COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 7B · CODE 441
Taylor County, Texas
Taylor County permitting is running 2.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (8 total, down 58% on the prior quarter).
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 →
- 27
- permits issued, 180d
- +440%
- vs prior 180d (5)
- 5
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 4,126
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 856
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 30 · prior 12 22(+36%)
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 →
| 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 |
Questions about Taylor County
How many drilling permits were issued in Taylor County in the last 12 months?
32 permits were issued in Taylor County in the last 12 months, up 39% from 23 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 26, 2026. 4,456 are on file since 1977.
Every Taylor County permit →Who is the most active operator in Taylor County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, L.C.S. Production Company is the most active operator in Taylor County, with 20 of 32, followed by VX Operating, LLC (3) and Enterprise Products Operatingllc (2). 3 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Taylor County →How many oil and gas wells are in Taylor County?
5,632 wells are on file in Taylor County: 385 active, 4,162 plugged, and 26 permitted and not yet drilled. 5 are horizontal, and 66 operators hold them.
Every well in Taylor County →How much oil and gas does Taylor County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Taylor County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Taylor County →How much water is injected in Taylor County?
1.9 million barrels of water were injected in Taylor County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 89 of the county's 726 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Taylor County →What formations are drilled in Taylor County?
Completion filings for wells in Taylor County report tops for 11 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Saddle Creek (326 wells, median top 2,299 ft), the Palo Pinto (261 wells, median top 3,660 ft), and the Coleman Junction (237 wells, median top 1,550 ft).
Formations in Taylor County →What basin is Taylor County in?
Petrora lists Taylor County in the Barnett Shale and North Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7B.
The Barnett Shale and North Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Taylor County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Taylor County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Taylor 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/taylor?days=180, documented in the API reference.