COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 02 · CODE 025
Bee County
Bee County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued July 22, 2026.
Paloma Operating, LLC leads with 4 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,600 ft (prior year: 9,500 ft); 11% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 41 active disposal and injection permits, with 2.57M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 2 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.1.
4,506 drilling permits have been issued in Bee County since 1977.
4,506 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 22, 2026
Watch Bee CountyAlso: every Bee County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 0
- permits issued, 90d
- -100%
- vs prior 90d (3)
- 0
- operators filing
- —
- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 704
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 73 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 24 · prior 12 53(-55%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Paloma Operating, LLC | 4 | 8 |
| Everest Resource Company | 2 | 0 |
| Dahco Operating, LLC | 1 | 4 |
| Suemaur Operating LLC | 1 | 1 |
| Royal Production Company, Inc. | 1 | 1 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Bee County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Bee County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio | 369 | 13 | 2,850 | 1,500–4,062 |
| Vicksburg | 322 | 12 | 3,296 | 2,700–5,070 |
| Wilcox | 206 | 11 | 6,829 | 5,529–8,608 |
| Catahoula | 202 | 13 | 2,525 | 1,001–3,246 |
| Yegua | 170 | 0 | 4,139 | 3,248–5,452 |
| Queen City | 125 | 3 | 5,550 | 4,356–6,773 |
| Jackson | 105 | 7 | 3,060 | 1,937–4,626 |
| Edwards | 94 | 0 | 13,538 | 13,323–13,783 |
| Reklaw | 76 | 2 | 6,834 | 4,836–8,705 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 71 | 0 | 1,360 | 1–2,306 |
| Eagle Ford | 56 | 13 | 12,852 | 12,560–13,433 |
| Oakville | 45 | 0 | 1,840 | 582–2,586 |
| Austin Chalk | 43 | 5 | 13,047 | 12,340–13,444 |
| Midway | 37 | 0 | 9,352 | 8,565–9,565 |
| Olmos | 30 | 11 | 10,816 | 10,158–12,640 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 41
- active UIC permits of 188
- 178K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 2.57M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Bee County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 2
- M2+ events in the area
- M2.1
- 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917268 | Aug 9, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 | Everest Resource Company | Brinkoeter #1 | 8,000 | 02534087 |
| 917268 | Jul 22, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 | Everest Resource Company | Brinkoeter #1 | 8,000 | 02534087 |
| 915787 | May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | Paloma Operating, LLC | Taylor Ranch #1 | 7,600 | 02534086 |
| 915106 | Apr 27, 2026 | Apr 27, 2026 | Suemaur Operating LLC | Teal #1 | 10,000 | 02534085 |
| 914613 | Apr 8, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Paloma Operating, LLC | Mia #1 | 7,800 | 02534084 |
| 914219 | Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | Royal Production Company, Inc. | South Texas Children's Home #1T | 4,838 | 02534002 |
| 914171 | Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 19, 2026 | Paloma Operating, LLC | Lyla #1 | 7,200 | 02534083 |
| 914171 | Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 19, 2026 | Paloma Operating, LLC | Lyla #1 | 7,000 | 02534083 |
| 912443 | Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | Dahco Operating, LLC | Bob White #2HH | 3,250 | 02534082 |
| 910798 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Welderxp Ltd. | Davis, Nona Berry #76 | 3,900 | 02534081 |
About this data
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/bee?days=90, documented in the API reference.