COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 451
Tom Green County, Texas
Tom Green County permitting is running 1.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (4 total, after a quiet prior quarter). 2 were issued in the past week.
Hibernia Resources IV, LLC leads with 5 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.
3 operators filed a first Tom Green County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,900 ft (prior year: 7,500 ft); 82% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 70 active disposal and injection permits, with 6.58M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.0.
3,011 drilling permits have been issued in Tom Green County since 1977.
3,011 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 5, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Tom Green County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 4
- permits issued, 90d
- —
- vs prior 90d (0)
- 2
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 8,500
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 572
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 9, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 10 · prior 12 4(+150%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Hibernia Resources IV, LLC | 5 | 81 |
| Moriah Operating,llc | 4 | 6 |
| Atmos Pipeline - Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Tischer Energy, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Tom Green County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Hibernia Resources IV, LLC5 permitsDec 18, 2025 · active elsewhere first
- Tischer Energy, LLC1 permitMay 4, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Atmos Pipeline - Texas1 permitNov 14, 2025 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Tom Green County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Tom Green County the Clear Fork is reported in 216 wells, median top 1,231 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 537 | 7 | 6,695 | 4,234–7,727 |
| Strawn | 333 | 1 | 5,470 | 4,501–7,076 |
| Wolfcamp | 325 | 6 | 6,066 | 4,115–6,514 |
| San Angelo | 320 | 7 | 942 | 714–1,241 |
| Dean | 265 | 0 | 5,955 | 5,548–6,326 |
| San Andres | 250 | 8 | 826 | 516–1,032 |
| Palo Pinto | 236 | 0 | 4,480 | 3,636–6,027 |
| Clear Fork | 216 | 8 | 1,231 | 970–3,294 |
| Cisco | 172 | 7 | 5,250 | 3,120–6,000 |
| Coleman Junction | 131 | 7 | 2,731 | 1,750–3,854 |
| Spraberry | 78 | 3 | 4,720 | 4,340–4,998 |
| Ellenburger | 50 | 1 | 6,764 | 5,238–7,340 |
| Grayburg | 37 | 3 | 440 | 394–566 |
| Queen | 24 | 0 | 220 | 180–901 |
| Base Cretaceous (marker) | 21 | 0 | 222 | 192–375 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 70
- active UIC permits of 360
- 151K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 6.58M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Tom Green County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 1
- M2+ events in the area
- M2.0
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919727 | Nov 7, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | Hibernia Resources IV, LLC | Wardlaw C #3HH | 9,000 | 45132935 |
| 919724 | Nov 7, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | Hibernia Resources IV, LLC | Wardlaw B #2HH | 9,000 | 45132934 |
| 919044 | Oct 10, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | Moriah Operating,llc | Midway Unit #2HH | 8,000 | 45132933 |
| 919041 | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | Moriah Operating,llc | Bougainville Unit #1HH | 8,000 | 45132932 |
| 915286 | May 4, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | Tischer Energy, LLC | Whitehead #V 1 | 4,800 | 45132930 |
| 914541Amendment | Aug 19, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Moriah Operating,llc | Coral Sea Unit #1HH | 8,900 | 45132929 |
| 914535 | Apr 8, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Moriah Operating,llc | Tarawa Unit #1HH | 8,900 | 45132928 |
| 914541 | Apr 8, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Moriah Operating,llc | Coral Sea Unit #1HH | 8,900 | 45132929 |
| 913648 | Feb 25, 2026 | Feb 25, 2026 | Hibernia Resources IV, LLC | Wardlaw #1HH | 9,000 | 45132927 |
| 913648Amendment | Feb 25, 2026 | Feb 25, 2026 | Hibernia Resources IV, LLC | Wardlaw A #1HH | 9,000 | 45132927 |
Questions about Tom Green County
How many drilling permits were issued in Tom Green County in the last 12 months?
11 permits were issued in Tom Green County in the last 12 months, up 267% from 3 in the 12 months before. 82% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 5, 2026. 3,011 are on file since 1977.
Every Tom Green County permit →Who is the most active operator in Tom Green County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Hibernia Resources IV, LLC is the most active operator in Tom Green County, with 5 of 11, followed by Moriah Operating,llc (4) and Atmos Pipeline - Texas (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Tom Green County →How many oil and gas wells are in Tom Green County?
3,409 wells are on file in Tom Green County, including 644 active, 2,228 plugged, and 6 permitted and not yet drilled. 24 are horizontal. The active wells are under 54 operators.
Every well in Tom Green County →How much oil and gas does Tom Green County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Tom Green County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Tom Green County →How much water is injected in Tom Green County?
6.6 million barrels of water were injected in Tom Green County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 70 of the county's 360 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Tom Green County →What formations are drilled in Tom Green County?
Completion filings for wells in Tom Green County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Canyon (537 wells, median top 6,695 ft), the Strawn (333 wells, median top 5,470 ft), and the Wolfcamp (325 wells, median top 6,066 ft).
Formations in Tom Green County →What basin is Tom Green County in?
Petrora lists Tom Green County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7C.
The Permian Basin →Have there been earthquakes in Tom Green County?
1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more was located in the area of Tom Green County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.0.
Earthquakes in Tom Green 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/tom-green?days=90, documented in the API reference.