessa | 131 | 2 | 6,100 | 5,220–6,794 |
| Nacatoch | 106 | 1 | 1,295 | 972–2,000 |
| Cotton Valley | 82 | 0 | 9,150 | 8,160–11,890 |
| Glen Rose | 82 | 2 | 4,870 | 3,554–5,008 |
| Paluxy | 80 | 2 | 4,016 | 2,482–4,601 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 55 | 0 | 5,610 | 4,718–6,626 |
| BMA | 42 | 1 | 5,770 | 5,123–6,682 |
| Blossom | 37 | 0 | 2,070 | 1,926–2,774 |
| James Lime | 33 | 0 | 6,366 | 5,584–7,194 |
| Austin Chalk | 27 | 0 | 2,863 | 2,500–3,688 |
| Bossier | 27 | 0 | 10,642 | 9,471–10,934 |
| Sligo | 26 | 0 | 6,517 | 5,755–6,805 |
| Goodland | 19 | 0 | 3,140 | 2,699–3,664 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 30
- active UIC permits of 155
- 92.3K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 2.29M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918732 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Charlie #1HH | 8,000 | 31531080 |
| 917854 | Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Morris #1HH | 7,500 | 31531064 |
| 916907 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Palmer #1HH | 8,000 | 31531079 |
| 916522Amendment | Oct 4, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | RFE Operating, LLC | Commodores (AW) #1HH | 9,675 | 31531078 |
| 916522 | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | RFE Operating, LLC | Commodores (AW) #1HH | 9,675 | 31531078 |
| 916520Amendment | Sep 6, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | RFE Operating, LLC | Trash Pandas (AW) #1HH | 9,700 | 31531077 |
| 916520 | Jun 22, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | RFE Operating, LLC | Trash Pandas (AW) #1HH | 9,700 | 31531077 |
| 911860 | Nov 25, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 | RFE Operating, LLC | Walker Heirs Unit #1H | 8,380 | 31530958 |
| 911555 | Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | RFE Operating, LLC | Billiken (AW) #1HH | 9,700 | 31531076 |
| 911555Amendment | Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | RFE Operating, LLC | Billiken (AW) #1HH | 9,700 | 31531076 |
Questions about Marion County
How many drilling permits were issued in Marion County in the last 12 months?
6 permits were issued in Marion County in the last 12 months, up 100% from 3 in the 12 months before. 83% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 21, 2026. 738 are on file since 1977.
Every Marion County permit →Who is the most active operator in Marion County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Rose City Resources, LLC is the most active operator in Marion County, with 3 of 6, followed by RFE Operating, LLC (3). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Marion County →How many oil and gas wells are in Marion County?
1,386 wells are on file in Marion County, including 254 active, 716 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 49 are horizontal. The active wells are under 34 operators.
Every well in Marion County →How much oil and gas does Marion County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Marion County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Marion County →How much water is injected in Marion County?
2.3 million barrels of water were injected in Marion County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 30 of the county's 155 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Marion County →What formations are drilled in Marion County?
Completion filings for wells in Marion County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Pettit (218 wells, median top 6,767 ft), the Travis Peak (180 wells, median top 7,331 ft), and the Rodessa (131 wells, median top 6,100 ft).
Formations in Marion County →What basin is Marion County in?
Petrora lists Marion County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Marion County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Marion County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Marion 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/marion?days=90, documented in the API reference.