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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 345

Motley County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Motley County at 22,337 bbl of oil and 0 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 15% on the twelve months before.

11 leases under 6 operators had production in those months.

Motley County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued May 22, 2026.

Yost Exploration and Production leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.

One operator filed a first Motley County permit in the past year.

The county has 9 active disposal and injection permits of 24 on file, with 450K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

184 drilling permits have been issued in Motley County since 1977.

184 permits on file since 1977 · last issued May 22, 2026

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23
active wells · 227 on file
6
producing operators, 12 months
11
producing leases, 12 months
22,337
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −15%
0
Mcf gas, same 12 months

Motley County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. Leases are still filing for Aug 2026, so that month and the twelve-month totals will rise.

12 months through Aug 2026 22,337 · prior 12 26,240(-15%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving1,109 bbl0 Mcf
Jul 20261,448 bbl0 Mcf
Jun 20261,483 bbl0 Mcf
May 20261,816 bbl0 Mcf
Apr 20262,048 bbl0 Mcf
Mar 20262,149 bbl0 Mcf
Feb 20262,436 bbl0 Mcf
Jan 20261,944 bbl0 Mcf
Dec 20252,344 bbl0 Mcf
Nov 20251,826 bbl0 Mcf
Oct 20251,464 bbl0 Mcf
Sep 20252,270 bbl0 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.2 leases

    12.1K bbl · 0 Mcf

  2. Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.4 leases

    3.1K bbl · 0 Mcf

  3. Sutherland Energy Co., LLC1 lease

    2.5K bbl · 0 Mcf

  4. Geomark Resources, L.L.C.2 leases

    2.16K bbl · 0 Mcf

  5. Dry Fork Production Co., LLC1 lease

    1.69K bbl · 0 Mcf

  6. Tyner Texas Operating Company1 lease

    812 bbl · 0 Mcf

6 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

11 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Taylor 'B'Oil 71360Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.The 8TH Dimension (Canyon Reef)8,275 bbl0 Mcf
TaylorOil 70125Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.The 8TH Dimension (Canyon Reef)3,803 bbl0 Mcf
MatadorOil 67288Sutherland Energy Co., LLCMatador (Wolfcamp)2,498 bbl0 Mcf
Cooper, J. W.Oil 13640Geomark Resources, L.L.C.Roaring Springs, W. (Permo-Penn)1,715 bbl0 Mcf
Mullin, W.W.Oil 71468Dry Fork Production Co., LLCGupton (Canyon)1,692 bbl0 Mcf
Brandon, C. R.Oil 11394Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.Roaring Springs (Permo-Penn)1,239 bbl0 Mcf
Payne, A. W. "B"Oil 12115Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.Roaring Springs (Permo-Penn)1,052 bbl0 Mcf
Stephens, R. G.Oil 68972Tyner Texas Operating CompanyBirnie (Congl.)812 bbl0 Mcf
Campbell, O. C. "A"Oil 11773Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.Roaring Springs (Permo-Penn)465 bbl0 Mcf
Callaway, C. B.Oil 62550Geomark Resources, L.L.C.Roaring Springs, W. (Permo-Penn)445 bbl0 Mcf
Payne, AveryOil 11867Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.Roaring Springs (Permo-Penn)341 bbl0 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

227 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    145

  2. Not on schedule

    26

  3. Shut In

    19

  4. Producing

    16

  5. Injection

    6

  6. No Production

    6

  7. Spudded

    4

  8. Permitted

    2

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
0
permits issued, 90d
-100%
vs prior 90d (2)
0
operators filing
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horizontal
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avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 1(+100%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Yost Exploration and Production21

Full operator directory: 71 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Motley County came in the last year. 1 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill02171

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Motley County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

Fewer than ten wells in Motley County report the Clearfork, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Cisco2504,5204,032–5,467
Canyon1805,0124,929–5,433
Pennsylvanian1304,2994,026–5,110
Wolfcamp1203,5943,301–4,117
Coleman Junction1003,3572,938–3,667

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

9
active UIC permits of 24
22.2K
permitted bbl/day, active
450K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Motley 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
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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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
915757May 22, 2026May 22, 2026Yost Exploration and ProductionBlack 4 #39,00034530366
915755May 22, 2026May 22, 2026Yost Exploration and ProductionBlack 4 #211,00034530365
907030Apr 2, 2025Apr 2, 2025Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.Taylor 'B' #75,50034530363
907030AmendmentApr 2, 2025Apr 2, 2025Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.Taylor 'C' #75,50034530363
902788Sep 20, 2024Sep 20, 2024Gunn Oil CompanyMoore #19,00034530362
895505Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.Shoenail #26,00034530361
891756Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.Taylor #65,50034530360
891756AmendmentAug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.Taylor 'B' #65,50034530360
880027May 16, 2022May 16, 2022Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc.Shoenail #16,00034530358
876064Jan 21, 2022Jan 21, 2022Dry Fork Production Co., LLCMullin, W.W. #85,50034530357

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Questions about Motley County

How many drilling permits were issued in Motley County in the last 12 months?

2 permits were issued in Motley County in the last 12 months, up 100% from 1 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued May 22, 2026. 184 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Motley County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Yost Exploration and Production is the most active operator in Motley County, with 2 of 2. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

Operators in Motley County →

How many oil and gas wells are in Motley County?

227 wells are on file in Motley County, including 23 active, 145 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 1 is horizontal. The active wells are under 7 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Motley County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 22,337 barrels of oil and 0 Mcf of gas in Motley County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 11 leases under 6 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Motley County →

Who are the largest producers in Motley County?

By oil and gas produced in Motley County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc., with 12,078 barrels of oil and 0 Mcf of gas from 2 leases, followed by Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc. and Sutherland Energy Co., LLC. 6 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Motley County?

450,141 barrels of water were injected in Motley County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 9 of the county's 24 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Motley County?

Completion filings for wells in Motley County report tops for 5 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Cisco (25 wells, median top 4,520 ft), the Canyon (18 wells, median top 5,012 ft), and the Pennsylvanian (13 wells, median top 4,299 ft).

Formations in Motley County →

What basin is Motley County in?

Petrora lists Motley County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.

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Have there been earthquakes in Motley County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Motley County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

Earthquakes in Motley County →

About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. 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.

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