COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7B · CODE 433
Stonewall County, Texas
Stonewall County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued August 3, 2026.
L.C.S. Production Company leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 7 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Stonewall County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 4,500 ft (prior year: 5,928 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 300 active disposal and injection permits, with 20.1M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.0.
3,998 drilling permits have been issued in Stonewall County since 1977.
3,998 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 3, 2026
Watch Stonewall CountyAlso: every Stonewall County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 180d
- -83%
- vs prior 180d (6)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 4,600
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 649
- 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 7 · prior 12 7(+0%)
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 Stonewall County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Kinder Morgan CO2 Company LLC1 permitFeb 26, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Permit types, 180d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 1 | 4 | 3,441 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 1 | 220 |
| Reenter | 0 | 1 | 193 |
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Stonewall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 580 | 1 | 4,224 | 4,030–4,850 |
| Coleman Junction | 447 | 3 | 2,435 | 1,780–2,897 |
| Strawn | 330 | 3 | 5,103 | 4,806–5,424 |
| Tannehill | 328 | 4 | 3,086 | 2,873–3,677 |
| Cisco | 305 | 1 | 3,330 | 3,105–3,568 |
| Gunsight | 155 | 0 | 3,636 | 3,537–3,703 |
| Caddo | 118 | 0 | 5,846 | 5,629–6,080 |
| Bend | 82 | 1 | 5,991 | 5,881–6,110 |
| Saddle Creek | 76 | 0 | 3,124 | 2,958–3,930 |
| Ellenburger | 62 | 0 | 6,216 | 5,830–6,474 |
| Mississippian | 59 | 0 | 6,073 | 5,865–6,233 |
| Palo Pinto | 50 | 0 | 3,020 | 2,978–3,202 |
| Wolfcamp | 16 | 0 | 2,014 | 1,608–2,699 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 300
- active UIC permits of 1,203
- 890K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 20.1M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Stonewall County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 1
- M2+ events in the area
- M2.0
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917522 | Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | Patton Exploration, Inc. | Wood #1 | 4,600 | 43334261 |
| 915034 | May 8, 2026 | May 8, 2026 | Scout Energy Management LLC | Ferguson 135 #1 | 5,701 | 43333500 |
| 913925 | Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Hot Springs #4 | 4,500 | 43334260 |
| 913306 | Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 26, 2026 | Kinder Morgan CO2 Company LLC | ESPLMP90 #1 | 350 | 43334259 |
| 913545 | Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 20, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | McMillin, I.S. AC 11 #4R | 3,077 | 43330001 |
| 913073 | Jan 26, 2026 | Jan 26, 2026 | Chisholm Operating, Inc. | Salt Creek #1 | 3,990 | 43334258 |
| 912112 | Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 12, 2025 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Beakley #1 | 7,000 | 43334257 |
| 910608 | Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | NBX Energy, LLC | Flat Top Ranch DMF #1 | 6,500 | 43334256 |
| 910524 | Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 | Salida Exploration, LLC | Graham 'A' #1 | 4,000 | 43334255 |
| 908419 | Jun 6, 2025 | Jun 6, 2025 | Patton Exploration, Inc. | McFarland #1 | 6,200 | 43334254 |
Questions about Stonewall County
How many drilling permits were issued in Stonewall County in the last 12 months?
7 permits were issued in Stonewall County in the last 12 months, level with 7 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 3, 2026. 3,998 are on file since 1977.
Every Stonewall County permit →Who is the most active operator in Stonewall County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, L.C.S. Production Company is the most active operator in Stonewall County, with 1 of 7, followed by Scout Energy Management LLC (1) and Sojourner Drilling Corporation (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Stonewall County →How many oil and gas wells are in Stonewall County?
4,896 wells are on file in Stonewall County, including 672 active, 3,198 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 13 are horizontal. The active wells are under 53 operators.
Every well in Stonewall County →How much oil and gas does Stonewall County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Stonewall County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Stonewall County →How much water is injected in Stonewall County?
20.1 million barrels of water were injected in Stonewall County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 300 of the county's 1,203 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Stonewall County →What formations are drilled in Stonewall County?
Completion filings for wells in Stonewall County report tops for 13 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (580 wells, median top 4,224 ft), the Coleman Junction (447 wells, median top 2,435 ft), and the Strawn (330 wells, median top 5,103 ft).
Formations in Stonewall County →What basin is Stonewall County in?
Petrora lists Stonewall County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7B.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Stonewall County?
1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more was located in the area of Stonewall County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.0.
Earthquakes in Stonewall 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/stonewall?days=180, documented in the API reference.