COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 041
Brazos County, Texas
1 drilling permit was issued in Brazos County in the past 90 days, none in the 90 days before.
Wildfire Energy Operating LLC and CML Exploration, LLC each filed one permit in the past 12 months.
The county has 23 active disposal and injection permits of 197 on file, with 4.22M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
3,086 drilling permits have been issued in Brazos County since 1977.
3,086 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 28, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Brazos County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 789
- active wells · 2,386 on file
- 33
- operators of the active wells
- 1,072
- plugged wells
Wells by status
2,386 WELLBORES ON FILE
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
Drilling permits
- 1
- permits issued, 90d
- —
- vs prior 90d (0)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 9,200
- avg permitted depth, ft
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 11, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 17(-88%)
Operators by permits, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 608 |
| CML Exploration, LLC | 1 | 23 |
Full operator directory: 338 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Brazos 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 County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Brazos County the Pecan Gap is reported in 430 wells, median top 7,440 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 1,333 | 24 | 7,864 | 7,018–10,327 |
| Woodbine | 525 | 11 | 8,270 | 7,567–9,449 |
| Buda | 503 | 2 | 8,270 | 7,579–9,779 |
| Eagle Ford | 440 | 10 | 7,723 | 7,143–10,315 |
| Pecan Gap | 430 | 18 | 7,440 | 6,055–10,363 |
| Navarro | 422 | 2 | 5,735 | 4,657–8,472 |
| Georgetown | 411 | 2 | 8,310 | 7,620–10,161 |
| Wilcox | 311 | 2 | 3,610 | 1,896–4,449 |
| Midway | 215 | 1 | 5,033 | 3,793–7,739 |
| Sparta | 193 | 2 | 2,840 | 2,000–2,840 |
| Del Rio | 70 | 0 | 8,099 | 7,522–8,714 |
| Taylor | 33 | 0 | 6,897 | 5,131–10,590 |
| Sub-Clarksville | 29 | 0 | 8,163 | 7,909–9,027 |
| Edwards | 26 | 1 | 9,848 | 2,200–12,345 |
| Nacatoch | 26 | 0 | 6,502 | 5,556–7,780 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 23
- active UIC permits of 197
- 97.6K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 4.22M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Brazos 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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917710 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 | CML Exploration, LLC | Peters #5REH | 9,200 | 04131982 |
| 915332 | May 6, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Golden #1HAH | 8,000 | 04132686 |
| 915332Amendment | May 6, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Golden #1HAH | 8,000 | 04132686 |
| 909228 | Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Orca B WB #2HH | 9,000 | 04132684 |
| 909227 | Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Orca a WB #1HH | 9,000 | 04132683 |
| 909595 | Aug 4, 2025 | Aug 4, 2025 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Porterfield B #2HEH | 8,900 | 04132685 |
| 909595Amendment | Aug 4, 2025 | Aug 4, 2025 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Porterfield B #2HEH | 8,900 | 04132685 |
| 907005 | Apr 2, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | CML Exploration, LLC | Fridel #1H | 8,600 | 04131950 |
| 907005Amendment | Apr 2, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | CML Exploration, LLC | Fridel #1H | 8,600 | 04131950 |
| 907003 | Apr 2, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | CML Exploration, LLC | Lloyd #1H | 9,100 | 04131962 |
Questions about Brazos County
How many drilling permits were issued in Brazos County in the last 12 months?
2 permits were issued in Brazos County in the last 12 months, down 88% from 17 in the 12 months before. 100% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Sep 28, 2026. 3,086 are on file since 1977.
Every Brazos County permit →Who is the most active operator in Brazos County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Wildfire Energy Operating LLC is the most active operator in Brazos County, with 1 of 2, followed by CML Exploration, LLC (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Brazos County →How many oil and gas wells are in Brazos County?
2,386 wells are on file in Brazos County, including 789 active and 1,072 plugged. 1,077 are horizontal. The active wells are under 33 operators.
Every well in Brazos County →How much oil and gas does Brazos County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Brazos County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Brazos County →How much water is injected in Brazos County?
4.2 million barrels of water were injected in Brazos County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 23 of the county's 197 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Brazos County →What formations are drilled in Brazos County?
Completion filings for wells in Brazos County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Austin Chalk (1,333 wells, median top 7,864 ft), the Woodbine (525 wells, median top 8,270 ft), and the Buda (503 wells, median top 8,270 ft).
Formations in Brazos County →What basin is Brazos County in?
Petrora lists Brazos County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Brazos County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Brazos County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Brazos County →About this data
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/brazos?days=90, documented in the API reference.