COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 337
Montague County
Montague County permitting is running 1.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (4 total, after a quiet prior quarter).
V & H Oil, L.P. leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Montague County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 1,999 ft (prior year: 6,600 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 350 active disposal and injection permits, with 36.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
6,406 drilling permits have been issued in Montague County since 1977.
6,406 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 2, 2026
Watch Montague CountyAlso: every Montague County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 4
- permits issued, 90d
- —
- vs prior 90d (0)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 3,249
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 631
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 52 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 36 · prior 12 21(+71%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| V & H Oil, L.P. | 3 | 373 |
| Texxol Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Montague County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Texxol Operating Company, Inc.1 permitAug 21, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Montague County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Montague County the Ellenburger is reported in 106 wells, median top 6,795 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 1,186 | 2 | 6,960 | 6,382–7,610 |
| Caddo | 1,081 | 2 | 6,048 | 5,270–6,650 |
| Marble Falls | 879 | 2 | 6,587 | 6,128–7,150 |
| Cisco | 510 | 8 | 850 | 754–1,500 |
| Strawn | 355 | 13 | 3,257 | 1,559–5,388 |
| Forestburg | 337 | 0 | 6,899 | 6,172–7,555 |
| Atoka | 285 | 0 | 6,100 | 4,119–6,564 |
| Viola | 195 | 0 | 7,344 | 6,580–8,505 |
| Bryson | 129 | 1 | 4,760 | 4,119–5,290 |
| Palo Pinto | 127 | 1 | 2,820 | 1,841–3,580 |
| Ellenburger | 106 | 0 | 6,795 | 2,800–8,316 |
| Bend | 88 | 0 | 6,155 | 5,907–6,638 |
| Canyon | 81 | 8 | 1,511 | 1,150–2,600 |
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 42 | 1 | 820 | 451–1,247 |
| Granite Wash | 35 | 0 | 3,704 | 2,752–3,978 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 350
- active UIC permits of 1,063
- 393K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 36.4M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Montague County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918221 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | V & H Oil, L.P. | Salmon D & E #33D | 1,999 | 33735518 |
| 918066 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | V & H Oil, L.P. | Salmon D & E #54E | 1,999 | 33735516 |
| 918064 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | V & H Oil, L.P. | Salmon D & E #53E | 1,999 | 33735517 |
| 917911 | Aug 23, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Texxol Operating Company, Inc. | Hardy #1 | 7,000 | 33735515 |
| 910050 | Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Kodiak Oil & Gas, Inc. | Story #2 | 3,500 | 33735514 |
| 903827 | Nov 6, 2024 | Nov 6, 2024 | Quail Ridge Operating LLC | Bear Unit #3HH | 6,600 | 33735513 |
| 903826 | Nov 6, 2024 | Nov 6, 2024 | Quail Ridge Operating LLC | Bear Unit #2HH | 6,600 | 33735512 |
| 903825 | Nov 6, 2024 | Nov 6, 2024 | Quail Ridge Operating LLC | Bear Unit #1HH | 6,600 | 33735511 |
| 902920 | Oct 1, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | Extech Operating, LLC | Mallard #1 | 7,500 | 33700299 |
| 902954 | Sep 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Quail Ridge Operating LLC | Wolf Unit #7HH | 6,700 | 33735510 |
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/montague?days=90, documented in the API reference.