COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 7B · CODE 441
Taylor County
Taylor County permitting is running 5.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (15 total, up 25% on the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
L.C.S. Production Company leads with 20 permits in the past 12 months, one of 9 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Taylor County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 4,999 ft (prior year: 3,000 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 89 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.9M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
4,456 drilling permits have been issued in Taylor County since 1977.
4,456 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 26, 2026
Watch Taylor CountyAlso: every Taylor County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 15
- permits issued, 90d
- +25%
- vs prior 90d (12)
- 3
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 4,074
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 856
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 97 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 34 · prior 12 47(-28%)
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 Taylor County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC1 permitNov 18, 2025 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Taylor County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Taylor County the Ellenburger is reported in 84 wells, median top 5,054 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Creek | 326 | 13 | 2,299 | 1,752–2,958 |
| Palo Pinto | 261 | 10 | 3,660 | 3,080–4,590 |
| Coleman Junction | 237 | 12 | 1,550 | 1,010–2,164 |
| Canyon | 103 | 1 | 3,920 | 3,200–4,344 |
| Tannehill | 92 | 0 | 2,303 | 1,759–3,023 |
| Ellenburger | 84 | 0 | 5,054 | 4,555–5,792 |
| Caddo | 79 | 0 | 5,175 | 4,204–5,675 |
| Cisco | 51 | 4 | 2,940 | 2,280–3,602 |
| Strawn | 45 | 0 | 4,696 | 4,365–4,998 |
| Gunsight | 31 | 0 | 2,802 | 2,512–2,940 |
| Mississippian | 24 | 0 | 4,730 | 4,487–5,704 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 89
- active UIC permits of 726
- 84.8K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.9M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Taylor County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919570 | Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 | Energy Transfer Company | Hbpl-225.31 #01 | 400 | 44134748 |
| 919046 | Oct 10, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | Kissell Unit #37WS | 4,999 | 44134747 |
| 918498 | Sep 16, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | Energy Transfer Company | Abilene 1.0 GB - N FM 1235 #01 | 420 | 44134746 |
| 918412 | Sep 12, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | Jackson #3 | 4,999 | 44134745 |
| 918411 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | Jackson #2 | 4,999 | 44134744 |
| 918409 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | Jackson #1 | 4,999 | 44134743 |
| 918207 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | Kissell Unit #26WI | 4,999 | 44134700 |
| 917750 | Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | Delek Crude Logistics, LLC | Tye-South Street #1 | 300 | 44134742 |
| 917448 | Aug 8, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | Kissell Unit #21 | 4,999 | 44134709 |
| 917409 | Sep 20, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | L.C.S. Production Company | Kissell Unit #31WI | 4,999 | 44134707 |
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/taylor?days=90, documented in the API reference.