COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 327
Menard County, Texas
Menard County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued July 10, 2026.
Geosurveys, Inc. leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 3,018 ft (prior year: 2,200 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 29 active disposal and injection permits, with 621K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,152 drilling permits have been issued in Menard County since 1977.
1,152 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 10, 2026
Watch Menard CountyAlso: every Menard County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 30d
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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 1 · prior 12 1(+0%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Geosurveys, Inc. | 1 | 8 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Menard County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Menard 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 |
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| Palo Pinto | 86 | 1 | 2,682 | 2,084–3,302 |
| Strawn | 73 | 0 | 3,508 | 2,666–3,875 |
| Cisco | 57 | 0 | 2,035 | 870–2,711 |
| Canyon | 50 | 0 | 2,574 | 1,818–3,604 |
| Tannehill | 36 | 0 | 1,088 | 938–1,333 |
| Saddle Creek | 35 | 0 | 1,277 | 1,100–1,667 |
| Ellenburger | 29 | 0 | 2,948 | 2,772–3,979 |
| Caddo | 16 | 1 | 2,814 | 2,754–2,933 |
| Gunsight | 15 | 0 | 1,798 | 1,414–2,098 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 29
- active UIC permits of 85
- 20.6K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 621K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Menard County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
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- M2+ events in the area
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916842 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Geosurveys, Inc. | Alda Davis #2 | 3,018 | 32731137 |
| 908867 | Jun 27, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | Production Operators of TX, LLC | Odiorne #1 | 2,200 | 32731257 |
| 895085 | Nov 6, 2023 | Nov 6, 2023 | Live Oak Production, LLC | Terrell #1 | 2,400 | 32731256 |
| 885022 | Oct 27, 2022 | Oct 27, 2022 | Sha-Jam Operating Corp. | Santa Cruz Ranch #1 | 900 | 32731254 |
| 882304 | Jul 21, 2022 | Jul 21, 2022 | Harvest Petroleum Inc. | Russell #78 | 4,000 | 32731253 |
| 870756 | Jun 29, 2021 | Jun 29, 2021 | Byrd Operating Company | Russell Ranch 1588 #1 | 4,000 | 32731252 |
| 870756 | Jun 29, 2021 | Jun 29, 2021 | Byrd Operating Company | Russell Ranch 1588 #1 | 5,000 | 32731252 |
| 870718 | Jun 25, 2021 | Jun 25, 2021 | Byrd Operating Company | Russell Ranch MP #2 | 4,000 | 32731251 |
| 856781 | Sep 5, 2019 | Sep 5, 2019 | Byrd Operating Company | Russell Ranch MP #1 | 4,000 | 32731250 |
| 856241 | Aug 15, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 | Byrd Operating Company | Russell Ranch 37 #1 | 4,000 | 32731249 |
Questions about Menard County
How many drilling permits were issued in Menard County in the last 12 months?
1 permit was issued in Menard County in the last 12 months, level with 1 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Jul 10, 2026. 1,152 are on file since 1977.
Every Menard County permit →Who is the most active operator in Menard County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Geosurveys, Inc. is the most active operator in Menard County, with 1 of 1. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Menard County →How many oil and gas wells are in Menard County?
1,246 wells are on file in Menard County: 112 active and 968 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 13 operators hold them.
Every well in Menard County →How much oil and gas does Menard County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Menard County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Menard County →How much water is injected in Menard County?
621,478 barrels of water were injected in Menard County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 29 of the county's 85 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Menard County →What formations are drilled in Menard County?
Completion filings for wells in Menard County report tops for 9 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Palo Pinto (86 wells, median top 2,682 ft), the Strawn (73 wells, median top 3,508 ft), and the Cisco (57 wells, median top 2,035 ft).
Formations in Menard County →What basin is Menard County in?
Petrora lists Menard County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7C.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Menard County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Menard County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Menard 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/menard?days=30, documented in the API reference.