COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 7B · CODE 447
Throckmorton County, Texas
Throckmorton County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued June 1, 2026.
Okie Operating Company, Ltd. leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Throckmorton County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 1,676 ft (prior year: 1,700 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 235 active disposal and injection permits, with 5.93M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
6,116 drilling permits have been issued in Throckmorton County since 1977.
6,116 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jun 1, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Throckmorton County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 30d
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- vs prior 30d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 849
- 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 6 · prior 12 12(-50%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Okie Operating Company, Ltd. | 2 | 51 |
| S.B. Street Operating, Inc. | 1 | 225 |
| Cooper Oil & Gas, LLC | 1 | 139 |
| Ruthson Energy, Inc. | 1 | 5 |
| R & R Oil & Gas, LLC | 1 | 4 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Throckmorton County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- R & R Oil & Gas, LLC1 permitApr 16, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Throckmorton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 809 | 1 | 4,250 | 3,871–4,770 |
| Mississippian | 621 | 1 | 4,712 | 4,512–5,071 |
| Strawn | 265 | 0 | 3,432 | 2,788–4,000 |
| Tannehill | 222 | 1 | 696 | 405–1,054 |
| Palo Pinto | 185 | 0 | 2,630 | 2,104–3,244 |
| Saddle Creek | 128 | 2 | 986 | 729–1,278 |
| Barnett | 96 | 0 | 4,636 | 4,342–4,975 |
| Coleman Junction | 94 | 6 | 600 | 345–790 |
| Marble Falls | 90 | 0 | 4,462 | 4,274–4,744 |
| Cisco | 86 | 2 | 1,292 | 990–1,738 |
| Wolfcamp | 79 | 2 | 790 | 600–1,040 |
| Gunsight | 68 | 0 | 1,194 | 353–1,514 |
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 65 | 1 | 1,180 | 759–1,930 |
| San Andres | 50 | 0 | 750 | 404–1,250 |
| Smithwick | 46 | 0 | 4,359 | 4,013–4,760 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 235
- active UIC permits of 1,044
- 311K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 5.93M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Throckmorton County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
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- 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 915944 | Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | Okie Operating Company, Ltd. | Wbrr 233 #113 | 999 | 44736870 |
| 915686 | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 | Ruthson Energy, Inc. | Sloan Unit #1 | 5,500 | 44736869 |
| 915428 | May 14, 2026 | May 14, 2026 | Cooper Oil & Gas, LLC | Rogers #3 | 5,000 | 44736818 |
| 914927 | Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | Okie Operating Company, Ltd. | Wbrr 233 #112 | 999 | 44736868 |
| 911813 | Apr 16, 2026 | Apr 16, 2026 | R & R Oil & Gas, LLC | Whitaker 1621 #3 | 1,683 | 44736705 |
| 913678 | Feb 24, 2026 | Feb 24, 2026 | S.B. Street Operating, Inc. | J. R. Marshall #5 | 1,668 | 44734579 |
| 910333 | Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | Petex | Matthews QA #11QA | 1,300 | 44736867 |
| 909020 | Jul 8, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 | Subsea Operating Co. | Matthews 23 #8 | 1,700 | 44736866 |
| 909017 | Jul 8, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 | Subsea Operating Co. | Matthews 23 #7 | 1,700 | 44736865 |
| 908783 | Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 | S.B. Street Operating, Inc. | Butler #1 | 4,000 | 44736864 |
Questions about Throckmorton County
How many drilling permits were issued in Throckmorton County in the last 12 months?
6 permits were issued in Throckmorton County in the last 12 months, down 50% from 12 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Jun 1, 2026. 6,116 are on file since 1977.
Every Throckmorton County permit →Who is the most active operator in Throckmorton County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Okie Operating Company, Ltd. is the most active operator in Throckmorton County, with 2 of 6, followed by S.B. Street Operating, Inc. (1) and Cooper Oil & Gas, LLC (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Throckmorton County →How many oil and gas wells are in Throckmorton County?
7,764 wells are on file in Throckmorton County, including 819 active, 5,381 plugged, and 4 permitted and not yet drilled. 66 are horizontal. The active wells are under 72 operators.
Every well in Throckmorton County →How much oil and gas does Throckmorton County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Throckmorton County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Throckmorton County →How much water is injected in Throckmorton County?
5.9 million barrels of water were injected in Throckmorton County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 235 of the county's 1,044 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Throckmorton County →What formations are drilled in Throckmorton County?
Completion filings for wells in Throckmorton County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Caddo (809 wells, median top 4,250 ft), the Mississippian (621 wells, median top 4,712 ft), and the Strawn (265 wells, median top 3,432 ft).
Formations in Throckmorton County →What basin is Throckmorton County in?
Petrora lists Throckmorton 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 Throckmorton County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Throckmorton County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Throckmorton 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/throckmorton?days=30, documented in the API reference.