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COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 459

Upshur County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Upshur County at 274,659 bbl of oil and 22,743,011 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is up 24% on the twelve months before.

630 leases under 34 operators had production in those months.

Upshur County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued June 26, 2026.

Sabine Energy Inc., Tanos Exploration IV, LLC, and Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. each filed one permit in the past 12 months.

One operator filed a first Upshur County permit in the past year.

The county has 42 active disposal and injection permits of 74 on file, with 103M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

1,271 drilling permits have been issued in Upshur County since 1977.

1,271 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jun 26, 2026

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744
active wells · 1,900 on file
34
producing operators, 12 months
630
producing leases, 12 months
274,659
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +34%
22.7M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +24%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 122 IN OIL AND NO. 53 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Upshur County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas.

12 months through Aug 2026 22,743,011 · prior 12 18,312,164(+24%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 202621,363 bbl1,703,470 Mcf
Jul 202622,347 bbl1,786,638 Mcf
Jun 202620,784 bbl1,729,422 Mcf
May 202622,664 bbl1,896,109 Mcf
Apr 202621,981 bbl1,852,309 Mcf
Mar 202625,237 bbl2,047,668 Mcf
Feb 202623,017 bbl1,888,483 Mcf
Jan 202625,355 bbl2,129,228 Mcf
Dec 202527,255 bbl2,172,278 Mcf
Nov 202525,530 bbl2,131,251 Mcf
Oct 202523,256 bbl2,003,738 Mcf
Sep 202515,870 bbl1,402,417 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Sabine Energy Inc.17 leases

    50.6K bbl · 6.82M Mcf

  2. Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation17 leases

    27.4K bbl · 3.72M Mcf

  3. Faulconer Energy, LLC120 leases

    24.2K bbl · 3.1M Mcf

  4. Tischer Energy, LLC1 lease

    7.2K bbl · 1.97M Mcf

  5. Sulphur River Exploration, Inc.80 leases

    12.5K bbl · 1.43M Mcf

  6. Tanos Exploration IV, LLC3 leases

    38.3K bbl · 1.08M Mcf

  7. Diversified Production LLC164 leases

    13.2K bbl · 1.21M Mcf

  8. McBee Operating Company, L.L.C.56 leases

    8.84K bbl · 906K Mcf

34 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

630 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Reynolds a (AW)Gas 300747Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)16,597 bbl2,575,443 Mcf
Reynolds C (AW)Gas 300829Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)16,333 bbl2,092,141 Mcf
HighgroundGas 300728Tischer Energy, LLCGilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)7,198 bbl1,974,844 Mcf
Barber-Gunn (AW)Gas 300742Tanos Exploration IV, LLCGilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)35,002 bbl1,009,998 Mcf
Reynolds B (AW)Gas 300759Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)11,514 bbl999,490 Mcf
Landers-Rocky Creek a (AW)Gas 298097Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)6,423 bbl873,851 Mcf
Landers-Camp a (AW)Gas 298018Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)6,950 bbl851,064 Mcf
Wertz-Collie a (AW)Gas 295453Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)2,659 bbl688,466 Mcf
Wertz-Breyer (AW)Gas 293868Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)4,075 bbl444,370 Mcf
Marsh TD-Collie (AW)Gas 291269Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)2,201 bbl307,091 Mcf
Hill LC-Gilmer S (AW)Gas 287814Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)914 bbl309,100 Mcf
Hill LC-Landers (AW)Gas 287811Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)1,098 bbl290,503 Mcf
Snow D-Landers (AW)Gas 286623Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)2,967 bbl277,853 Mcf
Marsh TD-Arrington (AW)Gas 291268Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)1,619 bbl268,108 Mcf
Pritchett-Craig (AW)Gas 284602Sabine Energy Inc.Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)2,111 bbl241,512 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

