COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 051
Burleson County
Burleson County permitting is running 2.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (8 total, versus 6 in the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
Wildfire Energy Operating LLC leads with 10 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Burleson County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,000 ft (prior year: 8,500 ft); 95% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 9 active disposal and injection permits, with 5.39M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
5,528 drilling permits have been issued in Burleson County since 1977.
5,528 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 22, 2026
Watch Burleson CountyAlso: every Burleson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 8
- permits issued, 90d
- +33%
- vs prior 90d (6)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 7,825
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 445
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 76 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 33 · prior 12 40(-17%)
Top operators, 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 | 10 | 903 |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 10 | 203 |
| Atmos Pipeline - Texas | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Burleson County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC10 permitsSep 22, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Atmos Pipeline - Texas1 permitMay 1, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Burleson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 1,612 | 24 | 7,644 | 6,482–9,322 |
| Eagle Ford | 848 | 20 | 7,892 | 7,021–9,333 |
| Pecan Gap | 794 | 24 | 6,660 | 5,649–8,242 |
| Wilcox | 553 | 1 | 4,000 | 2,407–5,250 |
| Navarro | 366 | 1 | 4,792 | 3,256–7,084 |
| Buda | 251 | 0 | 8,100 | 7,070–9,362 |
| Georgetown | 204 | 0 | 8,218 | 7,528–9,459 |
| Midway | 202 | 0 | 4,665 | 3,391–6,720 |
| Edwards | 146 | 0 | 6,850 | 6,850–9,062 |
| Taylor | 116 | 1 | 6,244 | 4,868–7,180 |
| Del Rio | 56 | 0 | 8,064 | 7,554–8,520 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 9
- active UIC permits of 55
- 113K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 5.39M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Burleson County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919369 | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Charlotte Nicole A #1HEH | 8,500 | 05134431 |
| 919271 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Stefka EF Unit #H 01SMH | 7,600 | 05134428 |
| 919275 | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Mutt EF Unit #H 05SMH | 7,600 | 05134429 |
| 919276 | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Kelly EF Unit #H 03SMH | 7,600 | 05134430 |
| 918454 | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Dennis Ray A #1HEH | 8,500 | 05134424 |
| 918702 | Nov 1, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Ascari Alloc. #2HEH | 7,600 | 05134426 |
| 918702 | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Ascari Alloc. #2HEH | 7,600 | 05134426 |
| 918701 | Nov 1, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Ascari Unit #3HEH | 7,600 | 05134425 |
| 918701 | Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Ascari Unit #3HEH | 7,600 | 05134425 |
| 918786 | Sep 24, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Breck EF Unit #3HEH | 7,600 | 05134427 |
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/burleson?days=90, documented in the API reference.