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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 7C · CODE 461

Upton County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Upton County at 112,258,301 bbl of oil and 487,459,371 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is up 3% on the twelve months before.

2,889 leases under 86 operators had production in those months.

Upton County permitting is running 40 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (119 total, up 17% on the prior quarter). 3 were issued in the past week.

Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. leads with 118 permits in the past 12 months, one of 22 operators active in the county.

5 operators filed a first Upton County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 10,300 ft (prior year: 10,075 ft); 98% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 578 active disposal and injection permits of 1,598 on file, with 229M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

40 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.6.

13,726 drilling permits have been issued in Upton County since 1977.

13,726 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 5, 2026

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5,405
active wells · 16,620 on file
86
producing operators, 12 months
2,889
producing leases, 12 months
112M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +3%
487M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +5%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 5 IN OIL AND NO. 10 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Upton 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 112,258,301 · prior 12 108,511,371(+3%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 20268,597,076 bbl42,513,123 Mcf
Jul 20269,163,738 bbl43,229,847 Mcf
Jun 20268,921,531 bbl43,278,234 Mcf
May 20269,809,948 bbl45,456,487 Mcf
Apr 20269,781,734 bbl40,733,165 Mcf
Mar 202610,128,985 bbl41,570,010 Mcf
Feb 20269,335,296 bbl36,775,988 Mcf
Jan 20269,428,172 bbl37,356,896 Mcf
Dec 20259,926,273 bbl39,903,575 Mcf
Nov 20259,303,771 bbl38,711,673 Mcf
Oct 20259,069,859 bbl38,883,332 Mcf
Sep 20258,791,918 bbl39,047,041 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.744 leases

    34M bbl · 145M Mcf

  2. COG Operating LLC443 leases

    17.6M bbl · 71.1M Mcf

  3. Diamondback E&P LLC215 leases

    9.78M bbl · 52.8M Mcf

  4. Summit Petroleum LLC201 leases

    8.06M bbl · 31.6M Mcf

  5. Firebird Energy II LLC164 leases

    7.72M bbl · 31.6M Mcf

  6. SM Energy Company116 leases

    8.25M bbl · 24.5M Mcf

  7. Apache Corporation196 leases

    6.59M bbl · 28.7M Mcf

  8. Ovintiv USA Inc.95 leases

    3.75M bbl · 24.8M Mcf

86 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

2,889 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Pembrook UnitOil 4088Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Spraberry (Trend Area)1,276,440 bbl3,812,978 Mcf
XBC Giddings EstateOil 16349Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Spraberry (Trend Area)673,729 bbl6,655,787 Mcf
Pegasus Spraberry UnitOil 17147COG Operating LLCPegasus (Consolidated)1,090,664 bbl3,538,917 Mcf
RWT Buffalo Bayou 16-4 UnitOil 23394Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Spraberry (Trend Area)1,179,802 bbl2,453,852 Mcf
Neal Ranch 97 a UnitOil 22990COG Operating LLCSpraberry (Trend Area)1,146,181 bbl2,467,003 Mcf
Cindy 2413AOil 22750Firebird Energy II LLCSpraberry (Trend Area)1,005,788 bbl2,165,095 Mcf
Pegasus Field Unit 3Oil 17154COG Operating LLCPegasus (Consolidated)373,730 bbl5,262,528 Mcf
Victor 24Oil 23435Fourpoint Energy, LLCSpraberry (Trend Area)896,194 bbl1,303,922 Mcf
Pembrook 4Oil 19059Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc735,578 bbl2,137,271 Mcf
Neff East J 9-45Oil 23327Diamondback E&P LLCSpraberry (Trend Area)703,610 bbl2,176,517 Mcf
Neff East N 9-45Oil 23340Diamondback E&P LLCSpraberry (Trend Area)688,078 bbl1,621,388 Mcf
Neal Ranch 57 UnitOil 19981COG Operating LLCSpraberry (Trend Area)464,488 bbl2,189,853 Mcf
University "3-19"Oil 17382Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Spraberry (Trend Area)508,136 bbl1,691,657 Mcf
Neff East K 9-45Oil 23418Diamondback E&P LLCSpraberry (Trend Area)479,045 bbl1,230,801 Mcf
Davidson 34BOil 22801Ovintiv USA Inc.Spraberry (Trend Area)406,455 bbl1,485,312 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

