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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 399

Runnels County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Runnels County at 109,851 bbl of oil and 284,108 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 30% on the twelve months before.

154 leases under 53 operators had production in those months.

1 drilling permit was issued in Runnels County in the past 90 days, 3 in the 90 days before.

5 operators filed permits here in the past 12 months, none more than 1.

3 operators filed a first Runnels County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 4,512 ft (prior year: 4,774 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 35 active disposal and injection permits of 469 on file, with 1.21M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

5,817 drilling permits have been issued in Runnels County since 1977.

5,817 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 19, 2026

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298
active wells · 7,112 on file
53
producing operators, 12 months
154
producing leases, 12 months
109,851
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −30%
284,108
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −19%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 152 IN OIL AND NO. 169 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Runnels County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. Leases are still filing for Aug 2026, so that month and the twelve-month totals will rise.

12 months through Aug 2026 109,851 · prior 12 157,821(-30%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving5,720 bbl23,859 Mcf
Jul 20267,387 bbl7,051 Mcf
Jun 20268,132 bbl10,755 Mcf
May 20267,880 bbl24,538 Mcf
Apr 20268,525 bbl25,753 Mcf
Mar 20268,521 bbl31,436 Mcf
Feb 20269,448 bbl29,726 Mcf
Jan 20269,033 bbl25,521 Mcf
Dec 202511,916 bbl30,173 Mcf
Nov 202510,467 bbl17,278 Mcf
Oct 202511,181 bbl28,177 Mcf
Sep 202511,641 bbl29,841 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. L.C.S. Production Company9 leases

    9.59K bbl · 153K Mcf

  2. Hardrock Resources Inc.8 leases

    19.7K bbl · 19.9K Mcf

  3. Cedar Oil Company9 leases

    16.5K bbl · 0 Mcf

  4. Purvis Operating Co.2 leases

    4.49K bbl · 15.4K Mcf

  5. Koko Skadi, LLC7 leases

    5.8K bbl · 2.64K Mcf

  6. Golden Oil and Ranch, LLC9 leases

    5.2K bbl · 5 Mcf

  7. 3 S Production, Inc.6 leases

    3.57K bbl · 7.02K Mcf

  8. 3-D Oil & Gas9 leases

    736 bbl · 21.6K Mcf

53 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

154 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Ft. Chadbourne Odom Lime UnitOil 506L.C.S. Production CompanyFort Chadbourne1,459 bbl122,695 Mcf
GoodwinOil 19560Hardrock Resources Inc.WFM (Goen Lime)9,003 bbl7,562 Mcf
PamOil 19055Hardrock Resources Inc.WFM (Goen Lime)7,196 bbl4,802 Mcf
ShirleyOil 21141Cedar Oil CompanyFennell (Goen)7,724 bbl0 Mcf
Dudley Ranch #408Oil 14678Purvis Operating Co.The Trinity (Odom)3,683 bbl11,476 Mcf
Chadbourne Ranch -288-Oil 12206L.C.S. Production CompanyWingate, West (Gray)3,447 bbl11,067 Mcf
FennellOil 22195Cedar Oil CompanyFennell (Cisco Reef)4,448 bbl0 Mcf
DavisOil 17073Koko Skadi, LLCCree-Sykes (Gardner, Upper)4,298 bbl0 Mcf
Coi -B-Oil 21332L.C.S. Production CompanyWingate, NW (Gray)2,028 bbl9,997 Mcf
Jimmie, HerringOil 16188Elco Oil & Gas, Inc.Jimmie (Cross Cut)3,279 bbl0 Mcf
Fennell 'D'Oil 5427Cedar Oil CompanyFennell (Breckenridge)2,542 bbl0 Mcf
GoodernstOil 21506Enrich Oil CorporationDorman, West (Jennings)2,112 bbl1,325 Mcf
Wilson "A"Oil 11584Lakeshore Operating, LLCBuffalo Bluff290 bbl11,764 Mcf
Del Mar CrockettOil 18745Arcadian Mineral Development,llcWinters (Palo Pinto)2,229 bbl0 Mcf
Garey RanchGas 284952Fossil Petroleum LLCHollow Creek (Dog Bend)22 bbl12,875 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

