COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 053

Burnet County, Texas

Burnet County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued April 19, 2024.

13 drilling permits have been issued in Burnet County since 1982.

13 permits on file since 1982 · last issued Apr 19, 2024

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Also: every Burnet 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
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operators, all time

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Operators by well inventory

No permits in the last year; ranked by wells on the RRC wellbore file instead.

OperatorPermitsWells
Plumb Operating Company Inc.—1

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New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Burnet County came in the last year. None.

Permit types, 30d

TypeWindowPriorAll time

What the types mean →

Beyond the permit record

TexNet catalog via USGS

Seismicity, last 2 years

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M2+ events in the area
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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
898330Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q151FT3,28105330108
898329Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q141FT3,28105330107
898328Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q131FT3,28105330106
898327Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q161FT3,28105330105
898326Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q112FT3,28105330104
898325Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q113FT3,28105330103
898324Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q121FT3,28105330102
898323Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q114FT3,28105330101
898322Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q115FT3,28105330100
898321Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 2024Quaise Energy, Inc.Quaise FT1 #Q116FT3,28105330099

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Questions about Burnet County

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

0 permits were issued in Burnet County in the last 12 months. The most recent was issued Apr 19, 2024. 13 are on file since 1982.

Every Burnet County permit →

Which operator has the most wells in Burnet County?

No operator has filed a drilling permit in Burnet County in the last 12 months. By wells on file, the largest is Plumb Operating Company Inc., with 1.

Operators in Burnet County →

How many oil and gas wells are in Burnet County?

13 wells are on file in Burnet County: 0 active and 3 plugged. 0 are horizontal, and 0 operators hold them.

Every well in Burnet County →

How much oil and gas does Burnet County produce?

The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Burnet County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.

Leases in Burnet County →

What basin is Burnet County in?

Petrora lists Burnet County in the Eagle Ford Shale. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 01.

The Eagle Ford Shale →

Have there been earthquakes in Burnet County?

TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Burnet County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

Earthquakes in Burnet 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/burnet?days=30, documented in the API reference.