COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 167
Galveston County, Texas
Galveston County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued July 6, 2026.
Sandpoint Texas LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Galveston County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 11,304 ft (prior year: 15,000 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 31 active disposal and injection permits, with 2.01M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
1,627 drilling permits have been issued in Galveston County since 1977.
1,627 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 6, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Galveston 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)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 365
- 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 3 · prior 12 2(+50%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Sandpoint Texas LLC | 1 | 298 |
| Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 70 |
| Kaler Energy Corp. | 1 | 4 |
| Frio Resources, LLC | 1 | 1 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Galveston County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Sandpoint Texas LLC1 permitApr 16, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Galveston County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio | 161 | 7 | 8,975 | 7,588–10,388 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 147 | 7 | 5,460 | 3,000–7,404 |
| Anahuac | 37 | 0 | 7,100 | 6,660–7,638 |
| Vicksburg | 10 | 0 | 12,254 | 9,338–14,661 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 31
- active UIC permits of 185
- 155K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 2.01M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Galveston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916817 | Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | Frio Resources, LLC | Stewart Title #1 | 10,548 | 16731547 |
| 914839 | Apr 16, 2026 | Apr 16, 2026 | Sandpoint Texas LLC | Moody Estate Trustee #1 | 7,147 | 16731198 |
| 913807 | Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | Kaler Energy Corp. | Tidwell #3 | 13,300 | 16731535 |
| 911788 | Nov 19, 2025 | Nov 19, 2025 | Hilcorp Energy Company | Franks /8900 Sand/ Unit #3 | 12,061 | 16731374 |
| 908798 | Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 | Hilcorp Energy Company | Gordon #4 | 15,000 | 16731373 |
| 908798Amendment | Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 | Hilcorp Energy Company | Franks /8900 Sand/ Unit #4 | 15,000 | 16731373 |
| 901798 | Aug 6, 2024 | Aug 6, 2024 | Quidnet Energy Deployment LLC | Sunny Ernst #1 | 15,575 | 16731352 |
| 899354 | May 6, 2024 | May 6, 2024 | Hilcorp Energy Company | E.W. Craig #9 | 9,500 | 16731549 |
| 899354Amendment | May 6, 2024 | May 6, 2024 | Hilcorp Energy Company | E.W. Craig #9 | 10,500 | 16731549 |
| 899069 | Apr 26, 2024 | Apr 26, 2024 | Houston Oil Prod Enterprises,inc | Cade, E. K. #159 | 7,900 | 16731548 |
Questions about Galveston County
How many drilling permits were issued in Galveston County in the last 12 months?
4 permits were issued in Galveston County in the last 12 months, up 300% from 1 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Jul 6, 2026. 1,627 are on file since 1977.
Every Galveston County permit →Who is the most active operator in Galveston County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Sandpoint Texas LLC is the most active operator in Galveston County, with 1 of 4, followed by Hilcorp Energy Company (1) and Kaler Energy Corp. (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Galveston County →How many oil and gas wells are in Galveston County?
2,130 wells are on file in Galveston County, including 106 active and 1,251 plugged. 1 is horizontal. The active wells are under 20 operators.
Every well in Galveston County →How much oil and gas does Galveston County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Galveston County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Galveston County →How much water is injected in Galveston County?
2.0 million barrels of water were injected in Galveston County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 31 of the county's 185 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Galveston County →What formations are drilled in Galveston County?
Completion filings for wells in Galveston County report tops for 4 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (161 wells, median top 8,975 ft), the Miocene (undifferentiated) (147 wells, median top 5,460 ft), and the Anahuac (37 wells, median top 7,100 ft).
Formations in Galveston County →What basin is Galveston County in?
Petrora lists Galveston County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Galveston County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Galveston County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Galveston 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/galveston?days=30, documented in the API reference.