COLORADO County

District 3 · Gulf Coast (Southeast) · Permits since 1977-05-23 · Data through 2026-08-31

Colorado County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, after a quiet prior quarter). STRAND ENERGY, L.C. leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county. Median permitted depth over the past year is 12,688 ft (prior year: 6,750 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (90d)

1

vs Prior

NEW

Operators (90d)

1

Avg Depth (90d)

12,500

Hz % (90d)

0%

All Time

3,318

Depth Range: 200 - 92,409 ft
SWD wells in COLORADO County → 20 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

1

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
212

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
CULLEN, H. R. ET ALDRILL2026-08-31
HASTEDT 'A'DRILL2025-09-24
BALUSEK WOOTTONRECOMP2025-08-05
BALUSEK-WOOTTON UNITDRILL2025-04-22
DURBIN GAS UNITRECLASS2024-11-04
COLUMBUS FIELD UNITDRILL2024-09-06
BALUSEK-WOOTTONRENTR2024-04-16
CHAPPEL UNITDRILL2023-12-13
BERGERDRILL2023-11-13
OHNHEISER UNITDRILL2023-08-21

Formations Beneath COLORADO County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Wilcox4318,386
Yegua3875,525
Frio3753,120
Miocene (undifferentiated)1791,966
Catahoula1262,700
Vicksburg814,150
Jackson334,682
Midway2510,838