COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 335
Mitchell County, Texas
Mitchell County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 8 in the prior quarter).
Bayswater Operating Company LLC leads with 12 permits in the past 12 months, one of 7 operators active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,850 ft (prior year: 6,800 ft); 40% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 1,118 active disposal and injection permits, with 47.8M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 138 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M4.3.
5,840 drilling permits have been issued in Mitchell County since 1977.
5,840 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 21, 2026
Watch Mitchell CountyAlso: every Mitchell County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 2
- permits issued, 90d
- -75%
- vs prior 90d (8)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 4,537
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 430
- 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 22 · prior 12 49(-55%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Mitchell County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Mitchell County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Mitchell County the Tubb is reported in 97 wells, median top 2,620 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Fork | 2,671 | 39 | 2,475 | 2,366–2,805 |
| San Andres | 1,594 | 40 | 1,610 | 1,419–1,764 |
| Yates | 1,094 | 37 | 601 | 560–949 |
| Queen | 993 | 2 | 1,077 | 1,031–1,261 |
| Glorieta | 661 | 35 | 2,327 | 2,190–2,548 |
| San Angelo | 559 | 1 | 2,372 | 2,180–2,472 |
| Seven Rivers | 355 | 35 | 765 | 720–1,224 |
| Grayburg | 262 | 1 | 1,495 | 1,253–1,510 |
| Wolfcamp | 125 | 19 | 4,960 | 3,743–5,414 |
| Tubb | 97 | 14 | 2,620 | 2,000–2,939 |
| Strawn | 92 | 2 | 6,115 | 5,913–7,758 |
| Ellenburger | 89 | 3 | 7,206 | 7,117–8,162 |
| Santa Rosa | 89 | 18 | 300 | 200–648 |
| Wichita-Albany | 84 | 16 | 3,404 | 3,237–3,750 |
| Mississippian | 56 | 2 | 7,753 | 7,098–8,028 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 1,118
- active UIC permits of 2,068
- 1.08M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 47.8M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Mitchell County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 138
- M2+ events in the area
- M4.3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918712 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Basa Resources, Inc. | Foster, Mary #22 | 8,473 | 33500906 |
| 918113 | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | Energy Transfer Company | Cp# 26-146 Cathodic Protection #41 | 600 | 33536128 |
| 917122 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Bayswater Operating Company LLC | Memphis 9-3-60 #H 3WH | 7,100 | 33536127 |
| 917121 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Bayswater Operating Company LLC | Luxor 9-3-60 #H 1WH | 7,100 | 33536126 |
| 915987 | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | Bayswater Operating Company LLC | Oasis 9-16-33-40 #H 2WH | 7,300 | 33536121 |
| 915988 | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | Bayswater Operating Company LLC | Oasis 9-16-33-40 #H 1WH | 7,300 | 33536122 |
| 916708 | Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | Kek Exploration LLC | Spade 18 #3601 | 8,900 | 33536125 |
| 916293 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Bayswater Operating Company LLC | Nile 9-16-33-40 #H 3WH | 7,300 | 33536124 |
| 916292 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Bayswater Operating Company LLC | Nile 9-16-33-40 #H 2WH | 7,300 | 33536123 |
| 915657 | May 19, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | Enterprise Products Operatingllc | SE-118 #1 | 400 | 33536120 |
Questions about Mitchell County
How many drilling permits were issued in Mitchell County in the last 12 months?
30 permits were issued in Mitchell County in the last 12 months, down 27% from 41 in the 12 months before. 40% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Sep 21, 2026. 5,840 are on file since 1977.
Every Mitchell County permit →Who is the most active operator in Mitchell County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Bayswater Operating Company LLC is the most active operator in Mitchell County, with 12 of 30, followed by Saguaro Petroleum, LLC (12) and Kek Exploration LLC (2). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Mitchell County →How many oil and gas wells are in Mitchell County?
7,286 wells are on file in Mitchell County: 3,136 active, 2,512 plugged, and 14 permitted and not yet drilled. 73 are horizontal, and 61 operators hold them.
Every well in Mitchell County →How much oil and gas does Mitchell County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Mitchell County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Mitchell County →How much water is injected in Mitchell County?
47.8 million barrels of water were injected in Mitchell County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 1,118 of the county's 2,068 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Mitchell County →What formations are drilled in Mitchell County?
Completion filings for wells in Mitchell County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Clear Fork (2,671 wells, median top 2,475 ft), the San Andres (1,594 wells, median top 1,610 ft), and the Yates (1,094 wells, median top 601 ft).
Formations in Mitchell County →What basin is Mitchell County in?
Petrora lists Mitchell County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 08.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Mitchell County?
TexNet located 138 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Mitchell County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M4.3.
Earthquakes in Mitchell 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/mitchell?days=90, documented in the API reference.