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COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 02 · CODE 025

Bee County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Bee County at 397,017 bbl of oil and 21,825,584 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 2% on the twelve months before.

316 leases under 48 operators had production in those months.

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 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county.

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

Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,600 ft (prior year: 6,000 ft); 14% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 41 active disposal and injection permits of 188 on file, with 2.65M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

2 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.1.

4,076 drilling permits have been issued in Bee County since 1977.

4,076 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 22, 2026

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432
active wells · 4,551 on file
48
producing operators, 12 months
316
producing leases, 12 months
397,017
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −33%
21.8M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −2%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 104 IN OIL AND NO. 55 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Bee 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 21,825,584 · prior 12 22,270,207(-2%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving25,416 bbl1,668,687 Mcf
Jul 202625,265 bbl1,488,636 Mcf
Jun 202631,151 bbl1,745,693 Mcf
May 202633,303 bbl1,815,853 Mcf
Apr 202634,199 bbl1,930,135 Mcf
Mar 202634,875 bbl2,006,227 Mcf
Feb 202634,109 bbl1,864,341 Mcf
Jan 202636,515 bbl2,013,811 Mcf
Dec 202534,432 bbl1,924,864 Mcf
Nov 202533,403 bbl1,665,482 Mcf
Oct 202538,504 bbl1,921,299 Mcf
Sep 202535,845 bbl1,780,556 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Warwick-Artemis, LLC16 leases

    138K bbl · 12.6M Mcf

  2. Burlington Resources O & G Co LP11 leases

    40.8K bbl · 3.1M Mcf

  3. Blackbrush O & G, LLC59 leases

    0 bbl · 2.26M Mcf

  4. Rosewood Resources, Inc.3 leases

    4.69K bbl · 1.99M Mcf

  5. Paleo Oil Company LLC22 leases

    40.7K bbl · 134K Mcf

  6. Welderxp Ltd.37 leases

    25K bbl · 176K Mcf

  7. Petrovybe Opco LLC11 leases

    3.43K bbl · 248K Mcf

  8. Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.2 leases

    7.27K bbl · 199K Mcf

48 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.

Every operator in Bee County →

Largest leases

316 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Sky McCarnGas 301293Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)19,742 bbl1,970,653 Mcf
McCarn A2Gas 299767Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)2,037 bbl1,602,263 Mcf
McCarn BGas 299765Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)2,545 bbl1,215,915 Mcf
Bumble Bee BGas 296774Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)11,685 bbl1,088,502 Mcf
McCarn BGas 299764Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)2,856 bbl1,010,702 Mcf
Windham AGas 298173Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)27,414 bbl810,023 Mcf
Bumble Bee BGas 296844Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)11,033 bbl756,009 Mcf
Windham AGas 298175Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)14,511 bbl707,305 Mcf
Windham AGas 298178Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)13,282 bbl709,354 Mcf
Windham AGas 298174Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)15,021 bbl616,898 Mcf
CicadaGas 300335Rosewood Resources, Inc.Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)2,503 bbl676,646 Mcf
LocustGas 300674Rosewood Resources, Inc.Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)2 bbl672,866 Mcf
CicadaGas 300334Rosewood Resources, Inc.Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)2,185 bbl637,351 Mcf
Karen Kennedy Unit AGas 298236Burlington Resources O & G Co LPSugarkane (Eagle Ford)2,640 bbl535,211 Mcf
Bumble Bee AGas 294426Warwick-Artemis, LLCSugarkane (Eagle Ford)3,795 bbl510,550 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

4,551 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    2,751

  2. Not on schedule

    959

  3. Producing

    396

  4. Temp Abandoned

    164

  5. Shut In

    128

  6. Spudded

    76

  7. No Production

    28

  8. Injection

    26

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
0
permits issued, 90d
-100%
vs prior 90d (2)
0
operators filing
—
horizontal
—
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 24(-71%)

05102017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Operators by permits, last 12 months

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

OperatorPermitsWells
Paloma Operating, LLC310
Dahco Operating, LLC14
Suemaur Operating LLC12
Royal Production Company, Inc.11
Everest Resource Company10

Full operator directory: 701 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

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

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill023,178

What the types mean →

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 →

In Bee County the Yegua is reported in 170 wells, median top 4,139 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Frio369132,8501,500–4,062
Vicksburg322123,2962,700–5,070
Wilcox206116,8295,529–8,608
Catahoula202132,5251,001–3,246
Yegua17004,1393,248–5,452
Queen City12535,5504,356–6,773
Jackson10573,0601,937–4,626
Edwards94013,53813,323–13,783
Reklaw7626,8344,836–8,705
Miocene (undifferentiated)7101,3601–2,306
Eagle Ford561312,85212,560–13,433
Oakville4501,840582–2,586
Austin Chalk43513,04712,340–13,444
Midway3709,3528,565–9,565
Olmos301110,81610,158–12,640

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
2.65M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

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

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

USGS catalog, Texas

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
917268AmendmentAug 9, 2026Jul 22, 2026Everest Resource CompanyBrinkoeter #18,00002534087
917268Jul 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026Everest Resource CompanyBrinkoeter #18,00002534087
915787May 22, 2026May 22, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCTaylor Ranch #17,60002534086
915106Apr 27, 2026Apr 27, 2026Suemaur Operating LLCTeal #110,00002534085
914613Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCMia #17,80002534084
914219Mar 20, 2026Mar 20, 2026Royal Production Company, Inc.South Texas Children's Home #1T4,83802534002
914171AmendmentMar 19, 2026Mar 19, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCLyla #17,20002534083
914171Mar 19, 2026Mar 19, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCLyla #17,00002534083
912443Dec 29, 2025Dec 29, 2025Dahco Operating, LLCBob White #2HH3,25002534082
910798Sep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2025Welderxp Ltd.Davis, Nona Berry #763,90002534081

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Questions about Bee County

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

7 permits were issued in Bee County in the last 12 months, down 71% from 24 in the 12 months before. 14% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Jul 22, 2026. 4,076 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Bee County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Paloma Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Bee County, with 3 of 7, followed by Dahco Operating, LLC (1) and Suemaur Operating LLC (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

Operators in Bee County →

How many oil and gas wells are in Bee County?

4,551 wells are on file in Bee County, including 432 active, 2,751 plugged, and 6 permitted and not yet drilled. 143 are horizontal. The active wells are under 62 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Bee County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 397,017 barrels of oil and 21.8 million Mcf of gas in Bee County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 316 leases under 48 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 Bee County →

Who are the largest producers in Bee County?

By oil and gas produced in Bee County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Warwick-Artemis, LLC, with 137,956 barrels of oil and 12.6 million Mcf of gas from 16 leases, followed by Burlington Resources O & G Co LP and Blackbrush O & G, LLC. 48 operators had production here in those months.

Operators in Bee County →

How much water is injected in Bee County?

2.7 million barrels of water were injected in Bee County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 41 of the county's 188 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Bee County →

What formations are drilled in Bee County?

Completion filings for wells in Bee County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (369 wells, median top 2,850 ft), the Vicksburg (322 wells, median top 3,296 ft), and the Wilcox (206 wells, median top 6,829 ft).

Formations in Bee County →

What basin is Bee County in?

Petrora lists Bee County in the Eagle Ford Shale. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 02.

The Eagle Ford Shale →

Have there been earthquakes in Bee County?

2 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Bee County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.1.

Earthquakes in Bee 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/bee?days=90, documented in the API reference.