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COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 423

Smith County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Smith County at 1,160,019 bbl of oil and 14,222,047 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is up 17% on the twelve months before.

715 leases under 59 operators had production in those months.

3 drilling permits were issued in Smith County in the past 90 days, 3 in the 90 days before.

Faulconer Energy, LLC leads with 7 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.

2 operators filed a first Smith County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 11,770 ft (prior year: 9,550 ft); 47% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 77 active disposal and injection permits of 250 on file, with 29.1M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

2,627 drilling permits have been issued in Smith County since 1977.

2,627 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 16, 2026

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883
active wells · 2,736 on file
59
producing operators, 12 months
715
producing leases, 12 months
1.2M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +4%
14.2M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +17%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 65 IN OIL AND NO. 68 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Smith 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 14,222,047 · prior 12 12,195,504(+17%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving85,566 bbl1,191,510 Mcf
Jul 202692,468 bbl1,275,173 Mcf
Jun 202690,059 bbl1,295,549 Mcf
May 202697,084 bbl1,385,748 Mcf
Apr 202694,967 bbl1,375,220 Mcf
Mar 2026102,586 bbl1,432,929 Mcf
Feb 202687,846 bbl1,283,799 Mcf
Jan 202697,271 bbl1,383,218 Mcf
Dec 2025104,909 bbl937,988 Mcf
Nov 202598,791 bbl775,447 Mcf
Oct 2025109,190 bbl951,867 Mcf
Sep 202599,282 bbl933,599 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Sabine Energy Inc.4 leases

    15.2K bbl · 4.64M Mcf

  2. Diversified Production LLC93 leases

    72.4K bbl · 3.96M Mcf

  3. Faulconer Energy, LLC312 leases

    118K bbl · 3.63M Mcf

  4. Valence Operating Company50 leases

    303K bbl · 726K Mcf

  5. Vess Oil Corporation4 leases

    151K bbl · 3.87K Mcf

  6. Linder, John Operating Co., LLC48 leases

    71K bbl · 112K Mcf

  7. Maximus Operating, Ltd.2 leases

    89.3K bbl · 0 Mcf

  8. Goldston Oil Corporation8 leases

    68.5K bbl · 30.4K Mcf

59 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

715 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Stewart a (AW)Gas 300985Sabine Energy Inc.Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)10,492 bbl2,716,972 Mcf
Stewart B (AW)Gas 300986Sabine Energy Inc.Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)969 bbl1,135,955 Mcf
Dyer-Swinney a (AW)Gas 295584Sabine Energy Inc.Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)4,219 bbl713,655 Mcf
Sand Flat UnitOil 4884Vess Oil CorporationSand Flat93,294 bbl3,113 Mcf
Lily (Alloc)Oil 16140Valence Operating CompanyGirlie Caldwell (Goodland LM)84,205 bbl12,442 Mcf
Lotus (Alloc)Oil 16141Valence Operating CompanyGirlie Caldwell (Goodland LM)78,046 bbl18,879 Mcf
Chapel Hill 7Gas 296314Diversified Production LLCChapel Hill (Cotton Valley)11,834 bbl385,384 Mcf
Stewart-Corley a (AW)Gas 295458Sabine Energy Inc.Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)701 bbl447,508 Mcf
Anderson Charitable TrustOil 15093Maximus Operating, Ltd.Crow (Paluxy, Lower)54,114 bbl0 Mcf
Chapel Hill 8Gas 296315Diversified Production LLCChapel Hill (Cotton Valley)17,573 bbl206,677 Mcf
Chapel Hill 3Gas 288860Diversified Production LLCChapel Hill (Cotton Valley)2,186 bbl279,697 Mcf
Chapel Hill 17Gas 293502Diversified Production LLCChapel Hill (Cotton Valley)1,243 bbl260,584 Mcf
Chapel Hill 4Gas 288850Diversified Production LLCChapel Hill (Cotton Valley)4,666 bbl213,809 Mcf
Chapel Hill 6Gas 289724Diversified Production LLCChapel Hill (Cotton Valley)4,716 bbl208,314 Mcf
Chapel Hill 20Gas 293523Diversified Production LLCChapel Hill (Cotton Valley)2,984 bbl218,038 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

