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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 435

Sutton County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Sutton County at 30,527 bbl of oil and 11,596,817 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 16% on the twelve months before.

5,051 leases under 21 operators had production in those months.

Sutton County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 15, 2025.

Upp Operating, LLC leads with 4 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.

The county has 22 active disposal and injection permits of 80 on file, with 890K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

7,848 drilling permits have been issued in Sutton County since 1977.

7,848 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Dec 15, 2025

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5,343
active wells · 8,637 on file
21
producing operators, 12 months
5,051
producing leases, 12 months
30,527
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −17%
11.6M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −16%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 181 IN OIL AND NO. 72 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Sutton 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 11,596,817 · prior 12 13,825,430(-16%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving703 bbl100,941 Mcf
Jul 20262,578 bbl1,078,865 Mcf
Jun 20262,998 bbl995,191 Mcf
May 20261,901 bbl947,132 Mcf
Apr 20262,586 bbl921,218 Mcf
Mar 20262,958 bbl1,008,448 Mcf
Feb 20262,960 bbl1,043,100 Mcf
Jan 20262,770 bbl1,153,716 Mcf
Dec 20253,233 bbl1,137,259 Mcf
Nov 20252,707 bbl1,057,439 Mcf
Oct 20252,740 bbl1,058,622 Mcf
Sep 20252,393 bbl1,094,886 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Upp Operating, LLC4,506 leases

    22.1K bbl · 10.6M Mcf

  2. Robert C. Brower, LLC295 leases

    2.48K bbl · 474K Mcf

  3. Henry Petroleum LLC56 leases

    0 bbl · 132K Mcf

  4. Toc Energy Resources, LLC56 leases

    30 bbl · 81.9K Mcf

  5. Rocking R Investments, Inc.7 leases

    4.22K bbl · 53K Mcf

  6. Extex Operating Company36 leases

    0 bbl · 72.1K Mcf

  7. Johnson & Lindley, LLC3 leases

    0 bbl · 56.6K Mcf

  8. Red Stag Operating, LLC13 leases

    0 bbl · 35.9K Mcf

21 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

5,051 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
HolmanGas 261405Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)174 bbl33,732 Mcf
Texas a & M -69-Gas 53493Johnson & Lindley, LLCFrances Hill (Penn)0 bbl31,956 Mcf
Adams, J. E. "C"Oil 8755Rocking R Investments, Inc.Fort Terrett Ranch (Strawn 3000)184 bbl28,639 Mcf
Ft. Terrett Ranch /Canyon LM/ U.Oil 5803Rocking R Investments, Inc.Fort Terrett Ranch (Canyon 2800)3,918 bbl2,263 Mcf
Glasscock, H.E. et AlGas 264681Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)7 bbl25,032 Mcf
Aldwell, Winnie R. Trust "I"Gas 64149Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)1 bbl24,853 Mcf
Wilson, DukeGas 217005Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)103 bbl22,805 Mcf
Mayer Ranch 41Gas 241629Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Strawn, North)699 bbl18,703 Mcf
Brown, Jack W. A.Gas 228895Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)0 bbl20,387 Mcf
Faulkner, W. Mrs.Gas 51639Rocking R Investments, Inc.Ken (Strawn 2700)0 bbl20,366 Mcf
Holman 25Gas 256792Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)103 bbl19,606 Mcf
Duke Wilson 187Gas 204495Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)128 bbl19,228 Mcf
Mitchell, Tom 2Gas 199851Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)1 bbl19,369 Mcf
Fawcett, Randee Trust "C"Gas 213167Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)0 bbl18,524 Mcf
Karnes, W. H. "C"Gas 224798Upp Operating, LLCSawyer (Canyon)0 bbl18,420 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

8,637 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Producing

    4,598

  2. Plugged

    1,750

  3. Temp Abandoned

    997

  4. Swr-10-Well

    730

  5. Not on schedule

    489

  6. Shut In

    44

  7. Injection

    13

  8. Spudded

    10

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
0
permits issued, 90d
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vs prior 90d (0)
0
operators filing
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horizontal
—
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 2 · prior 12 11(-82%)

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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
Upp Operating, LLC45,537

Full operator directory: 233 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Sutton County came in the last year. None.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Sutton County the Pennsylvanian is reported in 29 wells, median top 5,065 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Canyon5,638155,4063,890–6,511
Base Cretaceous (marker)4,37212825693–945
Wolfcamp4,274133,0131,834–3,938
Strawn2,11227,8206,929–8,479
Leonard9411,7681,100–2,299
Ellenburger6907,8865,712–8,427
Cisco6402,2751,996–5,262
Pennsylvanian2915,0654,190–8,380
Clear Fork1602,8272,258–3,018
Mississippian1306,4656,441–9,040
Woodford1308,8908,225–9,281
Edwards1104001–718

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

22
active UIC permits of 80
116K
permitted bbl/day, active
890K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Sutton 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
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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
912136Dec 15, 2025Dec 15, 2025Upp Operating, LLCShurley #1524,65043539161
912134Dec 12, 2025Dec 12, 2025Upp Operating, LLCDavis 'A' #124,50043536343
911861Nov 21, 2025Nov 21, 2025Upp Operating, LLCFields 15 #173,50043537601
911859Nov 21, 2025Nov 21, 2025Upp Operating, LLCFields 14 #113,50043535618
910916Oct 15, 2025Oct 15, 2025Upp Operating, LLCCanyon Ranch 114 #19S6,80043539115
910917Oct 14, 2025Oct 14, 2025Upp Operating, LLCPfluger 104 #145,60043534784
910766Oct 9, 2025Oct 9, 2025Upp Operating, LLCSteen #936,00043537977
910930Oct 7, 2025Oct 7, 2025Upp Operating, LLCEspy 56 #166,10043538649
910924Oct 7, 2025Oct 7, 2025Upp Operating, LLCPfluger 84 #155,60043534958
910921Oct 7, 2025Oct 7, 2025Upp Operating, LLCPfluger 105 #155,65043535035

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Questions about Sutton County

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

4 permits were issued in Sutton County in the last 12 months, down 56% from 9 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Dec 15, 2025. 7,848 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Sutton County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Upp Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Sutton County, with 4 of 4. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Sutton County?

8,637 wells are on file in Sutton County, including 5,343 active and 1,750 plugged. 25 are horizontal. The active wells are under 22 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Sutton County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 30,527 barrels of oil and 11.6 million Mcf of gas in Sutton County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 5,051 leases under 21 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

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Who are the largest producers in Sutton County?

By oil and gas produced in Sutton County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Upp Operating, LLC, with 22,079 barrels of oil and 10.6 million Mcf of gas from 4,506 leases, followed by Robert C. Brower, LLC and Henry Petroleum LLC. 21 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Sutton County?

890,439 barrels of water were injected in Sutton County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 22 of the county's 80 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Sutton County →

What formations are drilled in Sutton County?

Completion filings for wells in Sutton County report tops for 12 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (5,638 wells, median top 5,406 ft), the Base Cretaceous (marker) (4,372 wells, median top 825 ft), and the Wolfcamp (4,274 wells, median top 3,013 ft).

Formations in Sutton County →

What basin is Sutton County in?

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

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Have there been earthquakes in Sutton County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Sutton 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/sutton?days=90, documented in the API reference.