COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 343
Morris County, Texas
Morris County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter).
Rose City Resources, LLC leads with 9 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 13,000 ft; 100% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
59 drilling permits have been issued in Morris County since 1977.
59 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 17, 2026
Watch Morris CountyAlso: every Morris County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 9
- permits issued, 365d
- -10%
- vs prior 365d (10)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 13,000
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 14
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rose City Resources, LLC | 9 | 20 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Morris County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Morris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacatoch | 21 | 7 | 2,082 | 1,940–2,189 |
| Paluxy | 21 | 7 | 5,421 | 5,352–5,580 |
| Sub-Clarksville | 20 | 7 | 4,058 | 3,946–4,128 |
| Woodbine | 18 | 7 | 4,258 | 4,038–4,381 |
| Cotton Valley | 17 | 7 | 10,117 | 9,737–11,987 |
| Travis Peak | 11 | 3 | 8,240 | 8,080–8,334 |
| Pettit | 10 | 6 | 8,112 | 8,079–8,218 |
Beyond the permit record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916906 | Aug 19, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | El Cortez #1HH | 13,000 | 34330142 |
| 915886 | Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Harrahs #1HH | 13,000 | 34330140 |
| 915887 | Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Cosmopolitan #1HH | 13,000 | 34330141 |
| 914490 | May 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Excalibur #1HH | 13,000 | 34330139 |
| 910794 | May 5, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Palazzo #1HH | 13,000 | 34330135 |
| 913553 | Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Ballys #1HH | 13,000 | 34330138 |
| 913553 | Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Ballys #1HH | 13,000 | 34330138 |
| 912285 | Jan 21, 2026 | Jan 21, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Venetian #1HH | 13,000 | 34330137 |
| 911341 | Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 16, 2025 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Hollywood #1HH | 13,000 | 34330136 |
| 907612 | May 21, 2025 | May 21, 2025 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Silver Sevens #1HH | 13,000 | 34330133 |
Questions about Morris County
How many drilling permits were issued in Morris County in the last 12 months?
9 permits were issued in Morris County in the last 12 months, down 10% from 10 in the 12 months before. 100% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 17, 2026. 59 are on file since 1977.
Every Morris County permit →Who is the most active operator in Morris County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Rose City Resources, LLC is the most active operator in Morris County, with 9 of 9. 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Morris County →How many oil and gas wells are in Morris County?
48 wells are on file in Morris County: 22 active, 13 plugged, and 6 permitted and not yet drilled. 21 are horizontal, and 2 operators hold them.
Every well in Morris County →How much oil and gas does Morris County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Morris County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Morris County →What formations are drilled in Morris County?
Completion filings for wells in Morris County report tops for 7 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Nacatoch (21 wells, median top 2,082 ft), the Paluxy (21 wells, median top 5,421 ft), and the Sub-Clarksville (20 wells, median top 4,058 ft).
Formations in Morris County →What basin is Morris County in?
Petrora lists Morris County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Morris County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Morris County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Morris 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/morris?days=365, documented in the API reference.