COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 395
Robertson County, Texas
Robertson County permitting is running 2.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (6 total, versus 5 in the prior quarter).
Wildfire Energy Operating LLC leads with 7 permits in the past 12 months, one of 10 operators active in the county.
4 operators filed a first Robertson County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,000 ft (prior year: 14,640 ft); 87% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 6 active disposal and injection permits, with 946K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
2 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.4.
2,114 drilling permits have been issued in Robertson County since 1977.
2,114 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 27, 2026
Watch Robertson CountyAlso: every Robertson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 23
- permits issued, 365d
- +35%
- vs prior 365d (17)
- 10
- operators filing
- 87%
- horizontal
- 12,699
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 198
- 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 23 · prior 12 11(+109%)
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 Robertson County came in the last year. 4 in total.
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC4 permitsApr 8, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Brahma Services II LLC1 permitOct 27, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- CML Exploration, LLC1 permitAug 28, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Bull Run Resources, LLC1 permitApr 23, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Robertson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Peak | 876 | 11 | 8,414 | 8,022–9,836 |
| Bossier | 805 | 4 | 11,483 | 10,883–13,582 |
| Pettit | 764 | 3 | 8,085 | 7,747–9,085 |
| Cotton Valley | 590 | 12 | 10,649 | 9,841–13,391 |
| Austin Chalk | 520 | 23 | 5,891 | 4,401–6,788 |
| Buda | 504 | 6 | 5,483 | 4,898–7,448 |
| Rodessa | 187 | 0 | 7,482 | 7,079–8,367 |
| Georgetown | 150 | 6 | 6,822 | 5,478–7,692 |
| Glen Rose | 137 | 0 | 6,482 | 6,059–7,899 |
| Eagle Ford | 136 | 5 | 6,418 | 4,710–7,122 |
| Nacatoch | 115 | 8 | 2,635 | 1,421–4,448 |
| Paluxy | 113 | 8 | 5,953 | 5,452–6,975 |
| Woodbine | 105 | 9 | 6,231 | 4,914–7,158 |
| James Lime | 103 | 0 | 8,900 | 7,716–9,935 |
| Pecan Gap | 86 | 12 | 5,012 | 3,569–5,729 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 6
- active UIC permits of 29
- 67K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 946K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Robertson County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 2
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919600 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Brahma Services II LLC | B Ridge SWD #1 | 8,000 | 39532141 |
| 918074 | Aug 30, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | CML Exploration, LLC | Kadav #2HH | 7,500 | 39532140 |
| 917958Amendment | Nov 7, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Great Eagle AC Two #H 02GEH | 7,000 | 39532138 |
| 917958 | Aug 29, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Great Eagle A #1HAH | 7,000 | 39532138 |
| 917978 | Aug 23, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC | Wheeler Ecw #1HH | 30,000 | 39532139 |
| 917795Amendment | Nov 7, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Great Eagle AC Four #H 04GEH | 7,000 | 39532137 |
| 917795 | Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Great Eagle B #2HAH | 7,000 | 39532137 |
| 917698 | Aug 12, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 | Hilcorp Energy Company | Buchanan SWD #2 | 13,278 | 39530812 |
| 916036 | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Lightsey D #1HAH | 8,000 | 39532134 |
| 916226 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Flowers-Reistino Unit B #5HAH | 7,000 | 39532136 |
Questions about Robertson County
How many drilling permits were issued in Robertson County in the last 12 months?
23 permits were issued in Robertson County in the last 12 months, up 35% from 17 in the 12 months before. 87% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 27, 2026. 2,114 are on file since 1977.
Every Robertson County permit →Who is the most active operator in Robertson County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Wildfire Energy Operating LLC is the most active operator in Robertson County, with 7 of 23, followed by Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC (4) and Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC (4). 5 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Robertson County →How many oil and gas wells are in Robertson County?
1,964 wells are on file in Robertson County, including 1,119 active, 336 plugged, and 8 permitted and not yet drilled. 421 are horizontal. The active wells are under 27 operators.
Every well in Robertson County →How much oil and gas does Robertson County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Robertson County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Robertson County →How much water is injected in Robertson County?
946,462 barrels of water were injected in Robertson County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 6 of the county's 29 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Robertson County →What formations are drilled in Robertson County?
Completion filings for wells in Robertson County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Travis Peak (876 wells, median top 8,414 ft), the Bossier (805 wells, median top 11,483 ft), and the Pettit (764 wells, median top 8,085 ft).
Formations in Robertson County →What basin is Robertson County in?
Petrora lists Robertson County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Robertson County?
2 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Robertson County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.4.
Earthquakes in Robertson 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/robertson?days=365, documented in the API reference.