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COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 015

Austin County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Austin County at 279,522 bbl of oil and 12,075,593 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 11% on the twelve months before.

137 leases under 13 operators had production in those months.

4 drilling permits were issued in Austin County in the past 90 days, 1 in the 90 days before.

Enhanced Energy Partners Corp leads with 4 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.

One operator filed a first Austin County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 4,000 ft (prior year: 3,650 ft); 29% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 15 active disposal and injection permits of 68 on file, with 3.09M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

1,198 drilling permits have been issued in Austin County since 1977.

1,198 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 26, 2026

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189
active wells · 1,268 on file
13
producing operators, 12 months
137
producing leases, 12 months
279,522
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −2%
12.1M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −11%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 121 IN OIL AND NO. 71 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Austin County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. Leases are still filing for Aug 2026, so that month and the twelve-month totals will rise.

12 months through Aug 2026 12,075,593 · prior 12 13,564,417(-11%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving22,586 bbl701,731 Mcf
Jul 202621,271 bbl856,768 Mcf
Jun 202621,918 bbl891,644 Mcf
May 202623,406 bbl976,892 Mcf
Apr 202622,214 bbl982,569 Mcf
Mar 202623,689 bbl1,088,729 Mcf
Feb 202620,563 bbl952,531 Mcf
Jan 202622,431 bbl1,097,250 Mcf
Dec 202523,855 bbl1,139,769 Mcf
Nov 202524,733 bbl1,060,402 Mcf
Oct 202526,612 bbl1,161,679 Mcf
Sep 202526,244 bbl1,165,629 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Verdun Oil & Gas LLC10 leases

    8.54K bbl · 10.1M Mcf

  2. Enhanced Energy Partners Corp36 leases

    179K bbl · 33.1K Mcf

  3. Strand Energy, L.C.12 leases

    57.4K bbl · 327K Mcf

  4. Jamex, Inc.18 leases

    2.24K bbl · 460K Mcf

  5. Carr Resources, Inc.2 leases

    0 bbl · 452K Mcf

  6. Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC9 leases

    2 bbl · 277K Mcf

  7. Etoco, L.P.12 leases

    1.54K bbl · 266K Mcf

  8. Orx Resources, L.L.C.5 leases

    17.1K bbl · 6.31K Mcf

13 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

137 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Mons UnitGas 297969Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)44 bbl2,642,865 Mcf
TannenbergGas 296419Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)911 bbl1,197,433 Mcf
GallipoliGas 292926Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)1,007 bbl1,112,163 Mcf
CantignyGas 296148Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)2,028 bbl953,072 Mcf
PasschendaeleGas 296095Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)1,077 bbl898,374 Mcf
TannenbergGas 295976Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)982 bbl800,868 Mcf
Saint-MihielGas 289148Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)874 bbl688,402 Mcf
Belleau WoodGas 288823Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)600 bbl660,315 Mcf
Saint-MihielGas 296092Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)991 bbl642,895 Mcf
Vimy Ridge UnitGas 298122Verdun Oil & Gas LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)24 bbl511,501 Mcf
EnduranceGas 298565Carr Resources, Inc.Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)0 bbl271,401 Mcf
Waterflood Unit #1Oil 8909Enhanced Energy Partners CorpRaccoon Bend (Jackson)34,382 bbl4,576 Mcf
Huebner-Klaus A.C. Gas Unit NO.1Gas 289942Carr Resources, Inc.Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)0 bbl180,788 Mcf
Hellmuth, Sarah E.Oil 10017Enhanced Energy Partners CorpRaccoon Bend (Cockfield Lower)21,587 bbl20,323 Mcf
Dierking UnitGas 174174Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCGiddings (Austin Chalk-3)1 bbl125,625 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

1,268 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    716

  2. Not on schedule

    276

  3. Producing

    179

  4. Shut In

    58

  5. Temp Abandoned

    18

  6. Injection

    10

  7. Spudded

    6

  8. Permitted

    3

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
4
permits issued, 90d
+300%
vs prior 90d (1)
3
operators filing
50%
horizontal
8,533
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 7 · prior 12 3(+133%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Enhanced Energy Partners Corp4253
Verdun Oil & Gas LLC210
Bear Creek Energy, LLC125

