COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 177
Gonzales County
Gonzales County permitting is running 7.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (21 total, up 5% on the prior quarter).
EOG Resources, Inc. leads with 26 permits in the past 12 months, one of 9 operators active in the county.
4 operators filed a first Gonzales County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 12,000 ft (prior year: 13,000 ft); 97% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 23 active disposal and injection permits, with 28.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 34 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M4.6.
5,712 drilling permits have been issued in Gonzales County since 1977.
5,712 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 20, 2026
Watch Gonzales CountyAlso: every Gonzales County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 9
- permits issued, 30d
- +13%
- vs prior 30d (8)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 12,500
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 537
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 109 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 122 · prior 12 96(+27%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Gonzales County came in the last year. 4 in total.
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC14 permitsFeb 20, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC12 permitsFeb 20, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Ensign Natural Resources II LLC7 permitsJul 16, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Redemption Ranch Oil & Gas LLC1 permitApr 21, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Gonzales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 2,668 | 145 | 9,884 | 7,101–11,254 |
| Eagle Ford | 2,415 | 145 | 10,549 | 7,850–11,718 |
| Anacacho | 1,903 | 106 | 9,787 | 7,903–10,912 |
| Wilcox | 1,404 | 102 | 3,650 | 2,333–4,674 |
| Navarro | 1,357 | 82 | 8,029 | 5,920–9,603 |
| Reklaw | 1,296 | 103 | 2,749 | 1,860–4,035 |
| Carrizo | 1,294 | 104 | 3,257 | 1,942–4,613 |
| Buda | 218 | 1 | 7,535 | 5,343–11,100 |
| Pecan Gap | 114 | 1 | 8,240 | 6,703–11,069 |
| Midway | 103 | 3 | 5,910 | 4,400–7,434 |
| Taylor | 53 | 0 | 7,494 | 6,544–8,138 |
| Edwards | 51 | 0 | 9,310 | 7,305–11,840 |
| Olmos | 51 | 1 | 7,919 | 5,840–9,490 |
| Queen City | 47 | 6 | 1,506 | 1,246–2,539 |
| Sparta | 47 | 5 | 1,168 | 1,054–1,356 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 23
- active UIC permits of 90
- 421K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 28.4M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Gonzales County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 34
- M2+ events in the area
- M4.6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919689 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | FW Eagle Ford I, LLC | Dubose 2 SA D #4HH | 14,500 | 17734870 |
| 919688 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | FW Eagle Ford I, LLC | Dubose 2 SA C #3HH | 14,500 | 17734869 |
| 919687 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | FW Eagle Ford I, LLC | Dubose 2 SA B #2HH | 14,500 | 17734868 |
| 919686 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | FW Eagle Ford I, LLC | Dubose 2 SA A #1HH | 14,500 | 17734867 |
| 919377 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | EOG Resources, Inc. | Grand Teton J #9HH | 12,500 | 17734866 |
| 919376 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | EOG Resources, Inc. | Grand Teton H #8HH | 12,500 | 17734865 |
| 919375 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | EOG Resources, Inc. | Grand Teton G #7HH | 12,500 | 17734864 |
| 919374 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | EOG Resources, Inc. | Grand Teton F #6HH | 12,500 | 17734863 |
| 919373 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | EOG Resources, Inc. | Grand Teton E #5HH | 12,500 | 17734862 |
| 919372 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | EOG Resources, Inc. | Grand Teton D #4HH | 12,500 | 17734861 |
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/gonzales?days=30, documented in the API reference.