MATAGORDA County

District 4 · Gulf Coast (Southwest) · Permits since 1977-05-25 · Data through 2026-03-09

Matagorda County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued 2026-03-09. UNDERGROUND SERVICES MARKHAM,LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,890 ft (prior year: 11,400 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (all)

3521

Operators (all)

637

Avg Depth (all)

9,623

Hz % (all)

0%

All Time

3,521

Depth Range: 57 - 26,500 ft
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Permit Activity

Permit Types (all)

DRILL

1944

RECOMP

1419

RENTR

75

OTHER

74

FLD-XFR

9

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
227
25
133

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
SMITH, LEWIS EDWIN ET ALDRILL2026-03-09
BOONIE JENSENRECOMP2025-11-19
H. SMITHDRILL2025-10-30
ANDERSONRECOMP2025-09-23
ANDERSONRECOMP2025-09-23
BUNKRECOMP2025-07-14
JENSENDRILL2025-06-26
NORRISRENTR2025-04-15
NORRISRECOMP2025-04-03
ELDERDRILL2025-02-05

Formations Beneath MATAGORDA County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Frio4707,737
Miocene (undifferentiated)2933,075
Anahuac1605,725
Caprock452,100
Catahoula135,120
Simpson118,980