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BRAZORIA County

District 3 · Gulf Coast (Southeast) · Permits since 1977-06-10 · Data through 2026-06-22

All Permits Operators

Brazoria County permitting is running 3.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (11 total, versus 1 in the prior quarter). DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC leads with 17 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Brazoria County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,347 ft (prior year: 5,000 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

20

vs Prior

+186%

Operators (1yr)

4

Avg Depth (1yr)

6,870

Hz % (1yr)

0%

All Time

4,173

Depth Range: 250 - 25,000 ft
SWD wells in BRAZORIA County → 352 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

DRILL

12

+8 vs prior

RECOMP

6

+3 vs prior

RENTR

2

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC17414
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY195
HG OPERATING LLC134
ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC11

Recent Permits

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PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
916506WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-22
916580WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-22
916501WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-22
916499WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-22
916504WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-22
916505WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-22
916503WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-22
916498WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-19
916497WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-19
916495WEST HASTINGS UNITDRILL2026-06-19

New to BRAZORIA County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC2026-03-201active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath BRAZORIA County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Frio5987,406
Miocene (undifferentiated)3723,243
Anahuac1615,400
Caprock125867
Barnett415,808
Vicksburg118,320