COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 383
Reagan County, Texas
Reagan County permitting is running 35 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (105 total, up 33% on the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
De Central Operating, LLC leads with 182 permits in the past 12 months, one of 16 operators active in the county.
3 operators filed a first Reagan County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 10,605 ft (prior year: 10,500 ft); 97% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 192 active disposal and injection permits, with 185M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
34 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.6.
11,566 drilling permits have been issued in Reagan County since 1977.
11,566 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 3, 2026
Watch Reagan CountyAlso: every Reagan County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 184
- permits issued, 180d
- +47%
- vs prior 180d (125)
- 9
- operators filing
- 98%
- horizontal
- 10,107
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 483
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 295 · prior 12 326(-10%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Reagan County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Hibernia Resources IV, LLC2 permitsOct 21, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Deep Blue Operating I LLC2 permitsDec 19, 2025 · active elsewhere first
- Arete Creek Operating, LLC1 permitFeb 17, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Reagan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spraberry | 7,130 | 627 | 6,062 | 5,329–6,710 |
| Dean | 4,627 | 91 | 7,436 | 6,653–8,097 |
| Wolfcamp | 3,868 | 439 | 7,528 | 6,817–8,156 |
| San Andres | 3,361 | 640 | 3,196 | 2,293–3,813 |
| Grayburg | 3,280 | 615 | 2,770 | 2,079–3,485 |
| Queen | 3,038 | 611 | 2,450 | 1,900–3,026 |
| Clear Fork | 2,985 | 625 | 5,015 | 3,673–5,794 |
| Strawn | 642 | 3 | 9,613 | 8,910–10,325 |
| Jo Mill | 635 | 8 | 6,623 | 6,100–7,256 |
| Yates | 489 | 45 | 1,730 | 1,406–2,122 |
| Cline | 296 | 0 | 9,060 | 8,685–9,886 |
| Canyon | 275 | 0 | 8,335 | 7,864–8,838 |
| Seven Rivers | 252 | 36 | 1,916 | 1,560–2,392 |
| Santa Rosa | 181 | 22 | 666 | 500–820 |
| Rustler | 161 | 41 | 1,170 | 968–1,405 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 192
- active UIC permits of 668
- 2.95M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 185M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Reagan County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 34
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.6
- 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
Questions about Reagan County
How many drilling permits were issued in Reagan County in the last 12 months?
315 permits were issued in Reagan County in the last 12 months, down 6% from 334 in the 12 months before. 97% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 3, 2026. 11,566 are on file since 1977.
Every Reagan County permit →Who is the most active operator in Reagan County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, De Central Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Reagan County, with 182 of 315, followed by Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. (47) and Discovery Natural Resources LLC (28). 6 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Reagan County →How many oil and gas wells are in Reagan County?
14,557 wells are on file in Reagan County, including 4,444 active, 5,675 plugged, and 134 permitted and not yet drilled. 3,485 are horizontal. The active wells are under 104 operators.
Every well in Reagan County →How much oil and gas does Reagan County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Reagan County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Reagan County →How much water is injected in Reagan County?
185 million barrels of water were injected in Reagan County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 192 of the county's 668 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Reagan County →What formations are drilled in Reagan County?
Completion filings for wells in Reagan County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Spraberry (7,130 wells, median top 6,062 ft), the Dean (4,627 wells, median top 7,436 ft), and the Wolfcamp (3,868 wells, median top 7,528 ft).
Formations in Reagan County →What basin is Reagan County in?
Petrora lists Reagan County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7C.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Reagan County?
34 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Reagan County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.6.
Earthquakes in Reagan 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.
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