Barnett Formation

Operator-reported tops from 22,652 wells across 50 counties, median tops running 2,528–17,516 ft by county.

Export All Tops (CSV)
Top depth: 5,060 ft 11,584 ft
706 wells shown (sampled from 22,652)

Depth by County

CountyWellsMedian TopTypical RangeCSV
Tarrant4,7347,056 ft6,602–8,074
Tarrant3,7227,170 ft6,372–7,953
Denton3,0857,687 ft7,230–8,170
Wise3,0227,136 ft6,642–7,628
Parker1,6206,380 ft5,512–6,640
Montague1,1866,998 ft6,402–7,632
Hood8535,768 ft4,988–6,230
Jack5955,776 ft5,212–6,062
Cooke4327,698 ft7,070–7,979
Stephens3834,758 ft3,743–5,200
Erath2984,600 ft3,750–5,026
Hill2608,032 ft7,262–8,507
Hardeman2197,934 ft7,601–8,220
Upton18810,246 ft8,576–10,950
Stephens1854,102 ft3,955–4,371
Young1604,550 ft4,242–4,912
Crane1417,807 ft7,396–8,447
Eastland1323,505 ft3,284–3,898
Somervell1325,464 ft5,156–5,881
Clay1136,103 ft5,794–6,494
Throckmorton964,614 ft4,329–4,972
Reeves9311,594 ft8,770–15,359
Callahan843,976 ft3,863–4,331
Archer835,192 ft4,991–5,517
Tarrant798,674 ft7,946–9,415
Shackelford754,392 ft4,088–4,694
Pecos7112,583 ft10,818–16,102
Ellis688,352 ft8,216–8,652
Midland6211,100 ft10,668–11,425
Andrews4510,670 ft9,205–11,790
Brazoria415,808 ft5,493–6,331
Winkler379,827 ft7,977–16,300
Ward3512,695 ft8,882–16,287
Reagan329,870 ft9,611–10,144
Baylor315,242 ft5,112–5,449
Brown282,528 ft1,476–3,168
Bosque275,937 ft5,247–6,586
Terrell2311,642 ft8,605–13,167
Comanche233,120 ft2,649–3,642
Wilbarger227,522 ft6,109–7,834
Glasscock2010,166 ft9,562–10,562
Martin1911,350 ft10,918–11,856
Ector1810,552 ft8,926–11,670
Coleman184,145 ft2,681–4,462
Loving1617,516 ft16,792–17,995
Hamilton133,614 ft2,568–4,174
Culberson128,773 ft5,074–13,117
Runnels104,410 ft4,398–4,493
Jeff Davis68,512 ft7,850–9,044
Wichita55,361 ft5,332–5,370

Counties with fewer than 5 wells omitted. Depths are measured depth as filed; typical range is the 10th–90th percentile of reported tops — raw filings contain occasional typo depths, so extremes are not shown.

Most Active Operators

TEP BARNETT USA, LLC 166 wells · 36 recent
BKV BARNETT, LLC 37 wells · 22 recent
OAKRIDGE OIL AND GAS, LP 48 wells · 12 recent
NEWARK E&P OPERATING, LLC 79 wells · 6 recent
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. 12 wells · 6 recent
OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. 10 wells · 6 recent
FASKEN OIL AND RANCH, LTD. 6 wells · 6 recent
WFW PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC. 8 wells · 3 recent
XTO ENERGY INC. 1,892 wells · 2 recent
ENCANA OIL & GAS(USA) INC. 435 wells · 2 recent
OXY USA WTP LP 32 wells · 2 recent

Ranked by wells permitted in the last 3 years with this formation on file.