COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 02 · CODE 175
Goliad County, Texas
Goliad County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 2 in the prior quarter).
T-C Oil Company, LLC leads with 7 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Goliad County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 5,800 ft (prior year: 6,000 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 20 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.35M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
4,672 drilling permits have been issued in Goliad County since 1977.
4,672 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 27, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Goliad County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 90d
- -50%
- vs prior 90d (2)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 5,600
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 900
- 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 8 · prior 12 4(+100%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| T-C Oil Company, LLC | 7 | 28 |
| Viper S.W.D., LLC | 1 | 1 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Goliad County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Viper S.W.D., LLC1 permitMay 29, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Goliad County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Goliad County the Jackson is reported in 50 wells, median top 3,779 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio | 778 | 10 | 2,820 | 1,900–4,131 |
| Vicksburg | 534 | 2 | 3,826 | 3,049–5,079 |
| Catahoula | 445 | 10 | 2,830 | 2,294–3,232 |
| Yegua | 385 | 0 | 4,770 | 4,410–5,388 |
| Wilcox | 306 | 2 | 8,402 | 7,500–10,535 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 242 | 8 | 1,700 | 1–2,298 |
| Reklaw | 109 | 2 | 7,654 | 7,284–8,850 |
| Cook Mountain | 105 | 0 | 5,120 | 4,858–5,569 |
| Jackson | 50 | 0 | 3,779 | 3,432–4,737 |
| Lagarto | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1–1 |
| Oakville | 25 | 0 | 1,880 | 1–2,897 |
| Austin Chalk | 16 | 0 | 10,832 | 10,498–11,130 |
| Queen City | 16 | 0 | 6,323 | 6,110–7,400 |
| Holt | 14 | 0 | 11,126 | 10,143–12,067 |
| Greta | 13 | 4 | 3,430 | 2,664–3,971 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 20
- active UIC permits of 138
- 114K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.35M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Goliad County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919602 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -20- #1 | 5,600 | 17534282 |
| 917476 | Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -21- #1 | 6,000 | 17534283 |
| 916013 | May 29, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Alta Vista #1 | 9,550 | 17534264 |
| 914527 | Apr 6, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -20- #1 | 6,000 | 17534282 |
| 914518 | Apr 6, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -19- #1 | 6,000 | 17534281 |
| 913271 | Feb 9, 2026 | Feb 9, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -17- #1 | 5,306 | 17534276 |
| 913271Amendment | Feb 9, 2026 | Feb 9, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -17- #1 | 5,306 | 17534276 |
| 913059 | Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 29, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -M- #2 | 5,402 | 17533814 |
| 913124Amendment | Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -8- #1 | 5,590 | 17533882 |
| 913124 | Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Duke Ranch -8- #1 | 5,590 | 17533882 |
Questions about Goliad County
How many drilling permits were issued in Goliad County in the last 12 months?
8 permits were issued in Goliad County in the last 12 months, up 100% from 4 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 27, 2026. 4,672 are on file since 1977.
Every Goliad County permit →Who is the most active operator in Goliad County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, T-C Oil Company, LLC is the most active operator in Goliad County, with 7 of 8, followed by Viper S.W.D., LLC (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Goliad County →How many oil and gas wells are in Goliad County?
4,713 wells are on file in Goliad County, including 248 active, 3,172 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 1 is horizontal. The active wells are under 49 operators.
Every well in Goliad County →How much oil and gas does Goliad County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Goliad County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Goliad County →How much water is injected in Goliad County?
1.3 million barrels of water were injected in Goliad County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 20 of the county's 138 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Goliad County →What formations are drilled in Goliad County?
Completion filings for wells in Goliad County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (778 wells, median top 2,820 ft), the Vicksburg (534 wells, median top 3,826 ft), and the Catahoula (445 wells, median top 2,830 ft).
Formations in Goliad County →What basin is Goliad County in?
Petrora lists Goliad County in the Eagle Ford Shale. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 02.
The Eagle Ford Shale →Have there been earthquakes in Goliad County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Goliad County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Goliad 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/goliad?days=90, documented in the API reference.