COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 08 · CODE 389
Reeves County, Texas
Reeves County permitting is running 41 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (124 total, down 13% on the prior quarter). 5 were issued in the past week.
Permian Resources Operating, LLC leads with 64 permits in the past 12 months, one of 35 operators active in the county.
4 operators filed a first Reeves County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 12,000 ft; 94% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 456 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.27B barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
872 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.9.
11,787 drilling permits have been issued in Reeves County since 1977.
11,787 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 5, 2026
Watch Reeves CountyAlso: every Reeves County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 124
- permits issued, 90d
- -13%
- vs prior 90d (143)
- 22
- operators filing
- 87%
- horizontal
- 11,367
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 592
- 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 466 · prior 12 459(+2%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Resources Operating, LLC | 64 | 1,302 |
| BPX Operating Company | 45 | 482 |
| Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | 41 | 482 |
| U.S. Energy Development Corp | 36 | 162 |
| VTX Energy Operating, LLC | 32 | 380 |
| TRP Operating LLC | 28 | 162 |
| Mewbourne Oil Company | 26 | 44 |
| EOG Resources, Inc. | 22 | 346 |
| Apache Corporation | 16 | 748 |
| Perun Energy LLC | 16 | 86 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Reeves County came in the last year. 4 in total.
- Northstar Resources, LLC8 permitsJan 26, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Uep Operating LLC6 permitsSep 2, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- WWM Operating, LLC5 permitsOct 1, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Pbex Operations, LLC1 permitNov 14, 2025 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Reeves County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
Fewer than ten wells in Reeves County report the Simpson, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Spring | 6,543 | 719 | 7,748 | 6,596–8,395 |
| Cherry Canyon | 6,305 | 760 | 5,300 | 3,800–6,039 |
| Bell Canyon | 5,824 | 686 | 4,490 | 2,981–5,198 |
| Wolfcamp | 5,264 | 302 | 10,282 | 9,388–10,622 |
| Delaware | 4,952 | 342 | 4,018 | 2,500–5,114 |
| Castile | 3,171 | 270 | 2,524 | 1,030–3,670 |
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 1,538 | 21 | 2,604 | 812–11,300 |
| Lamar | 860 | 149 | 4,742 | 2,800–5,180 |
| Brushy Canyon | 806 | 154 | 6,194 | 5,071–7,207 |
| Rustler | 519 | 129 | 994 | 764–1,852 |
| Avalon | 328 | 28 | 7,866 | 6,976–8,150 |
| Salado | 196 | 58 | 1,563 | 1,222–2,092 |
| Atoka | 126 | 2 | 12,402 | 9,566–16,342 |
| Pennsylvanian | 113 | 0 | 11,000 | 9,083–13,740 |
| Devonian | 107 | 0 | 13,336 | 10,683–17,183 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 456
- active UIC permits of 1,233
- 9.94M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.27B
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Reeves County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 872
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.9
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919864 | Nov 7, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | Greenlake Energy Operating, LLC | Soda Popinski 27 #4902UH | 12,400 | 38942378 |
| 919863 | Nov 7, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | Greenlake Energy Operating, LLC | Soda Popinski 27 #4514HH | 12,400 | 38942377 |
| 919346 | Nov 7, 2026 | Nov 4, 2026 | Apache Corporation | Quigley 26 B #302HH | 9,999 | 38942363 |
| 919345 | Nov 6, 2026 | Nov 4, 2026 | Apache Corporation | Quigley 26 A #301HH | 9,999 | 38942362 |
| 919810 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | BPX Operating Company | Jr 56-T3-21X26 BC W203H #W203HH | 12,838 | 38942376 |
| 919406 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Apache Corporation | Quigley 26 #503HH | 11,200 | 38942365 |
| 919344 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache Corporation | Quigley 26 #312HH | 10,500 | 38942361 |
| 919343 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache Corporation | Quigley 26 #303HH | 10,200 | 38942360 |
| 919342 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache Corporation | Quigley 26 #201HH | 9,300 | 38942359 |
| 919410 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache Corporation | Quigley State D #502HH | 11,200 | 38942367 |
Questions about Reeves County
How many drilling permits were issued in Reeves County in the last 12 months?
472 permits were issued in Reeves County in the last 12 months, down 1% from 475 in the 12 months before. 94% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 5, 2026. 11,787 are on file since 1977.
Every Reeves County permit →Who is the most active operator in Reeves County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Permian Resources Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Reeves County, with 64 of 472, followed by BPX Operating Company (45) and Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC (41). 22 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Reeves County →How many oil and gas wells are in Reeves County?
12,573 wells are on file in Reeves County, including 6,253 active, 2,127 plugged, and 258 permitted and not yet drilled. 6,870 are horizontal. The active wells are under 131 operators.
Every well in Reeves County →How much oil and gas does Reeves County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Reeves County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Reeves County →How much water is injected in Reeves County?
1.27 billion barrels of water were injected in Reeves County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 456 of the county's 1,233 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Reeves County →What formations are drilled in Reeves County?
Completion filings for wells in Reeves County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Bone Spring (6,543 wells, median top 7,748 ft), the Cherry Canyon (6,305 wells, median top 5,300 ft), and the Bell Canyon (5,824 wells, median top 4,490 ft).
Formations in Reeves County →What basin is Reeves County in?
Petrora lists Reeves County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 08.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Reeves County?
872 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Reeves County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.9.
Earthquakes in Reeves 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/reeves?days=90, documented in the API reference.