COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 341
Moore County, Texas
Moore County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter). 3 were issued in the past week.
Beren Corporation leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Moore County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 2,400 ft (prior year: 3,368 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 45 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.54M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 2 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.2.
3,846 drilling permits have been issued in Moore County since 1977.
3,846 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 3, 2026
Watch Moore CountyAlso: every Moore County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 90d
- +0%
- vs prior 90d (3)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 2,400
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 241
- 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 9 · prior 12 9(+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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beren Corporation | 3 | 88 |
| Berexco LLC | 3 | 58 |
| P & F Operating, LLC | 3 | 5 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Moore County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- P & F Operating, LLC3 permitsMar 23, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Moore County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Moore County the Wolfcamp is reported in 78 wells, median top 3,092 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Dolomite | 1,604 | 11 | 2,778 | 2,294–3,212 |
| Red Cave | 1,356 | 23 | 1,886 | 1,530–2,156 |
| Panhandle Lime | 867 | 6 | 2,328 | 1,936–2,951 |
| Moore County Lime | 553 | 2 | 3,080 | 2,653–3,475 |
| Granite Wash | 318 | 5 | 2,898 | 2,384–3,472 |
| White Dolomite | 226 | 0 | 3,004 | 2,697–3,206 |
| Glorieta | 175 | 0 | 1,144 | 988–1,354 |
| Tubb | 161 | 0 | 1,570 | 1,378–1,862 |
| Wolfcamp | 78 | 0 | 3,092 | 2,928–3,484 |
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 24 | 0 | 550 | 488–629 |
| Wichita-Albany | 19 | 0 | 2,495 | 1,750–3,101 |
| Ellenburger | 14 | 1 | 3,018 | 2,545–5,127 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 45
- active UIC permits of 129
- 128K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.54M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Moore County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 2
- M2+ events in the area
- M2.2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919764 | Nov 5, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 | Berexco LLC | Masterson G #7613 | 2,400 | 34133783 |
| 919762 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Berexco LLC | Masterson G #7433 | 2,400 | 34133782 |
| 919767 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Beren Corporation | Masterson Estate #108 | 2,400 | 34133784 |
| 915795 | May 26, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | Beren Corporation | Masterson 'B' #5 | 2,400 | 34133781 |
| 915763 | May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | Berexco LLC | Masterson G #7612 | 2,400 | 34133779 |
| 915792 | May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | Beren Corporation | Masterson Estate #107 | 2,400 | 34133780 |
| 915159 | Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | P & F Operating, LLC | Thompson #13 | 3,000 | 34133778 |
| 913666 | Apr 10, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | P & F Operating, LLC | Thompson #16 | 3,000 | 34133777 |
| 913657 | Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | P & F Operating, LLC | Thompson #15 | 3,000 | 34133776 |
| 909500 | Aug 5, 2025 | Aug 5, 2025 | Scout Energy Management LLC | McDowell #16 | 3,368 | 34132167 |
Questions about Moore County
How many drilling permits were issued in Moore County in the last 12 months?
9 permits were issued in Moore County in the last 12 months, level with 9 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 3, 2026. 3,846 are on file since 1977.
Every Moore County permit →Who is the most active operator in Moore County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Beren Corporation is the most active operator in Moore County, with 3 of 9, followed by Berexco LLC (3) and P & F Operating, LLC (3). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Moore County →How many oil and gas wells are in Moore County?
4,725 wells are on file in Moore County: 2,224 active, 1,321 plugged, and 7 permitted and not yet drilled. 218 are horizontal, and 48 operators hold them.
Every well in Moore County →How much oil and gas does Moore County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Moore County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Moore County →How much water is injected in Moore County?
1.5 million barrels of water were injected in Moore County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 45 of the county's 129 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Moore County →What formations are drilled in Moore County?
Completion filings for wells in Moore County report tops for 12 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Brown Dolomite (1,604 wells, median top 2,778 ft), the Red Cave (1,356 wells, median top 1,886 ft), and the Panhandle Lime (867 wells, median top 2,328 ft).
Formations in Moore County →What basin is Moore County in?
Petrora lists Moore County in the Texas Panhandle. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 10.
The Texas Panhandle →Have there been earthquakes in Moore County?
TexNet located 2 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Moore County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.2.
Earthquakes in Moore 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/moore?days=90, documented in the API reference.