COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 439
Tarrant County, Texas
Tarrant County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued August 6, 2026.
TEP Barnett USA, LLC leads with 19 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,000 ft; 100% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 9 active disposal and injection permits, with 19.1M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
7,035 drilling permits have been issued in Tarrant County since 1977.
7,035 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 6, 2026
Watch Tarrant CountyAlso: every Tarrant County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 27
- permits issued, 365d
- +80%
- vs prior 365d (15)
- 3
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 9,960
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 130
- 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 19 · prior 12 23(-17%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| TEP Barnett USA, LLC | 19 | 1,547 |
| BKV North Texas, LLC | 4 | 1,364 |
| Upp Operating, LLC | 4 | 107 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Tarrant County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Tarrant 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 | 4,734 | 24 | 7,038 | 6,593–8,000 |
| Marble Falls | 2,775 | 23 | 6,691 | 6,319–7,209 |
| Atoka | 1,748 | 18 | 6,464 | 5,449–7,524 |
| Bend | 553 | 1 | 7,010 | 5,798–7,761 |
| Caddo | 415 | 1 | 3,246 | 2,832–6,272 |
| Viola | 402 | 0 | 7,381 | 7,118–7,718 |
| Base Cretaceous (marker) | 233 | 1 | 1,625 | 1,175–1,950 |
| Forestburg | 206 | 1 | 7,092 | 6,746–7,290 |
| Smithwick | 157 | 1 | 6,554 | 5,707–7,332 |
| Ellenburger | 71 | 1 | 7,362 | 6,960–8,208 |
| Morrow | 69 | 0 | 6,911 | 6,543–7,391 |
| Big Saline | 64 | 1 | 5,869 | 5,384–6,386 |
| Strawn | 58 | 0 | 2,625 | 1,318–3,637 |
| Paluxy | 12 | 0 | 420 | 190–420 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 9
- active UIC permits of 15
- 210K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 19.1M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Tarrant 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917479 | Aug 8, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | BKV North Texas, LLC | Dido B 2 (AW) #2HH | 8,500 | 43930927 |
| 916612 | Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | BKV North Texas, LLC | Lewisville '7' Unit #1HH | 8,880 | 43931434 |
| 914934 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | Zion D Mipa Unit #4HH | 9,000 | 43937394 |
| 914780 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | Zion C Mipa Unit #3HH | 9,500 | 43937391 |
| 914933 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | Zion B Mipa Unit #2HH | 9,000 | 43937393 |
| 914932 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | Zion a Mipa Unit #1HH | 9,000 | 43937392 |
| 913710 | Feb 27, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | TV Fish Creek Mipa C #3HH | 9,000 | 43937390 |
| 913708 | Feb 27, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | TV Fish Creek Mipa B #2HH | 9,000 | 43937389 |
| 913706 | Feb 27, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | TV Fish Creek Mipa A #1HH | 9,000 | 43937388 |
| 912945 | Feb 18, 2026 | Feb 18, 2026 | Upp Operating, LLC | YU Unit #4HH | 9,000 | 43934820 |
Questions about Tarrant County
How many drilling permits were issued in Tarrant County in the last 12 months?
27 permits were issued in Tarrant County in the last 12 months, up 80% from 15 in the 12 months before. 100% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 6, 2026. 7,035 are on file since 1977.
Every Tarrant County permit →Who is the most active operator in Tarrant County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, TEP Barnett USA, LLC is the most active operator in Tarrant County, with 19 of 27, followed by BKV North Texas, LLC (4) and Upp Operating, LLC (4). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Tarrant County →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 oil and gas does Tarrant County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Tarrant County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases 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, reported on form H-10. 9 of the county's 15 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Tarrant County →What formations are drilled in Tarrant County?
Completion filings for wells in Tarrant County report tops for 14 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Barnett (4,734 wells, median top 7,038 ft), the Marble Falls (2,775 wells, median top 6,691 ft), and the Atoka (1,748 wells, median top 6,464 ft).
Formations in Tarrant County →What basin is Tarrant County in?
Petrora lists Tarrant County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 09.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Tarrant County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Tarrant County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Tarrant 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/tarrant?days=365, documented in the API reference.