2,736 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    1,316

  2. Producing

    807

  3. Not on schedule

    229

  4. Temp Abandoned

    150

  5. Shut In

    130

  6. Injection

    59

  7. No Production

    13

  8. Spudded

    12

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
3
permits issued, 90d
+0%
vs prior 90d (3)
1
operators filing
0%
horizontal
12,189
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 14 · prior 12 17(-18%)

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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
Faulconer Energy, LLC7407
Sabine Energy Inc.46
Valence Operating Company3180
Atmos Pipeline - Texas10

Full operator directory: 398 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Smith County came in the last year. 2 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Recompletion33334

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Smith 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 Smith County report the Del Rio, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Pettit700248,1307,890–8,620
Travis Peak597228,3008,088–10,125
Paluxy576136,1905,500–7,613
Rodessa429177,4907,231–9,480
Bossier4211911,80011,522–12,107
Woodbine417144,6003,836–5,396
Taylor3851711,51011,179–11,811
James Lime356147,9877,682–8,376
Cotton Valley2931510,3059,716–11,070
Massive Anhydrite (marker)283107,3607,024–7,889
Austin Chalk20814,5723,715–4,942
Buda16225,8004,441–6,450
Goodland15446,9405,598–8,705
Glen Rose15245,9575,667–7,964
Nacatoch11192,4902,230–3,139

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

77
active UIC permits of 250
409K
permitted bbl/day, active
29.1M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Smith 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
919308Oct 18, 2026Oct 16, 2026Faulconer Energy, LLCWaldrop 4 #112,15042331854
919295Oct 18, 2026Oct 16, 2026Faulconer Energy, LLCMilton Anderson 9 #111,71642331800
918936Oct 10, 2026Oct 8, 2026Faulconer Energy, LLCOverton 302 #112,70042330987
917500Aug 8, 2026Aug 6, 2026Faulconer Energy, LLCAllred 1 #112,00042330575
917141Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026Faulconer Energy, LLCWilson Vernon 6 #111,91242331680
915496Jun 2, 2026Jun 2, 2026Faulconer Energy, LLCKickapoo Creek Gas Unit #611,77042331648
912550Feb 20, 2026Feb 20, 2026Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationSallie Warren B CV (AW) #2HH13,00042332481
912550AmendmentFeb 20, 2026Feb 20, 2026Sabine Energy Inc.Sallie Warren B CV (AW) #2HH13,00042332481
913167Feb 18, 2026Feb 18, 2026Atmos Pipeline - TexasCP #26-03 Cathodic Protection #3647042332486
913392AmendmentOct 18, 2026Feb 12, 2026Valence Operating CompanyThedford #2HH9,30042332485

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Questions about Smith County

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

15 permits were issued in Smith County in the last 12 months, down 6% from 16 in the 12 months before. 47% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 16, 2026. 2,627 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Smith County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Faulconer Energy, LLC is the most active operator in Smith County, with 7 of 15, followed by Sabine Energy Inc. (4) and Valence Operating Company (3). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Smith County?

2,736 wells are on file in Smith County, including 883 active, 1,316 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 78 are horizontal. The active wells are under 62 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Smith County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 1.2 million barrels of oil and 14.2 million Mcf of gas in Smith County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 715 leases under 59 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 Smith County →

Who are the largest producers in Smith County?

By oil and gas produced in Smith County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Sabine Energy Inc., with 15,242 barrels of oil and 4.6 million Mcf of gas from 4 leases, followed by Diversified Production LLC and Faulconer Energy, LLC. 59 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Smith County?

29.1 million barrels of water were injected in Smith County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 77 of the county's 250 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Smith County?

Completion filings for wells in Smith County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Pettit (700 wells, median top 8,130 ft), the Travis Peak (597 wells, median top 8,300 ft), and the Paluxy (576 wells, median top 6,190 ft).

Formations in Smith County →

What basin is Smith County in?

Petrora lists Smith County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.

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Have there been earthquakes in Smith County?

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

Earthquakes in Smith County →

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/smith?days=90, documented in the API reference.