16,620 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    5,976

  2. Producing

    4,806

  3. Shut In

    3,039

  4. Not on schedule

    1,563

  5. Injection

    517

  6. Spudded

    270

  7. Permitted

    173

  8. Temp Abandoned

    127

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
119
permits issued, 90d
+17%
vs prior 90d (102)
11
operators filing
97%
horizontal
11,046
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 478 · prior 12 356(+34%)

0501002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Operators by permits, last 12 months

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

OperatorPermitsWells
Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.1183,524
Apache Corporation76511
COG Operating LLC461,547
Civitas Permian Operating, LLC45338
Ovintiv USA Inc.44319
Summit Petroleum LLC38458
Firebird Energy II LLC28516
Chevron U. S. A. Inc.1856
Mewbourne Oil Company121
SM Energy Company8463

Full operator directory: 467 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Upton County came in the last year. 5 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill11810112,322
Reenter10100
Recompletion011,081

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Upton County the Spraberry is reported in 8,102 wells, median top 7,334 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Spraberry8,1027547,3346,720–7,798
Wolfcamp6,3544378,8168,152–9,207
San Andres4,6347634,4883,784–4,931
Yates3,9616462,4111,878–2,840
Grayburg3,6556453,9792,622–4,593
Dean3,277478,6308,044–9,019
Clear Fork2,3043806,5305,900–7,111
Strawn1,7141610,2469,357–10,755
Rustler639181,018940–1,511
Devonian619710,7388,127–11,550
Bend510210,4509,597–10,986
Queen507372,3511,719–4,077
Atoka427210,4109,557–11,098
Pennsylvanian404110,2949,083–11,077
Fusselman265411,3709,504–12,240

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

578
active UIC permits of 1,598
3.75M
permitted bbl/day, active
229M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Upton County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

40
M2+ events in the area
M3.6
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
919219Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCKennett 29-41 #4WDH13,00046143826
919218Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCKennett 29-41 #3WDH13,00046143825
919217Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCKennett 29-41 #2WDH13,00046143824
919892Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Civitas Permian Operating, LLCLoki G #244WBH13,00046143863
919891Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Civitas Permian Operating, LLCLoki G #174DNH12,95046143862
919890Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Civitas Permian Operating, LLCLoki G #134USH12,90046143861
919888Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Civitas Permian Operating, LLCLoki F #224WBH12,85046143860
919887Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Civitas Permian Operating, LLCLoki F #154JMH12,80046143859
919885Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Civitas Permian Operating, LLCLoki E #243WBH12,75046143858
919884Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Civitas Permian Operating, LLCLoki E #173DNH12,70046143857

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Questions about Upton County

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

482 permits were issued in Upton County in the last 12 months, up 22% from 395 in the 12 months before. 98% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 5, 2026. 13,726 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Upton County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. is the most active operator in Upton County, with 118 of 482, followed by Apache Corporation (76) and COG Operating LLC (46). 11 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Upton County?

16,620 wells are on file in Upton County, including 5,405 active, 5,977 plugged, and 173 permitted and not yet drilled. 3,967 are horizontal. The active wells are under 107 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Upton County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 112 million barrels of oil and 487 million Mcf of gas in Upton County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 2,889 leases under 86 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Upton County →

Who are the largest producers in Upton County?

By oil and gas produced in Upton County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc., with 34.0 million barrels of oil and 145 million Mcf of gas from 744 leases, followed by COG Operating LLC and Diamondback E&P LLC. 86 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Upton County?

229 million barrels of water were injected in Upton County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 578 of the county's 1,598 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Upton County →

What formations are drilled in Upton County?

Completion filings for wells in Upton County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Spraberry (8,102 wells, median top 7,334 ft), the Wolfcamp (6,354 wells, median top 8,816 ft), and the San Andres (4,634 wells, median top 4,488 ft).

Formations in Upton County →

What basin is Upton County in?

Petrora lists Upton County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 7C.

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Have there been earthquakes in Upton County?

40 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Upton County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.6.

Earthquakes in Upton County →

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/upton?days=90, documented in the API reference.