1,900 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Producing

    693

  2. Plugged

    682

  3. Not on schedule

    286

  4. Temp Abandoned

    161

  5. Injection

    40

  6. Shut In

    19

  7. Swr-10-Well

    10

  8. Permitted

    3

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
0
permits issued, 90d
-100%
vs prior 90d (1)
0
operators filing
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horizontal
—
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 3 · prior 12 8(-62%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Sabine Energy Inc.120
Tanos Exploration IV, LLC13
Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.10

Full operator directory: 180 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Upshur County came in the last year. 1 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill011,100

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Upshur County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

In Upshur County the Pettit is reported in 401 wells, median top 7,778 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Travis Peak52887,9667,696–8,152
Cotton Valley43089,7289,200–11,614
Pettit40107,7787,440–7,960
Bossier381011,03410,553–11,194
Rodessa31217,2006,926–7,456
Massive Anhydrite (marker)14016,9026,720–7,070
Paluxy14085,2905,114–5,440
Woodbine11863,6983,537–3,842
BMA11507,1106,854–7,280
Taylor77010,6142,989–10,884
Haynesville70011,62611,475–11,730
Austin Chalk6103,6843,326–4,470
James Lime5807,5847,260–7,739
Glen Rose5015,8015,491–6,365
Nacatoch4531,9961,802–2,116

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

42
active UIC permits of 74
798K
permitted bbl/day, active
103M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Upshur 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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
916718Jun 26, 2026Jun 26, 2026Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Pembrook Unit #1716HH8,39645931510
913802Mar 4, 2026Mar 4, 2026Tanos Exploration IV, LLCTuel-Bogel GU 2 (AW) #1HH10,40045931509
912835Feb 23, 2026Feb 23, 2026Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationHill LC-Breyer B (AW) #2HH12,00045931508
912835AmendmentFeb 23, 2026Feb 23, 2026Sabine Energy Inc.Hill LC-Breyer B (AW) #2HH12,00045931508
908643Jun 23, 2025Jun 23, 2025Tischer Energy, LLCHighground #2HH11,10045931507
908640Jun 20, 2025Jun 20, 2025Tischer Energy, LLCHighground #1HH11,10045931506
908340Jun 13, 2025Jun 13, 2025Tanos Exploration IV, LLCBarber-Gunn (AW) #1HH10,77445931505
905724AmendmentMar 5, 2025Mar 5, 2025Sabine Energy Inc.Hill LC-Breyer a (AW) #1HH11,30045931504
905724Mar 5, 2025Mar 5, 2025Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationHill LC-Breyer a (AW) #1HH11,30045931504
905392Mar 4, 2025Mar 4, 2025Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationReynolds B (AW) #2HH12,00045931502

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Questions about Upshur County

How many drilling permits were issued in Upshur County in the last 12 months?

3 permits were issued in Upshur County in the last 12 months, down 62% from 8 in the 12 months before. 100% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Jun 26, 2026. 1,271 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Upshur County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Sabine Energy Inc. is the most active operator in Upshur County, with 1 of 3, followed by Tanos Exploration IV, LLC (1) and Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Upshur County?

1,900 wells are on file in Upshur County, including 744 active, 682 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 37 are horizontal. The active wells are under 36 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Upshur County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 274,659 barrels of oil and 22.7 million Mcf of gas in Upshur County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 630 leases under 34 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

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Who are the largest producers in Upshur County?

By oil and gas produced in Upshur County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Sabine Energy Inc., with 50,604 barrels of oil and 6.8 million Mcf of gas from 17 leases, followed by Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation and Faulconer Energy, LLC. 34 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Upshur County?

103 million barrels of water were injected in Upshur County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 42 of the county's 74 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Upshur County →

What formations are drilled in Upshur County?

Completion filings for wells in Upshur County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Travis Peak (528 wells, median top 7,966 ft), the Cotton Valley (430 wells, median top 9,728 ft), and the Pettit (401 wells, median top 7,778 ft).

Formations in Upshur County →

What basin is Upshur County in?

Petrora lists Upshur County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.

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Have there been earthquakes in Upshur County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Upshur County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. 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/upshur?days=90, documented in the API reference.