COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 051
Burleson County, Texas
Burleson County permitting is running 2.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (8 total, versus 4 in the prior quarter).
Wildfire Energy Operating LLC leads with 8 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: 8,250 ft); 94% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 9 active disposal and injection permits, with 6.03M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
4,845 drilling permits have been issued in Burleson County since 1977.
4,845 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 22, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Burleson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 8
- permits issued, 90d
- +100%
- vs prior 90d (4)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 7,825
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 440
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 10, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 17 · prior 12 8(+113%)
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 | 8 | 998 |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 8 | 280 |
| 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 LLC8 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 →
In Burleson County the Buda is reported in 251 wells, median top 8,100 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| 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
- 6.03M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Burleson 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
Questions about Burleson County
How many drilling permits were issued in Burleson County in the last 12 months?
17 permits were issued in Burleson County in the last 12 months, up 113% from 8 in the 12 months before. 94% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 22, 2026. 4,845 are on file since 1977.
Every Burleson County permit →Who is the most active operator in Burleson County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Wildfire Energy Operating LLC is the most active operator in Burleson County, with 8 of 17, followed by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC (8) and Atmos Pipeline - Texas (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Burleson County →How many oil and gas wells are in Burleson County?
4,118 wells are on file in Burleson County, including 1,213 active, 2,024 plugged, and 13 permitted and not yet drilled. 1,327 are horizontal. The active wells are under 46 operators.
Every well in Burleson County →How much oil and gas does Burleson County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Burleson County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Burleson County →How much water is injected in Burleson County?
6.0 million barrels of water were injected in Burleson County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 9 of the county's 55 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Burleson County →What formations are drilled in Burleson County?
Completion filings for wells in Burleson County report tops for 11 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Austin Chalk (1,612 wells, median top 7,644 ft), the Eagle Ford (848 wells, median top 7,892 ft), and the Pecan Gap (794 wells, median top 6,660 ft).
Formations in Burleson County →What basin is Burleson County in?
Petrora lists Burleson County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Burleson County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Burleson County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Burleson County →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.