COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 351
Newton County, Texas
Newton County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued February 2, 2026.
Theron Energy Operating, LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Newton County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,500 ft (prior year: 6,350 ft); 33% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 27 active disposal and injection permits, with 4.33M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
847 drilling permits have been issued in Newton County since 1977.
847 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Feb 2, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Newton County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 90d
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- vs prior 90d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 248
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 10, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 5(-60%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Theron Energy Operating, LLC | 2 | 4 |
| Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Newton County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC1 permitFeb 2, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Newton County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Newton County the Jackson is reported in 22 wells, median top 5,436 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
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| Wilcox | 182 | 1 | 9,306 | 4,294–11,000 |
| Austin Chalk | 134 | 2 | 11,288 | 9,113–13,419 |
| Frio | 99 | 4 | 4,950 | 3,400–5,800 |
| Yegua | 88 | 0 | 6,870 | 6,381–8,248 |
| Midway | 71 | 0 | 8,815 | 6,709–10,690 |
| Taylor | 63 | 0 | 11,213 | 9,493–13,042 |
| Blossom | 50 | 0 | 10,597 | 8,233–11,187 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 35 | 0 | 3,100 | 1,612–5,140 |
| Ozan | 27 | 0 | 12,460 | 8,864–13,664 |
| Jackson | 22 | 0 | 5,436 | 5,366–5,594 |
| Vicksburg | 20 | 2 | 5,420 | 3,930–6,903 |
| Navarro | 11 | 0 | 10,280 | 9,585–12,859 |
| Sparta | 11 | 0 | 9,700 | 7,720–9,900 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 27
- active UIC permits of 113
- 306K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 4.33M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Newton County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
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- 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
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| 912708 | Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | Potato Azm #1 | 8,500 | 35130943 |
| 913053Amendment | Jan 22, 2026 | Jan 22, 2026 | Theron Energy Operating, LLC | Athena #1HH | 13,700 | 35130944 |
| 913053 | Jan 22, 2026 | Jan 22, 2026 | Theron Energy Operating, LLC | Athena #1HH | 13,700 | 35130944 |
| 911927 | Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 | Theron Energy Operating, LLC | Artemis SWD #1 | 5,000 | 35130942 |
| 901441Amendment | Oct 29, 2025 | Oct 29, 2025 | Foundation Energy Management LLC | Kurth, J.H., Jr. -B- #10 | 8,100 | 35130939 |
| 901441 | Oct 29, 2025 | Oct 29, 2025 | Foundation Energy Management LLC | Kurth, J.H., Jr. -B- #10 | 8,100 | 35130939 |
| 900869 | Oct 29, 2025 | Oct 29, 2025 | Indian Exploration, Inc. | Quinn #8 | 7,700 | 35130938 |
| 908168 | May 27, 2025 | May 27, 2025 | Geoterre Operating, L.L.C. | B. E. Quinn, III et Al #1 | 4,000 | 35130941 |
| 905793 | Mar 7, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 | Theron Energy Operating, LLC | Artemis #1HH | 13,700 | 35130940 |
| 905793Amendment | Mar 7, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 | Theron Energy Operating, LLC | Artemis #1HH | 13,700 | 35130940 |
Questions about Newton County
How many drilling permits were issued in Newton County in the last 12 months?
3 permits were issued in Newton County in the last 12 months, down 25% from 4 in the 12 months before. 33% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Feb 2, 2026. 847 are on file since 1977.
Every Newton County permit →Who is the most active operator in Newton County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Theron Energy Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Newton County, with 2 of 3, followed by Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Newton County →How many oil and gas wells are in Newton County?
930 wells are on file in Newton County, including 148 active, 483 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 144 are horizontal. The active wells are under 26 operators.
Every well in Newton County →How much oil and gas does Newton County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Newton County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Newton County →How much water is injected in Newton County?
4.3 million barrels of water were injected in Newton County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 27 of the county's 113 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Newton County →What formations are drilled in Newton County?
Completion filings for wells in Newton County report tops for 13 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Wilcox (182 wells, median top 9,306 ft), the Austin Chalk (134 wells, median top 11,288 ft), and the Frio (99 wells, median top 4,950 ft).
Formations in Newton County →What basin is Newton County in?
Petrora lists Newton County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Newton County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Newton County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Newton 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/newton?days=90, documented in the API reference.