COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 291
Liberty County, Texas
2 drilling permits were issued in Liberty County in the past 90 days, 2 in the 90 days before.
Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC leads with 4 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Liberty County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,500 ft (prior year: 900 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 83 active disposal and injection permits of 405 on file, with 8.59M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
2,299 drilling permits have been issued in Liberty County since 1977.
2,299 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 6, 2026
Email me new permitsAlso: every Liberty County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 660
- active wells · 4,509 on file
- 60
- operators of the active wells
- 2,272
- plugged wells
Wells by status
4,509 WELLBORES ON FILE
From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.
Wells spudded, by year
HorizontalVertical and directional
Drilling permits
- 2
- permits issued, 90d
- +0%
- vs prior 90d (2)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 8,750
- avg permitted depth, ft
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 11, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 9 · prior 12 4(+125%)
Operators by permits, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | 4 | 0 |
| Drum Oil & Gas, Inc. | 3 | 39 |
| RBT Oil Group, LLC | 1 | 1 |
| Veracity Energy LLC | 1 | 1 |
Full operator directory: 572 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Liberty County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- RBT Oil Group, LLC1 permitSep 24, 2026 · new to Texas permits
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Liberty County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Liberty County the Jackson is reported in 80 wells, median top 6,542 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio | 424 | 0 | 4,335 | 2,772–6,398 |
| Yegua | 385 | 0 | 7,357 | 3,737–10,997 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 309 | 3 | 1,800 | 556–3,912 |
| Vicksburg | 198 | 0 | 7,100 | 3,714–8,366 |
| Cook Mountain | 82 | 0 | 10,903 | 7,191–13,930 |
| Jackson | 80 | 0 | 6,542 | 3,675–9,705 |
| Caprock | 51 | 1 | 815 | 325–2,660 |
| Anahuac | 38 | 0 | 3,988 | 2,470–5,695 |
| Wilcox | 33 | 0 | 9,053 | 8,830–12,440 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 83
- active UIC permits of 405
- 707K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 8.59M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Liberty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919050 | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Drum Oil & Gas, Inc. | Odum Fee #4 | 1,000 | 29132980 |
| 918781 | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | RBT Oil Group, LLC | Herrin #1 | 16,500 | 29132791 |
| 915685 | Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | Veracity Energy LLC | Laporte Land Company #2 | 12,500 | 29132977 |
| 916285 | Jun 10, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | Sunflower 1 Azm #1 | 4,000 | 29132978 |
| 912899 | Feb 11, 2026 | Feb 11, 2026 | Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | Sunflower Inj 1 #1 | 8,500 | 29132968 |
| 912906 | Feb 5, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | Sunflower Inj 5 #5 | 8,500 | 29132972 |
| 912904 | Feb 5, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC | Sunflower Inj 4 #4 | 8,500 | 29132976 |
| 913115 | Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 29, 2026 | Drum Oil & Gas, Inc. | Gulf Chambers Fee #23 | 950 | 29132974 |
| 913113 | Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 29, 2026 | Drum Oil & Gas, Inc. | Gulf Chambers Fee #22 | 950 | 29132975 |
| 905076 | Jan 10, 2025 | Jan 10, 2025 | Bkverde Texas Development, LLC | Rayo Luna #1 | 7,700 | 29132967 |
Questions about Liberty County
How many drilling permits were issued in Liberty County in the last 12 months?
9 permits were issued in Liberty County in the last 12 months, up 125% from 4 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 6, 2026. 2,299 are on file since 1977.
Every Liberty County permit →Who is the most active operator in Liberty County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Exxonmobil Low C Sol on Stor LLC is the most active operator in Liberty County, with 4 of 9, followed by Drum Oil & Gas, Inc. (3) and RBT Oil Group, LLC (1). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Liberty County →How many oil and gas wells are in Liberty County?
4,509 wells are on file in Liberty County, including 660 active, 2,272 plugged, and 7 permitted and not yet drilled. 2 are horizontal. The active wells are under 60 operators.
Every well in Liberty County →How much oil and gas does Liberty County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Liberty County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Liberty County →How much water is injected in Liberty County?
8.6 million barrels of water were injected in Liberty County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 83 of the county's 405 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Liberty County →What formations are drilled in Liberty County?
Completion filings for wells in Liberty County report tops for 9 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (424 wells, median top 4,335 ft), the Yegua (385 wells, median top 7,357 ft), and the Miocene (undifferentiated) (309 wells, median top 1,800 ft).
Formations in Liberty County →What basin is Liberty County in?
Petrora lists Liberty County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Liberty County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Liberty County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Liberty County →About this data
Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. 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/liberty?days=90, documented in the API reference.