Salado Formation

Operator-reported tops from 1,980 wells across 23 counties, median tops running 380–2,410 ft by county.

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Top depth: 694 ft 2,305 ft
812 wells shown (sampled from 1,980)

Depth by County

CountyWellsMedian TopTypical RangeCSV
Reeves1911,571 ft1,206–2,093
Gaines1882,044 ft1,874–2,195
Andrews1682,013 ft1,741–2,137
Winkler1631,136 ft982–1,471
Ward1541,209 ft1,084–2,615
Ector1521,604 ft1,500–1,826
Scurry149588 ft512–683
Howard1471,313 ft1,086–1,494
Loving123953 ft894–1,028
Crane98738 ft496–1,274
Midland892,012 ft1,708–2,075
Yoakum762,329 ft2,197–2,522
Upton671,084 ft1,004–1,563
Glasscock591,366 ft1,120–1,411
Pecos341,830 ft526–2,387
Martin301,629 ft1,561–1,922
Terry302,410 ft2,374–2,444
Hockley162,300 ft2,126–2,352
Reagan141,192 ft1,030–1,651
Culberson12380 ft156–618
Cochran92,385 ft2,347–2,401
Garza6836 ft704–976
Crockett5779 ft501–1,080

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

PERMIAN RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC 62 wells · 62 recent
XTO ENERGY INC. 324 wells · 43 recent
VITAL ENERGY, INC. 41 wells · 32 recent
TAP ROCK OPERATING, LLC 8 wells · 8 recent
CALLON PETROLEUM OPERATING CO 43 wells · 7 recent
PETRO-HUNT PERMIAN, LLC 13 wells · 7 recent
VITAL ENERGY, INC. 8 wells · 7 recent
TOG OPERATING, LLC 5 wells · 5 recent
CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. 173 wells · 4 recent
BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC 54 wells · 4 recent
EARTHSTONE OPERATING, LLC 7 wells · 3 recent

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