COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 02 · CODE 175
Goliad County
Goliad County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 1 in the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.
T-C Oil Company, LLC leads with 9 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 5,595 ft (prior year: 6,000 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 19 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.31M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
5,320 drilling permits have been issued in Goliad County since 1977.
5,320 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 27, 2026
Watch Goliad CountyAlso: every Goliad County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 3
- permits issued, 180d
- -57%
- vs prior 180d (7)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 7,050
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 905
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 45 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 22 · prior 12 20(+10%)
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 | 9 | 18 |
| Viper S.W.D., LLC | 1 | 0 |
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
Permit types, 180d
| Type | Window | Prior | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 2 | 3 | 1,205 |
| Drill | 1 | 2 | 3,870 |
| Reenter | 0 | 2 | 123 |
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio | 777 | 9 | 2,820 | 1,900–4,131 |
| Vicksburg | 534 | 2 | 3,826 | 3,049–5,079 |
| Catahoula | 444 | 9 | 2,828 | 2,294–3,217 |
| Yegua | 385 | 0 | 4,770 | 4,410–5,388 |
| Wilcox | 306 | 2 | 8,402 | 7,500–10,535 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 241 | 7 | 1,700 | 1–2,275 |
| 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 | 12 | 3 | 3,315 | 2,624–3,978 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 19
- active UIC permits of 137
- 104K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.31M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Goliad 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
| 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 |
| 913271 | 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 |
| 913124 | 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 |
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=180, documented in the API reference.