COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 315
Marion County
Marion County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, versus 4 in the prior quarter).
RFE Operating, LLC leads with 7 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,690 ft; 92% 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.
TexNet located 6 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.5.
839 drilling permits have been issued in Marion County since 1977.
839 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 21, 2026
Watch Marion CountyAlso: every Marion County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 30d
- -50%
- vs prior 30d (2)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 8,000
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 221
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 30 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 21 · prior 12 25(-16%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| RFE Operating, LLC | 7 | 38 |
| Rose City Resources, LLC | 3 | 67 |
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 →
| 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 →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 6
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.5
- 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 |
| 916522 | 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 |
| 916520 | 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 |
| 911555 | Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | RFE Operating, LLC | Billiken (AW) #1HH | 9,700 | 31531076 |
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=30, documented in the API reference.