COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 04 · CODE 261
Kenedy County
Kenedy County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued June 2, 2026.
Abaco Operating, LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,500 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 15 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.27M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
2,698 drilling permits have been issued in Kenedy County since 1977.
2,698 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jun 2, 2026
Watch Kenedy CountyAlso: every Kenedy County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 180d
- —
- vs prior 180d (0)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 9,500
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 145
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 42 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 14 · prior 12 22(-36%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Abaco Operating, LLC | 1 | 36 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Kenedy County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Kenedy 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 | 139 | 2 | 7,500 | 4,100–11,560 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 112 | 1 | 1,348 | 300–5,544 |
| Catahoula | 103 | 0 | 3,750 | 3,280–5,600 |
| Vicksburg | 50 | 0 | 11,822 | 8,600–12,512 |
| Anahuac | 24 | 0 | 5,740 | 4,936–6,986 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 15
- active UIC permits of 94
- 44K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.27M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Kenedy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916014 | Jun 2, 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 | Abaco Operating, LLC | Santa FE Julian Pasture #5 | 9,500 | 26131629 |
| 902995 | Oct 3, 2024 | Oct 3, 2024 | Headington Energy Partners, LLC | East, S.K. Mrs. #208 | 18,104 | 26131491 |
| 899676 | May 21, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | Abaco Operating, LLC | Santa FE Julian Pasture #5 | 9,500 | 26131629 |
| 896999 | Feb 2, 2024 | Feb 2, 2024 | Abaco Operating, LLC | Santa FE Julian Pasture #1 | 9,200 | 26131510 |
| 888070 | Feb 15, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 | Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. | High Ground #1 | 9,450 | 26131628 |
| 885474 | Nov 10, 2022 | Nov 10, 2022 | Sarita Energy Resources, Ltd. | Potrero Farias South O&G Unit #10 | 4,810 | 26131627 |
| 884732 | Oct 27, 2022 | Oct 27, 2022 | Hughes, Dan A. Company, L.P. | Santa FE Ranch Mula Pasture #407 | 13,200 | 26131626 |
| 882484 | Aug 2, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 | Hughes, Dan A. Company, L.P. | Santa FE Ranch Mula Pasture #53 | 6,910 | 26131352 |
| 882523 | Jul 28, 2022 | Jul 28, 2022 | Brazoria Operating LLC | Seahorse #1 | 8,000 | 26131625 |
| 882522 | Jul 28, 2022 | Jul 28, 2022 | Brazoria Operating LLC | Dividend #1 | 13,000 | 26131624 |
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/kenedy?days=180, documented in the API reference.