COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 321
Matagorda County
Matagorda County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued March 9, 2026.
Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,400 ft (prior year: 10,700 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 80 active disposal and injection permits, with 4.22M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
3,521 drilling permits have been issued in Matagorda County since 1977.
3,521 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Mar 9, 2026
Watch Matagorda CountyAlso: every Matagorda County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 90d
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- vs prior 90d (0)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 637
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 71 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 16 · prior 12 21(-24%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. | 1 | 33 |
| Underground Services Markham,llc | 1 | 27 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Matagorda County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Matagorda County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Matagorda County the Simpson is reported in 11 wells, median top 8,980 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 80
- active UIC permits of 390
- 1.08M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 4.22M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Matagorda County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
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- M2+ events in the area
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- 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 |
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| 913910 | Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | Underground Services Markham,llc | Smith, Lewis Edwin et AL #4 | 7,400 | 32132464 |
| 911812 | Nov 19, 2025 | Nov 19, 2025 | Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. | Boonie Jensen #1 | 8,890 | 32132417 |
| 911471 | Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | Underground Services Markham,llc | H. Smith #1 | 7,400 | 32132463 |
| 910613 | Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | Magnum Producing, LP | Anderson #1 | 10,700 | 32132361 |
| 910613 | Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | Magnum Producing, LP | Anderson #1 | 10,700 | 32132361 |
| 909087 | Jul 14, 2025 | Jul 14, 2025 | Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC | Bunk #1 | 12,000 | 32132444 |
| 908778 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Bruington Operating II, LLC | Jensen #1 | 8,900 | 32132462 |
| 906689 | Apr 15, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 | Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC | Norris #3 | 11,300 | 32131914 |
| 897896 | Apr 3, 2025 | Apr 3, 2025 | Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC | Norris #2 | 11,500 | 32132437 |
| 905056 | Feb 5, 2025 | Feb 5, 2025 | Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. | Elder #1 | 9,350 | 32132461 |
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.
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