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COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 055

Caldwell County

Caldwell County permitting is running about one permit a month over the trailing 90 days (3 total, versus 5 in the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.

Hamilton, Clay leads with 5 permits in the past 12 months, one of 7 operators active in the county.

6 operators filed a first Caldwell County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 2,528 ft (prior year: 2,185 ft); 42% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 101 active disposal and injection permits, with 195M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

4,496 drilling permits have been issued in Caldwell County since 1977.

4,496 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 22, 2026

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Also: every Caldwell County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
8
permits issued, 180d
+100%
vs prior 180d (4)
5
operators filing
38%
horizontal
2,601
avg permitted depth, ft
601
operators, all time

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 62 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 17 · prior 12 24(-29%)

0510152017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Top operators, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Hamilton, Clay51
Onemoretime, LLC20
Left Behind Recovery, LLC194
Buonadonna Oil LLC111
Excel Operating, LLC10
Lynco Oilfield Services LLC10
RR Ventures Limited Partnership10

Full operator directory →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Caldwell County came in the last year. 6 in total.

Permit types, 180d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill434,199
Recompletion30142
Reenter1160

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Caldwell County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Austin Chalk1,07952,1671,693–2,422
Buda81942,3661,825–2,678
Eagle Ford61822,4501,894–2,672
Edwards35652,4541,900–2,785
Del Rio19612,5681,904–2,704
Georgetown18922,3621,760–2,747
Taylor18901,7001,094–2,275
Pecan Gap16111,9121,400–2,110
Navarro821972460–1,320
Wilcox8201001–640
Midway550420250–805

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

101
active UIC permits of 448
1.68M
permitted bbl/day, active
195M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Caldwell 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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919412Oct 24, 2026Oct 22, 2026Hamilton, ClayYoung-Clark Unit #2HH2,50005535202
918387Sep 5, 2026Sep 3, 2026Excel Operating, LLCJohnson #1A2,60005535201
917742Aug 19, 2026Aug 17, 2026Lynco Oilfield Services LLCDavis, J. J. Estate -A- #1SW3,45005535061
916843Sep 4, 2026Jul 7, 2026Hamilton, ClayYoung-Clark Unit #1HH2,40005535199
916843Jul 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026Hamilton, ClayYoung-Clark Unit #1HH2,40005535199
915888Jun 5, 2026Jun 5, 2026Left Behind Recovery, LLCWright, J. D. #7R2,55505504778
915498May 12, 2026May 12, 2026Onemoretime, LLCJohnson #1A2,40005535201
915498May 12, 2026May 12, 2026Onemoretime, LLCJohnson #1A2,50005535201
913658Mar 9, 2026Mar 9, 2026RR Ventures Limited PartnershipMrs. Fred Adams #191705581610
912264Dec 22, 2025Dec 22, 2025Buonadonna Oil LLCTiller, J. R. -C- #3B2,60005535200

All Caldwell County permits →

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/caldwell?days=180, documented in the API reference.