Horizontal Drilling Permits
Original only Fixed-width
A monthly horizontal-only extract: issue date, permit number, API number and permitted field.
Get the data
No download is available for this dataset yet. It is catalogued here so the record layout and code lookups are at least written down.
What this is
A deliberately narrow file — four columns, horizontal permits only. RRC publishes it for people who want the horizontal drilling signal without reading the whole permit master.
Everything in it is also in the full permit file, where the horizontal flag is a column you can filter on.
What you can do with it
Get a small, fast horizontal permit list keyed by API number and permitted field, without downloading the full master.
Gotchas
It carries no operator, no lease and no coordinates. For anything beyond counting, use the daily permit file and filter on the horizontal flag instead.
EZRRC does not parse this file. Upstream has not built a reader for it yet, so the catalog documents it and links to the Commission's own copy rather than pretending to serve rows it does not have.
Record layout
0 columns.
We have not transcribed the record layout for this dataset yet. The RRC manual linked under “Where this comes from” is the authoritative description in the meantime.
Where this comes from
- Published by
- Texas Railroad Commission — the original page
- Original format
- Fixed-width Columns are byte ranges with no separators, described only in a scanned record layout.
- Update cadence
- Updated once a month (Monthly. Available by the 3rd Monday.)
- RRC download link
- GoAnywhere MFT
- Record layout manual
EZRRC is an independent mirror of public-domain data published by the Texas Railroad Commission. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the RRC. For any legal or regulatory purpose, verify against the official RRC release.