COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 7B · CODE 333
Mills County, Texas
Mills County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued October 15, 2019.
62 drilling permits have been issued in Mills County since 1977.
62 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 15, 2019
Watch Mills CountyAlso: every Mills County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 180d
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- vs prior 180d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 39
- 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 0 · prior 12 0
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Mills County came in the last year. None.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
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| 857912 | Oct 15, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 | 4 J's Production | Hatlem, R. #1 | 1,999 | 33330253 |
| 762012 | May 7, 2013 | May 7, 2013 | Leclair Operating Co., Inc. | Hummer #1 | 6,500 | 33330252 |
| 704156 | Oct 22, 2010 | Oct 22, 2010 | Arnot, W. G., Jr. | Daugherty #1 | 2,500 | 33330249 |
| 702833 | Sep 29, 2010 | Sep 29, 2010 | Integrative Operating Corp. | Burnham-Stokes #1 | 4,000 | 33330248 |
| 683694 | Jul 31, 2009 | Jul 31, 2009 | Integrative Operating Corp. | Iel Cayce #1 | 6,000 | 33330247 |
| 642553 | Jul 26, 2007 | Jul 26, 2007 | Shear Energy Operating, Inc. | Big O #1 | 2,200 | 33330245 |
| 544033 | Apr 8, 2004 | Apr 8, 2004 | McBee, Jim Co. | Wesson #8 | 1,250 | 33330244 |
| 542400 | Feb 26, 2004 | Feb 26, 2004 | McBee, Jim Co. | Wesson #11 | 1,999 | 33330243 |
| 500038 | Sep 27, 2000 | Sep 27, 2000 | McBee, Jim Co. | Wesson #11 | 1,999 | 33330242 |
| 494337 | Apr 20, 2000 | Apr 20, 2000 | McBee, Jim Co. | Wesson #10 | 1,999 | 33330241 |
Questions about Mills County
How many drilling permits were issued in Mills County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Mills County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Oct 15, 2019. 62 are on file since 1977.
Every Mills County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Mills County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Mills County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Cedar Ridge Energy Inc., with 3, followed by Integrative Operating Corp. (2) and Spiller Operating Co. Inc. (2).
Operators in Mills County →How many oil and gas wells are in Mills County?
61 wells are on file in Mills County: 0 active and 37 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.
Every well in Mills County →How much oil and gas does Mills County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Mills County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Mills County →What basin is Mills County in?
Petrora lists Mills County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7B.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →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/mills?days=180, documented in the API reference.