COUNTIES · TEXAS · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · 09 DISTRICT
Tarrant County, Texas
Tarrant County has 3,923 active wells under 24 operators, of 7,110 drilled, in RRC's 09 district.
27 permits were approved and 0 wells spudded here in the last twelve months; 33 approved wells have no spud date yet.
19,052,597 bbl of water were injected in the twelve months through June 2025, across 8 active injection and disposal wells.
- 3,923
- active wells · 24 operators
- —
- bbl oil, 12 months through Apr 2026
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- Mcf gas, same 12 months
- 27
- permits approved in 12 months · 0 wells spudded
All 7,143 wells on file in Tarrant County, searchable →
Wells spudded, by year
HorizontalVertical and directional
Operators
| Operator | Active wells | permits, 12 mo | Oil, 12 mo | Gas, 12 mo | Water, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKV North Texas LLC wells | 1,263 | 4 | — | — | — |
| TEP Barnett USA LLC wells | 1,252 | 19 | — | — | — |
| Eagleridge Operating LLC wells | 469 | 0 | — | — | — |
| BKV Barnett LLC wells | 383 | 0 | — | — | — |
| BKV Barnett II LLC wells | 203 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Formentera Operations LLC wells | 126 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Upp Operating LLC wells | 96 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Riverbirch Resources LLC wells | 41 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Gha Barnett LLC wells | 28 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Walsh & Watts Inc. wells | 15 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Halliburton Energy Services Inc wells | 15 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Finley Resources Inc. wells | 6 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 360 Mining Inc. wells | 4 | 0 | — | — | — |
| D.J.F. Services Inc. wells | 3 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Willowbend Investments Inc. wells | 3 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Victory Eagle Utility SV y Inc. wells | 3 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Proline Energy Resources Inc wells | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| North Country Energy LLC wells | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Vargas Energy Ltd. wells | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Spindletop Oil & Gas Company wells | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Field | Active wells | Oil, 12 mo | Gas, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark East (Barnett Shale) | 3,867 | — | — |
| Wildcat | 14 | — | — |
| Newark East (Caddo Lime) | 13 | — | — |
| Aledo SE. (1200 Strawn) | 0 | — | — |
| Newark East (Atoka 2) | 6 | — | — |
| Newark East (Bend Conglomerate) | 6 | — | — |
| G.T. (Caddo Sand) | 1 | — | — |
| Newark East (Atoka 1) | 2 | — | — |
| Jason Dvorin (Barnett Shale) | 0 | — | — |
| Lake Worth (Penn. 5590) | 1 | — | — |
| Newark East (Atoka 2A) | 3 | — | — |
| Newark East (Atoka 4) | 3 | — | — |
| Markum (Big Saline) | 0 | — | — |
| Mulliniks (Barnett Shale) | 0 | — | — |
| Mountain Bluff (Atoka) | 0 | — | — |
Latest permits
All of them →| Approved | Well | Operator | Proposed formation | Target depth | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Dido #b 2HHZ42-439-30927 | BKV North Texas LLC | — | — | SpuddedOct 14, 2004 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Lewisville 7 Unit #1HHZ42-439-31434 | BKV North Texas LLC | — | — | SpuddedJan 19, 2006 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Zion C Mipa Unit #3HHZ42-439-37391 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | — | 9,500 ft | Not spudded |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Zion a Mipa Unit #1HHZ42-439-37392 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | — | 9,000 ft | Not spudded |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Zion B Mipa Unit #2HHZ42-439-37393 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | — | 9,000 ft | Not spudded |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Zion D Mipa Unit #4HHZ42-439-37394 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | — | 9,000 ft | Not spudded |
| Feb 27, 2026 | TV Fish Creek Mipa a #1HHZ42-439-37388 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | — | 9,000 ft | Not spudded |
| Feb 27, 2026 | TV Fish Creek Mipa B #2HHZ42-439-37389 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | — | 9,000 ft | Not spudded |
| Feb 27, 2026 | TV Fish Creek Mipa C #3HHZ42-439-37390 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | — | 9,000 ft | Not spudded |
| Feb 18, 2026 | YU Unit #4HHZ42-439-34820 | Upp Operating LLC | — | — | SpuddedJun 24, 2010 |
Questions about Tarrant County
How many drilling permits were issued in Tarrant County in the last 12 months?
27 permits were approved in Tarrant County in the last 12 months, up 42% from 19 in the 12 months before. 100% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was approved Aug 6, 2026. 12,588 are on file since 1977.
Every Tarrant County permit →How many oil and gas wells are in Tarrant County?
7,143 wells are on file in Tarrant County, including 3,923 active, 732 plugged, and 33 permitted and not yet drilled. 4,475 are horizontal. The active wells are under 24 operators.
Every well in Tarrant County →How much water is injected in Tarrant County?
19.1 million barrels of water were injected in Tarrant County in the 12 months through June 2025, across 8 active injection and disposal wells.
Injection by month in Tarrant County →What basin is Tarrant County in?
Petrora lists Tarrant County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in RRC's 09 district.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →About this data
Railroad Commission of Texas. A well's county is the county code in its API number. Volumes are what operators filed on form PR for the county's wells, by month, through Apr 2026 for production and Jun 2025 for injection. Nothing is estimated.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/tarrant, documented in the API reference.