7,112 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    5,757

  2. Not on schedule

    805

  3. Producing

    266

  4. Shut In

    183

  5. No Production

    29

  6. Injection

    27

  7. Spudded

    23

  8. Temp Abandoned

    14

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
1
permits issued, 90d
-67%
vs prior 90d (3)
1
operators filing
0%
horizontal
4,280
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 5 · prior 12 7(-29%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Cedar Oil Company162
Quail Well Service, Inc.17
Mission Energy Inc.16
Nodding Donkey Resources LLC14
Enterprise Products Operatingllc10

Full operator directory: 979 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Runnels County came in the last year. 3 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Recompletion10561
Drill024,672
Reenter01260

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Runnels County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

In Runnels County the Barnett is reported in 10 wells, median top 4,410 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Palo Pinto74053,4403,112–3,906
Coleman Junction19051,5951,064–1,943
Caddo18114,2123,892–4,684
Ellenburger17914,5244,299–4,732
Canyon16433,5413,104–4,000
Cisco7523,0462,778–3,600
Strawn7314,1003,692–4,431
Saddle Creek6902,1681,722–2,431
Gunsight5102,4222,140–2,750
Mississippian3204,4734,042–4,666
Barnett1004,4104,398–4,493

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

35
active UIC permits of 469
134K
permitted bbl/day, active
1.21M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Runnels County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

0
M2+ events in the area
—
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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919268Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Mission Energy Inc.Hirt #14,28039934947
917722Aug 14, 2026Aug 12, 2026Nodding Donkey Resources LLCEvans #3A5,00039935634
917607Aug 8, 2026Aug 6, 2026Cedar Oil CompanyRichard #14,51239935323
915655May 19, 2026May 19, 2026Enterprise Products OperatingllcSE-196 #140039935633
913051Jan 26, 2026Jan 26, 2026Quail Well Service, Inc.Forman #15,00039903066
911449Oct 29, 2025Oct 29, 2025Cedar Oil CompanyFennell #6054,80839903682
911313Oct 24, 2025Oct 24, 2025Cedar Oil CompanyFennell #6104,41339903687
909482Aug 6, 2025Aug 6, 2025Energy Transfer CompanyCathodic Protection #2840039935632
909136Jul 10, 2025Jul 10, 2025Pony Express Corporate TrustMocha Unit #14,74039935458
908754Jun 23, 2025Jun 23, 2025Enrich Oil CorporationCarl #15,00039935631

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Questions about Runnels County

How many drilling permits were issued in Runnels County in the last 12 months?

5 permits were issued in Runnels County in the last 12 months, down 37% from 8 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 19, 2026. 5,817 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Runnels County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Cedar Oil Company is the most active operator in Runnels County, with 1 of 5, followed by Quail Well Service, Inc. (1) and Mission Energy Inc. (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Runnels County?

7,112 wells are on file in Runnels County, including 298 active, 5,757 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 7 are horizontal. The active wells are under 54 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Runnels County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 109,851 barrels of oil and 284,108 Mcf of gas in Runnels County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 154 leases under 53 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Runnels County →

Who are the largest producers in Runnels County?

By oil and gas produced in Runnels County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is L.C.S. Production Company, with 9,592 barrels of oil and 153,271 Mcf of gas from 9 leases, followed by Hardrock Resources Inc. and Cedar Oil Company. 53 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Runnels County?

1.2 million barrels of water were injected in Runnels County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 35 of the county's 469 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Runnels County?

Completion filings for wells in Runnels County report tops for 11 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Palo Pinto (740 wells, median top 3,440 ft), the Coleman Junction (190 wells, median top 1,595 ft), and the Caddo (181 wells, median top 4,212 ft).

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What basin is Runnels County in?

Petrora lists Runnels County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7C.

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Have there been earthquakes in Runnels County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Runnels County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. 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/runnels?days=90, documented in the API reference.