COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 419
Shelby County, Texas
Shelby County permitting is running 6.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (18 total, versus 8 in the prior quarter).
Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC leads with 24 permits in the past 12 months, one of 7 operators active in the county.
4 operators filed a first Shelby County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 12,500 ft; 95% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 34 active disposal and injection permits, with 24.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
4 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.2.
1,920 drilling permits have been issued in Shelby County since 1977.
1,920 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 26, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Shelby County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 8
- permits issued, 30d
- -20%
- vs prior 30d (10)
- 2
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 14,250
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 301
- 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 37 · prior 12 26(+42%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | 24 | 54 |
| Rockcliff Energy Operating III | 7 | 20 |
| Adamas Energy LLC | 5 | 99 |
| XTO Energy Inc. | 2 | 148 |
| Select Water Solutions, LLC | 1 | 16 |
| Ventana Midstream LLC | 1 | 4 |
| Forza Operating, LLC | 1 | 2 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Shelby County came in the last year. 4 in total.
- Rockcliff Energy Operating III7 permitsSep 30, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Adamas Energy LLC5 permitsMar 10, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Forza Operating, LLC1 permitJan 14, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Ventana Midstream LLC1 permitDec 3, 2025 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Shelby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lime | 652 | 28 | 6,328 | 5,394–7,121 |
| Travis Peak | 545 | 24 | 7,300 | 6,255–7,850 |
| Pettit | 475 | 28 | 6,650 | 5,700–7,293 |
| Rodessa | 326 | 30 | 5,615 | 4,886–6,569 |
| Glen Rose | 257 | 30 | 3,850 | 3,186–4,975 |
| Cotton Valley | 214 | 0 | 9,740 | 8,627–10,864 |
| Austin Chalk | 202 | 4 | 3,095 | 2,406–3,829 |
| Paluxy | 177 | 27 | 3,523 | 2,856–4,498 |
| Haynesville | 144 | 3 | 11,905 | 11,208–12,449 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 112 | 1 | 5,140 | 4,643–6,248 |
| Blossom | 109 | 25 | 2,600 | 1,998–3,139 |
| Bossier | 102 | 4 | 10,795 | 10,125–11,764 |
| BMA | 81 | 0 | 5,572 | 4,814–6,310 |
| Nacatoch | 74 | 13 | 1,878 | 1,439–2,877 |
| Sligo | 61 | 0 | 5,866 | 5,633–7,032 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 34
- active UIC permits of 78
- 430K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 24.4M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Shelby County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 4
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.2
- 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 Shelby County
How many drilling permits were issued in Shelby County in the last 12 months?
41 permits were issued in Shelby County in the last 12 months, up 58% from 26 in the 12 months before. 95% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 26, 2026. 1,920 are on file since 1977.
Every Shelby County permit →Who is the most active operator in Shelby County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC is the most active operator in Shelby County, with 24 of 41, followed by Rockcliff Energy Operating III (7) and Adamas Energy LLC (5). 3 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Shelby County →How many oil and gas wells are in Shelby County?
1,782 wells are on file in Shelby County, including 650 active, 554 plugged, and 36 permitted and not yet drilled. 607 are horizontal. The active wells are under 34 operators.
Every well in Shelby County →How much oil and gas does Shelby County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Shelby County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Shelby County →How much water is injected in Shelby County?
24.4 million barrels of water were injected in Shelby County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 34 of the county's 78 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Shelby County →What formations are drilled in Shelby County?
Completion filings for wells in Shelby County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the James Lime (652 wells, median top 6,328 ft), the Travis Peak (545 wells, median top 7,300 ft), and the Pettit (475 wells, median top 6,650 ft).
Formations in Shelby County →What basin is Shelby County in?
Petrora lists Shelby County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Shelby County?
4 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Shelby County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.2.
Earthquakes in Shelby 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/shelby?days=30, documented in the API reference.