KLEBERG County

District 4 · Gulf Coast (Southwest) · Permits since 1977-06-03 · Data through 2026-07-31

Kleberg County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, after a quiet prior quarter). HEADINGTON ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Kleberg County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,900 ft; 50% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

2

vs Prior

NEW

Operators (1yr)

2

Avg Depth (1yr)

9,900

Hz % (1yr)

50%

All Time

4,185

Depth Range: 300 - 74,878 ft
SWD wells in KLEBERG County → 11 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

DRILL

2

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
112
10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
WELCHDRILL2026-07-31
KING RANCH VADERODRILL2025-10-24
MALIN GAS UNITDRILL2024-09-04
KING RANCH VISNAGADRILL2023-12-06
MAY FIELD UNITRECOMP2023-10-24
KING RANCH VISNAGARENTR2023-09-27
KING RANCH GALLITODRILL2023-06-20
GARCIAS IZMDRILL2023-06-13
BECERRA IZMDRILL2023-06-13
GARCIAS IZMDRILL2023-06-13

New to KLEBERG County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
2026-07-311active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath KLEBERG County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Vicksburg858,775
Frio846,871
Miocene (undifferentiated)542,500
Catahoula455,440
Jackson3211,285
Anahuac136,615