COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 351
Newton County
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 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 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 8,100 ft (prior year: 9,350 ft); 29% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 27 active disposal and injection permits, with 4.03M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,037 drilling permits have been issued in Newton County since 1977.
1,037 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Feb 2, 2026
Watch Newton CountyAlso: every Newton County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 7
- permits issued, 365d
- +75%
- vs prior 365d (4)
- 4
- operators filing
- 29%
- horizontal
- 9,257
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 251
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 30 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 21 · prior 12 14(+50%)
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 | 3 | 1 |
| 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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 4.03M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Newton County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 912708 | Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | Potato Azm #1 | 8,500 | 35130943 |
| 913053 | 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 |
| 901441 | 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 |
| 905793 | Mar 7, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 | Theron Energy Operating, LLC | Artemis #1HH | 13,700 | 35130940 |
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=365, documented in the API reference.