COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 425
Somervell County, Texas
Somervell County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 20, 2011.
The county has 3 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.28M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
184 drilling permits have been issued in Somervell County since 1977.
184 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Dec 20, 2011
Email me new permitsAlso: every Somervell County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 0
- permits issued, 365d
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- vs prior 365d (0)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 21
- 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 0 · prior 12 0
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Somervell County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Somervell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 132 | 0 | 5,391 | 5,074–5,876 |
| Marble Falls | 129 | 0 | 4,952 | 4,727–5,500 |
| Hood | 39 | 0 | 4,772 | 4,651–5,199 |
| Atoka | 17 | 0 | 3,739 | 2,120–4,445 |
| Bend | 14 | 0 | 4,210 | 3,599–5,238 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 3
- active UIC permits of 6
- 70K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.28M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Somervell County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 730081 | Dec 20, 2011 | Dec 20, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Branham Keller Unit #5HH | 9,000 | 42530278 |
| 730076 | Dec 20, 2011 | Dec 20, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Branham Keller Unit #4HH | 9,000 | 42530277 |
| 713785 | Apr 13, 2011 | Apr 13, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Hoodenpyle Unit #1HH | 9,000 | 42530275 |
| 713786 | Apr 12, 2011 | Apr 12, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Hoodenpyle Unit #3HH | 9,000 | 42530276 |
| 711171 | Mar 7, 2011 | Mar 7, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Hoodenpyle Unit #2HH | 9,000 | 42530274 |
| 709746 | Feb 8, 2011 | Feb 8, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Branham Keller Unit #3HH | 9,000 | 42530273 |
| 709746Amendment | Feb 8, 2011 | Feb 8, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Branham Keller Unit #3HH | 9,000 | 42530273 |
| 709744 | Feb 8, 2011 | Feb 8, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Branham Keller Unit #2HH | 9,000 | 42530272 |
| 709744Amendment | Feb 8, 2011 | Feb 8, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Branham Keller Unit #2HH | 9,000 | 42530272 |
| 709215 | Feb 7, 2011 | Feb 7, 2011 | Quicksilver Resources Inc. | Barker Coffman Unit #7HH | 9,000 | 42530271 |
Questions about Somervell County
How many drilling permits were issued in Somervell County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Somervell County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Dec 20, 2011. 184 are on file since 1977.
Every Somervell County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Somervell County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Somervell County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Eagleridge Operating LLC, with 107, followed by EOG Resources Inc. (6) and Bluestone Natural Res. II LLC (4).
Operators in Somervell County →How many oil and gas wells are in Somervell County?
193 wells are on file in Somervell County, including 73 active and 32 plugged. 127 are horizontal. The active wells are under 4 operators.
Every well in Somervell County →How much oil and gas does Somervell County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Somervell County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Somervell County →How much water is injected in Somervell County?
1.3 million barrels of water were injected in Somervell County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 3 of the county's 6 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Somervell County →What formations are drilled in Somervell County?
Completion filings for wells in Somervell County report tops for 5 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Barnett (132 wells, median top 5,391 ft), the Marble Falls (129 wells, median top 4,952 ft), and the Hood (39 wells, median top 4,772 ft).
Formations in Somervell County →What basin is Somervell County in?
Petrora lists Somervell County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →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/somervell?days=365, documented in the API reference.