COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 704
Brazos-LB County, Texas
Brazos-Lb County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued August 17, 2011.
307 drilling permits have been issued in Brazos-Lb County since 1977.
307 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 17, 2011
Watch Brazos-LB CountyAlso: every Brazos-LB County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 30d
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- vs prior 30d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 68
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Operators by well inventory
No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Brazos-LB County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Brazos-LB 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 |
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| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 16 | 0 | 4,700 | 4,225–7,328 |
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 722374 | Aug 17, 2011 | Aug 17, 2011 | Anatexas Offshore, Inc. | State Lease 103229 #1 | 7,000 | 70430333 |
| 713058 | Apr 11, 2011 | Apr 11, 2011 | Fairways Offshore Expl., Inc. | S. T. 366-L NW/4 #10 | 8,500 | 70430343 |
| 705554 | Nov 17, 2010 | Nov 17, 2010 | Black Elk Energy Offshore OP LLC | S.T. 369-L N/2 SE/4 #5 | 6,775 | 70430337 |
| 699486 | Jul 23, 2010 | Jul 23, 2010 | Black Elk Energy Offshore OP LLC | State Tract 369-L NE/4 #4U | 8,071 | 70430335 |
| 672081 | Oct 15, 2008 | Oct 15, 2008 | Anatexas Offshore, Inc. | SL 103230 #3 | 9,000 | 70430196 |
| 667619Amendment | Sep 24, 2008 | Sep 24, 2008 | Anatexas Offshore, Inc. | SL 103230 #4 | 9,000 | 70430342 |
| 667619 | Aug 14, 2008 | Aug 14, 2008 | Anatexas Offshore, Inc. | SL 103230 #4 | 9,000 | 70430342 |
| 667617 | Aug 12, 2008 | Aug 12, 2008 | Anatexas Offshore, Inc. | SL 103230 #2 | 9,000 | 70430340 |
| 660557 | May 15, 2008 | May 15, 2008 | Chroma Operating, Inc. | S.T. 369-L N/2 SE/4 #5 | 6,100 | 70430337 |
| 659705 | Apr 28, 2008 | Apr 28, 2008 | Chroma Operating, Inc. | State Tract 369-L NE/4 #4 U | 8,071 | 70430335 |
Questions about Brazos-LB County
How many drilling permits were issued in Brazos-LB County in the last 12 months?
0 permits were issued in Brazos-LB County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Aug 17, 2011. 307 are on file since 1977.
Every Brazos-LB County permit →Which operator has the most wells in Brazos-LB County?
No operator has filed a drilling permit in Brazos-LB County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Capco Offshore of Texas Inc., with 28, followed by Dreyfus Louis Natural Gas Corp (12) and Fairways Spec. Sales & Serv Inc (12).
Operators in Brazos-LB County →How many oil and gas wells are in Brazos-LB County?
264 wells are on file in Brazos-LB County, including 14 active and 170 plugged. 0 are horizontal. The active wells are under 3 operators.
Every well in Brazos-LB County →How much oil and gas does Brazos-LB County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Brazos-LB County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Brazos-LB County →What formations are drilled in Brazos-LB County?
Completion filings for wells in Brazos-LB County report tops for 1 formation in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Miocene (undifferentiated) (16 wells, median top 4,700 ft).
Formations in Brazos-LB County →What basin is Brazos-LB County in?
Petrora lists Brazos-LB County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →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/brazos-lb?days=30, documented in the API reference.