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COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 02 · CODE 057

Calhoun County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Calhoun County at 111,704 bbl of oil and 317,012 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 2% on the twelve months before.

35 leases under 10 operators had production in those months.

Calhoun County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued April 21, 2026.

Hominy Consulting, LLC filed the only permit of the past 12 months.

One operator filed a first Calhoun County permit in the past year.

The county has 20 active disposal and injection permits of 93 on file, with 13M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

1,804 drilling permits have been issued in Calhoun County since 1977.

1,804 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Apr 21, 2026

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69
active wells · 1,865 on file
10
producing operators, 12 months
35
producing leases, 12 months
111,704
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −2%
317,012
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −59%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 150 IN OIL AND NO. 168 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Calhoun County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas.

12 months through Aug 2026 111,704 · prior 12 113,776(-2%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 20264,149 bbl3,307 Mcf
Jul 20269,961 bbl26,279 Mcf
Jun 20269,368 bbl24,325 Mcf
May 20268,284 bbl20,564 Mcf
Apr 20268,594 bbl25,288 Mcf
Mar 202610,457 bbl27,413 Mcf
Feb 20269,785 bbl24,009 Mcf
Jan 202610,066 bbl28,870 Mcf
Dec 20259,889 bbl36,707 Mcf
Nov 202510,223 bbl31,880 Mcf
Oct 20259,473 bbl30,100 Mcf
Sep 202511,455 bbl38,270 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. B&L Resources, L.L.C.4 leases

    42.7K bbl · 255K Mcf

  2. Torrent Oil LLC5 leases

    25.9K bbl · 21.3K Mcf

  3. McGowan Working Partners, Inc.4 leases

    11K bbl · 10.5K Mcf

  4. Royal Production Company, Inc.2 leases

    9.18K bbl · 15.8K Mcf

  5. Silverbrook Operating, LLC12 leases

    9.76K bbl · 1.32K Mcf

  6. Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.2 leases

    9.89K bbl · 0 Mcf

  7. Texas Independent Explor Ltd.2 leases

    1.42K bbl · 10.7K Mcf

  8. Mueller Exploration, Inc.1 lease

    1.34K bbl · 0 Mcf

10 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

35 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
WelderOil 11598B&L Resources, L.L.C.Heyser (5400 #3)15,225 bbl170,723 Mcf
Welder MOil 12460B&L Resources, L.L.C.Heyser (5400 #2)14,657 bbl27,556 Mcf
State Tract 216Oil 6506Torrent Oil LLCGrass Island (Matagorda -A-)13,832 bbl4,548 Mcf
Welder 'C'Oil 12242B&L Resources, L.L.C.Heyser (5400 #3)6,510 bbl32,293 Mcf
WelderOil 9257B&L Resources, L.L.C.Heyser (5400 #2)6,279 bbl24,492 Mcf
Dunwoody, CharlesOil 691McGowan Working Partners, Inc.Heyser8,838 bbl3,902 Mcf
Traylor, Maude B.Oil 3004Silverbrook Operating, LLCMaude B. Traylor, E. (Melbourne)8,490 bbl0 Mcf
P.W.L.R.Oil 8703Royal Production Company, Inc.Guajolote Suerte (5750)5,925 bbl10,549 Mcf
State Tract 216Oil 6058Torrent Oil LLCGrass Island (Farwell -A-)5,984 bbl5,072 Mcf
HahnOil 8795Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.Long Mott, East (7450)5,835 bbl0 Mcf
BP ChemicalsOil 8709Royal Production Company, Inc.Guajolote Suerte (5750)3,259 bbl5,263 Mcf
Double DownOil 12403Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.Long Mott, East (7450)4,052 bbl0 Mcf
State Tract 216Oil 7049Torrent Oil LLCGrass Island (4870)3,158 bbl4,796 Mcf
State Tract 216Oil 5707Torrent Oil LLCGrass Island (Farwell -M-)2,685 bbl6,863 Mcf
Frerichs, F. L.Gas 139303Texas Independent Explor Ltd.Sheriff, West (Frio 9000)1,394 bbl7,294 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

1,865 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    1,146

  2. Not on schedule

    483

  3. Temp Abandoned

    86

  4. Shut In

    61

  5. Producing

    49

  6. Injection

    11

  7. No Production

    11

  8. Spudded

    8

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

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
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permits issued, 90d
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vs prior 90d (0)
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operators filing
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horizontal
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avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 1(+0%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

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

OperatorPermitsWells
Hominy Consulting, LLC10

Full operator directory: 356 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Calhoun County came in the last year. 1 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Calhoun County the Greta is reported in 39 wells, median top 4,802 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Frio21627,2725,026–8,930
Miocene (undifferentiated)10003,1751–6,126
Catahoula6524,0502,916–6,088
Anahuac5106,0004,100–6,400
Greta3904,8024,229–5,708
Vicksburg11012,6008,203–13,100

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

20
active UIC permits of 93
128K
permitted bbl/day, active
13M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

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Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

0
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
914943Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026Hominy Consulting, LLCD & C #19,90005731828
906330Apr 1, 2025Apr 1, 2025B&L Resources, L.L.C.Welder #28HH5,50005731827
900061Jun 21, 2024Jun 21, 2024Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.Double Downn #27,50005731826
884593Oct 13, 2022Oct 13, 2022B&L Resources, L.L.C.Welder #63HH5,42305731815
882022Sep 12, 2022Sep 12, 2022Initial Energy Services, LLCSheriff Greta #25,65005700515
880504Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022B&L Resources, L.L.C.Welder #66HH5,50005731825
877284Apr 14, 2022Apr 14, 2022Wagner Oil CompanyTraylor, Maude B. #308,85005731547
876330Jan 31, 2022Jan 31, 2022McGowan Working Partners, Inc.Bennett, W. H. #115,51205700016
875107Dec 10, 2021Dec 10, 2021Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.Double Down #17,50005731824
874680Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021B&L Resources, L.L.C.Welder M #62HH5,50005731823

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Questions about Calhoun County

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

1 permit was issued in Calhoun County in the last 12 months, level with 1 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Apr 21, 2026. 1,804 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Calhoun County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Hominy Consulting, LLC is the most active operator in Calhoun County, with 1 of 1. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Calhoun County?

1,865 wells are on file in Calhoun County, including 69 active, 1,146 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 8 are horizontal. The active wells are under 20 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Calhoun County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 111,704 barrels of oil and 317,012 Mcf of gas in Calhoun County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 35 leases under 10 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

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Who are the largest producers in Calhoun County?

By oil and gas produced in Calhoun County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is B&L Resources, L.L.C., with 42,671 barrels of oil and 255,064 Mcf of gas from 4 leases, followed by Torrent Oil LLC and McGowan Working Partners, Inc.. 10 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Calhoun County?

13.0 million barrels of water were injected in Calhoun County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 20 of the county's 93 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Calhoun County?

Completion filings for wells in Calhoun County report tops for 6 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (216 wells, median top 7,272 ft), the Miocene (undifferentiated) (100 wells, median top 3,175 ft), and the Catahoula (65 wells, median top 4,050 ft).

Formations in Calhoun County →

What basin is Calhoun County in?

Petrora lists Calhoun County in the Eagle Ford Shale. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 02.

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Have there been earthquakes in Calhoun County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Calhoun County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. 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/calhoun?days=90, documented in the API reference.