COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 377
Presidio County, Texas
Presidio County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued September 29, 2025.
419 drilling permits have been issued in Presidio County since 1977.
419 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 29, 2025
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- permits issued, 180d
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- vs prior 180d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
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- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 9, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1(-100%)
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Presidio County came in the last year. None.
Beyond the permit record
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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| 910667 | Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | Helios Operating, LLC | Presidio I&i #1412H | 5,052 | 37730611 |
| 878921 | Jun 16, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 | Helios Operating, LLC | Dennis Berry #1421 | 8,000 | 37730614 |
| 879287 | Apr 25, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 | Helios Operating, LLC | Presidio I&i #711 | 10,000 | 37730615 |
| 876494 | Jan 27, 2022 | Jan 27, 2022 | Helios Operating, LLC | State Helios #5201 | 11,000 | 37730613 |
| 876494Amendment | Jan 27, 2022 | Jan 27, 2022 | Helios Operating, LLC | State Helios #5201H | 11,000 | 37730613 |
| 841598 | Dec 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Helios Operating, LLC | Presidio I&i #1412 | 5,500 | 37730611 |
| 841598Amendment | Dec 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Helios Operating, LLC | Presidio I&i #1412H | 5,600 | 37730611 |
| 841601 | Jun 22, 2018 | Jun 22, 2018 | Helios Operating, LLC | Presidio I&i #1471 | 7,000 | 37730612 |
| 825307 | Apr 18, 2017 | Apr 18, 2017 | Helios Operating, LLC | Presidio I&i #1131 | 3,000 | 37730610 |
| 825307Amendment | Apr 18, 2017 | Apr 18, 2017 | Helios Operating, LLC | Presidio I&i #1131 | 7,000 | 37730610 |
Questions about Presidio County
How many drilling permits were issued in Presidio County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Presidio County in the last 12 months, down 100% from 1 in the 12 months before. The most recent was issued Sep 29, 2025. 419 are on file since 1977.
Every Presidio County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Presidio County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Presidio County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Helios Operating LLC, with 4, followed by Dunson Ernest (3) and Arnold Claude D. (2).
Operators in Presidio County →How many oil and gas wells are in Presidio County?
417 wells are on file in Presidio County, including 1 active and 396 plugged. 3 are horizontal. The active wells are under 1 operator.
Every well in Presidio County →How much oil and gas does Presidio County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Presidio County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Presidio County →What basin is Presidio County in?
Petrora lists Presidio County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 08.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Presidio County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Presidio County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Presidio 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/presidio?days=180, documented in the API reference.