COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 375
Potter County, Texas
Potter County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, versus 2 in the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
King Operating Corporation leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 11,000 ft (prior year: 4,000 ft); 57% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 14 active disposal and injection permits, with 317K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 6 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.8.
1,738 drilling permits have been issued in Potter County since 1977.
1,738 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 29, 2026
Watch Potter CountyAlso: every Potter County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 5
- permits issued, 180d
- —
- vs prior 180d (0)
- 3
- operators filing
- 40%
- horizontal
- 7,460
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 106
- 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 5 · prior 12 11(-55%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| King Operating Corporation | 3 | 2 |
| Berexco LLC | 2 | 45 |
| Sunlight Exploration, Inc. | 1 | 21 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Potter County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Potter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cave | 748 | 9 | 1,875 | 1,647–2,610 |
| Brown Dolomite | 408 | 6 | 2,398 | 2,026–3,857 |
| Panhandle Lime | 298 | 3 | 2,196 | 1,813–3,002 |
| Granite Wash | 244 | 0 | 2,507 | 2,102–3,003 |
| Tubb | 236 | 0 | 1,545 | 1,332–1,753 |
| Wolfcamp | 64 | 3 | 4,407 | 3,360–6,304 |
| Glorieta | 57 | 0 | 930 | 828–1,035 |
| Canyon | 40 | 2 | 7,653 | 6,602–9,003 |
| Pennsylvanian | 33 | 1 | 5,536 | 4,694–6,770 |
| Clear Fork | 12 | 0 | 2,218 | 1,482–2,512 |
| Wichita-Albany | 12 | 0 | 2,206 | 1,994–3,030 |
| Cisco | 10 | 0 | 7,168 | 6,917–7,329 |
| Ellenburger | 10 | 0 | 3,200 | 2,488–9,360 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 14
- active UIC permits of 77
- 46.2K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 317K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Potter County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 6
- M2+ events in the area
- M2.8
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919760 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Berexco LLC | Masterson G #7318 | 2,400 | 37531952 |
| 918784 | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | King Operating Corporation | Bivins #3902NH | 11,000 | 37531951 |
| 918706 | Sep 24, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | King Operating Corporation | Bivins #3901SH | 11,000 | 37531950 |
| 916828 | Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | Sunlight Exploration, Inc. | Exell Ranch 'A' #5401 | 10,500 | 37531949 |
| 915765 | May 29, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | Berexco LLC | Masterson G #7317 | 2,400 | 37531948 |
| 911513 | Nov 7, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | King Operating Corporation | Bivins #1042NH | 11,000 | 37531947 |
| 911511 | Nov 5, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | King Operating Corporation | Bivins #1041SH | 11,000 | 37531946 |
| 910677 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Messer Helium Cliffside LLC | Bivins 26 #A 3 | 4,000 | 37500027 |
| 910673 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Messer Helium Cliffside LLC | Bush 23 #A 2 | 4,000 | 37500031 |
| 910672 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Messer Helium Cliffside LLC | B.H. Bush 'B' #B 1 | 4,000 | 37500068 |
Questions about Potter County
How many drilling permits were issued in Potter County in the last 12 months?
7 permits were issued in Potter County in the last 12 months, down 22% from 9 in the 12 months before. 57% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 29, 2026. 1,738 are on file since 1977.
Every Potter County permit →Who is the most active operator in Potter County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, King Operating Corporation is the most active operator in Potter County, with 3 of 7, followed by Berexco LLC (2) and Sunlight Exploration, Inc. (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Potter County →How many oil and gas wells are in Potter County?
1,990 wells are on file in Potter County: 811 active, 379 plugged, and 5 permitted and not yet drilled. 253 are horizontal, and 18 operators hold them.
Every well in Potter County →How much oil and gas does Potter County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Potter County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Potter County →How much water is injected in Potter County?
316,591 barrels of water were injected in Potter County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 14 of the county's 77 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Potter County →What formations are drilled in Potter County?
Completion filings for wells in Potter County report tops for 13 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Red Cave (748 wells, median top 1,875 ft), the Brown Dolomite (408 wells, median top 2,398 ft), and the Panhandle Lime (298 wells, median top 2,196 ft).
Formations in Potter County →What basin is Potter County in?
Petrora lists Potter County in the Texas Panhandle. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 10.
The Texas Panhandle →Have there been earthquakes in Potter County?
TexNet located 6 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Potter County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.8.
Earthquakes in Potter 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/potter?days=180, documented in the API reference.