COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 04 · CODE 061
Cameron County, Texas
Cameron County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued May 22, 2026.
WWM Operating, LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
One operator filed a first Cameron County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 375 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
234 drilling permits have been issued in Cameron County since 1977.
234 permits on file since 1977 · last issued May 22, 2026
Watch Cameron CountyAlso: every Cameron County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 90d
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- vs prior 90d (1)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 110
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 0
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| WWM Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Cameron County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- WWM Operating, LLC1 permitMay 22, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Cameron County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Cameron County the Miocene (undifferentiated) is reported in 19 wells, median top 3,829 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 19 | 0 | 3,829 | 2,400–7,701 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
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- active UIC permits of 9
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- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Cameron County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 915604 | May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | WWM Operating, LLC | Wildcat #7 | 375 | 06130542 |
| 841045 | Jun 26, 2018 | Jun 26, 2018 | Nustar Logistics, L.P. | Harl-Rect-2.000 #1 | 350 | 06130541 |
| 839636 | May 9, 2018 | May 9, 2018 | Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC | Brownsville Navigational DST CS2 #2CS | 200 | 06130540 |
| 832375 | Mar 5, 2018 | Mar 5, 2018 | Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC | Brownsville Navigation #8ML | 200 | 06130539 |
| 831498 | Feb 6, 2018 | Feb 6, 2018 | Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC | Regan Stone #6 | 200 | 06130538 |
| 832053 | Jan 26, 2018 | Jan 26, 2018 | Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC | Brownsville Navigation MLV #8 | 200 | 06130536 |
| 832378 | Jan 25, 2018 | Jan 25, 2018 | Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC | Brownsville Navigation #2CS | 200 | 06130537 |
| 830312 | Sep 7, 2017 | Sep 7, 2017 | Texas Gas Service Company | Cathodic Protection #50 | 350 | 06130535 |
| 822535 | Feb 8, 2017 | Feb 8, 2017 | Texas Gas Service Company | Cathodic Protection #1 | 350 | 06130534 |
| 806122 | May 27, 2015 | May 27, 2015 | Seadrift Pipeline Corporation | Port Isabel #1CP | 350 | 06130533 |
Questions about Cameron County
How many drilling permits were issued in Cameron County in the last 12 months?
1 permit was issued in Cameron County in the last 12 months. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued May 22, 2026. 234 are on file since 1977.
Every Cameron County permit →Who is the most active operator in Cameron County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, WWM Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Cameron County, with 1 of 1. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Cameron County →How many oil and gas wells are in Cameron County?
218 wells are on file in Cameron County, including 1 active, 154 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 0 are horizontal. The active wells are under 1 operator.
Every well in Cameron County →How much oil and gas does Cameron County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Cameron County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Cameron County →What formations are drilled in Cameron County?
Completion filings for wells in Cameron County report tops for 1 formation in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Miocene (undifferentiated) (19 wells, median top 3,829 ft).
Formations in Cameron County →What basin is Cameron County in?
Petrora lists Cameron County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 04.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Cameron County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Cameron County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Cameron 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/cameron?days=90, documented in the API reference.