Full operator directory: 183 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Austin County came in the last year. 1 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill20695
Recompletion21437

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Austin County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

In Austin County the Pecan Gap is reported in 17 wells, median top 14,309 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Wilcox12627,1006,290–9,515
Yegua8414,5682,750–6,007
Miocene (undifferentiated)7831,7861,308–2,715
Jackson7163,1152,960–3,406
Frio3703,2001,462–3,530
Oakville351900160–1,086
Austin Chalk33015,31513,559–15,748
Sparta2825,8255,385–5,988
Midway23011,43710,969–11,924
Pecan Gap17014,30913,371–14,945
Vicksburg1712,9202,763–3,682
Navarro13012,34712,131–13,412
Cook Mountain1105,1584,360–7,754
Taylor10012,92212,388–13,602

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

15
active UIC permits of 68
117K
permitted bbl/day, active
3.09M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Austin County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

0
M2+ events in the area
—
largest

Monthly counts, magnitudes, and every recent event in the area →

Events are not tagged with a county; this counts M2+ events inside the bounding box of the county’s located permits, padded 0.1°. About TexNet →

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919569Oct 28, 2026Oct 26, 2026Bear Creek Energy, LLCHerman #53,60201530679
918730Sep 23, 2026Sep 21, 2026Enhanced Energy Partners CorpPaine, Robert G. #102,93001500356
918650Sep 19, 2026Sep 17, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCVimy Ridge Unit #2HH13,80001531088
918649Sep 19, 2026Sep 17, 2026Verdun Oil & Gas LLCMons Unit #2HH13,80001531087
917764Aug 15, 2026Aug 13, 2026Enhanced Energy Partners CorpWalton, J.C. 'A' #213,33001531079
914133Mar 18, 2026Mar 18, 2026Enhanced Energy Partners CorpThompson, R. W. #384,30001531086
913889Mar 10, 2026Mar 10, 2026Enhanced Energy Partners CorpHellmuth, Sarah E. #274,00001531085
906875Mar 25, 2025Mar 25, 2025Enhanced Energy Partners CorpWaterflood Unit #1 #1073,65001531084
906734Mar 19, 2025Mar 19, 2025Enhanced Energy Partners CorpSehow OU 1 #14,30001531083
906734AmendmentMar 19, 2025Mar 19, 2025Enhanced Energy Partners CorpHellmuth, Sarah E. #264,30001531083

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Questions about Austin County

How many drilling permits were issued in Austin County in the last 12 months?

7 permits were issued in Austin County in the last 12 months, up 133% from 3 in the 12 months before. 29% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 26, 2026. 1,198 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Austin County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Enhanced Energy Partners Corp is the most active operator in Austin County, with 4 of 7, followed by Verdun Oil & Gas LLC (2) and Bear Creek Energy, LLC (1). 3 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Austin County?

1,268 wells are on file in Austin County, including 189 active, 716 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 43 are horizontal. The active wells are under 14 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Austin County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 279,522 barrels of oil and 12.1 million Mcf of gas in Austin County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 137 leases under 13 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Austin County →

Who are the largest producers in Austin County?

By oil and gas produced in Austin County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Verdun Oil & Gas LLC, with 8,538 barrels of oil and 10.1 million Mcf of gas from 10 leases, followed by Enhanced Energy Partners Corp and Strand Energy, L.C.. 13 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Austin County?

3.1 million barrels of water were injected in Austin County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 15 of the county's 68 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Austin County?

Completion filings for wells in Austin County report tops for 14 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Wilcox (126 wells, median top 7,100 ft), the Yegua (84 wells, median top 4,568 ft), and the Miocene (undifferentiated) (78 wells, median top 1,786 ft).

Formations in Austin County →

What basin is Austin County in?

Petrora lists Austin County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.

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Have there been earthquakes in Austin County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Austin County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

Earthquakes in Austin County →

About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Drilling permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, rebuilt nightly into per-county figures; windows are on the date issued. Disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports at the last settled month; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog inside the county's located-permit footprint.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/austin?days=90, documented in the API reference.