COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 337
Montague County, Texas
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: 3,500 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.
5,324 drilling permits have been issued in Montague County since 1977.
5,324 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 2, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Montague County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 4
- permits issued, 180d
- —
- vs prior 180d (0)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 3,249
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 626
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 9, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 4 · prior 12 1(+300%)
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 | 374 |
| 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 →
| 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 | 7 | 850 | 754–1,500 |
| Strawn | 355 | 12 | 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 | 7 | 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 →
USGS catalog, Texas
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 |
Questions about Montague County
How many drilling permits were issued in Montague County in the last 12 months?
4 permits were issued in Montague County in the last 12 months, up 300% from 1 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Sep 2, 2026. 5,324 are on file since 1977.
Every Montague County permit →Who is the most active operator in Montague County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, V & H Oil, L.P. is the most active operator in Montague County, with 3 of 4, followed by Texxol Operating Company, Inc. (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Montague County →How many oil and gas wells are in Montague County?
9,220 wells are on file in Montague County, including 2,979 active, 4,437 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 1,042 are horizontal. The active wells are under 91 operators.
Every well in Montague County →How much oil and gas does Montague County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Montague County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Montague County →How much water is injected in Montague County?
36.4 million barrels of water were injected in Montague County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 350 of the county's 1,063 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Montague County →What formations are drilled in Montague County?
Completion filings for wells in Montague County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Barnett (1,186 wells, median top 6,960 ft), the Caddo (1,081 wells, median top 6,048 ft), and the Marble Falls (879 wells, median top 6,587 ft).
Formations in Montague County →What basin is Montague County in?
Petrora lists Montague County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Montague County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Montague County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Montague 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/montague?days=180, documented in the API reference.