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COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 04 · CODE 355

Nueces County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Nueces County at 258,349 bbl of oil and 4,378,826 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 15% on the twelve months before.

484 leases under 43 operators had production in those months.

1 drilling permit was issued in Nueces County in the past 90 days, 1 in the 90 days before.

Paloma Operating, LLC leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.

The county has 36 active disposal and injection permits of 358 on file, with 2.47M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

5,951 drilling permits have been issued in Nueces County since 1977.

5,951 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 5, 2026

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562
active wells · 6,682 on file
43
producing operators, 12 months
484
producing leases, 12 months
258,349
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +5%
4.4M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −15%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 126 IN OIL AND NO. 101 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Nueces County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. Leases are still filing for Aug 2026, so that month and the twelve-month totals will rise.

12 months through Aug 2026 4,378,826 · prior 12 5,132,324(-15%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving14,842 bbl377,789 Mcf
Jul 202615,286 bbl370,122 Mcf
Jun 202619,659 bbl342,062 Mcf
May 202623,488 bbl356,045 Mcf
Apr 202623,305 bbl361,734 Mcf
Mar 202624,071 bbl329,617 Mcf
Feb 202621,076 bbl319,085 Mcf
Jan 202622,195 bbl345,056 Mcf
Dec 202525,500 bbl362,136 Mcf
Nov 202525,236 bbl394,902 Mcf
Oct 202522,025 bbl413,850 Mcf
Sep 202521,666 bbl406,428 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC313 leases

    12.3K bbl · 3.11M Mcf

  2. Suemaur Operating LLC8 leases

    23.3K bbl · 252K Mcf

  3. Orx Resources, L.L.C.8 leases

    25.6K bbl · 78.1K Mcf

  4. Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC9 leases

    35.1K bbl · 20.4K Mcf

  5. Paloma Operating, LLC3 leases

    32.2K bbl · 35.4K Mcf

  6. JC Bear Operating LLC10 leases

    6.91K bbl · 186K Mcf

  7. Texas Petroleum Investment Co.1 lease

    2.43K bbl · 191K Mcf

  8. Tag Operating Company, Inc.2 leases

    32.5K bbl · 4.98K Mcf

43 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

484 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Driscoll FoundationOil 14263Paloma Operating, LLCAgua Dulce (Consolidated Frio)30,649 bbl35,448 Mcf
State Tract 689-AGas 98179Texas Petroleum Investment Co.Tule Lake2,427 bbl190,745 Mcf
BatesGas 298843Tag Operating Company, Inc.Calallen, S. (Redden 7540)29,979 bbl4,980 Mcf
Perkins-LagasseOil 14258Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLCSaxet ( Frio)29,633 bbl5,549 Mcf
Hrncir, et al UnitOil 14216Suemaur Operating LLCAgua Dulce (Bluntzer)12,242 bbl24,872 Mcf
FlameGas 277741JC Bear Operating LLCLuby (9700)1,113 bbl91,212 Mcf
Wardner, G.P.Gas 51701Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCStratton (Consolidated)0 bbl73,200 Mcf
Viper DuggerOil 14265Viper S.W.D., LLCClara Driscoll, SE. (Frio)11,453 bbl0 Mcf
State Tract 690/746 & 750 GUGas 260767Orx Resources, L.L.C.Tule Lake (Frio Consolidated)5,391 bbl35,294 Mcf
Prochaska, et al G.U.Gas 291847Suemaur Operating LLCAgua Dulce (Vicksburg Consl.)2,305 bbl53,594 Mcf
Wardner, G.P.Oil 12618Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCStratton (Consolidated)3,392 bbl44,593 Mcf
Talbert, L.G.Gas 135183Pine Island Operating, L.L.C.Corpus Christi, W (Consolidated)2,300 bbl47,518 Mcf
Bluntzer, et al Gas UnitGas 293535Suemaur Operating LLCAgua Dulce (Vicksburg Consl.)1,804 bbl48,013 Mcf
Burnett, et al Gas UnitGas 179416STS Petroleum LLCAgua Dulce (Vicksburg Consl.)979 bbl52,910 Mcf
Flinn Gas UnitGas 299714Dewbre Petroleum CorporationClara Driscoll, South (4600)0 bbl57,851 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

6,682 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    3,719

  2. Not on schedule

    1,881

  3. Producing

    537

  4. Temp Abandoned

    307

  5. Shut In

    161

  6. No Production

    18

  7. Spudded

    18

  8. Injection

    15

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

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
1
permits issued, 90d
+0%
vs prior 90d (1)
1
operators filing
0%
horizontal
400
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 3 · prior 12 8(-62%)

05102017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Paloma Operating, LLC38
Enterprise Products Operatingllc10

Full operator directory: 752 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Nueces County came in the last year. None.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill113,009

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Nueces County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

In Nueces County the Frio is reported in 501 wells, median top 5,300 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Frio50135,3003,680–7,900
Catahoula236113,9652,828–4,554
Miocene (undifferentiated)16592,4501,370–5,679
Vicksburg15748,0007,025–10,365
Oakville6503,5502,600–4,000
Greta5214,8673,328–6,263
Anahuac4705,0003,070–6,740
Lagarto3502,7502,730–3,118
Goliad220465300–984
Austin Chalk1906,8386,539–6,954

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

36
active UIC permits of 358
199K
permitted bbl/day, active
2.47M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Nueces 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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
918810Oct 7, 2026Oct 5, 2026Enterprise Products OperatingllcCp# 26-180 Cathodic Protection #4540035534233
916490Jun 18, 2026Jun 18, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCHarlan #17,80035534232
912711AmendmentJan 14, 2026Jan 14, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCRivers #17,70035534231
912711Jan 14, 2026Jan 14, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCRivers #17,70035534231
911800Nov 18, 2025Nov 18, 2025Paloma Operating, LLCDriscoll Foundation #1D7,41035504918
910960Oct 16, 2025Oct 16, 2025Pangea's Edge Operating Co LLCKittoe #111,00035534230
908496Jun 11, 2025Jun 11, 2025Dewbre Petroleum CorporationFlinn Gas Unit #18,98935505946
907748May 19, 2025May 19, 2025Harris Energy Services, LLCMiller Unit #4U6,92535532949
907495Apr 22, 2025Apr 22, 2025Anderson Oil Ltd.Frank E. Bliss #229,23235501633
906709Mar 17, 2025Mar 17, 2025Paloma Operating, LLCH.A. Johnson #1R6,75035506651

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Questions about Nueces County

How many drilling permits were issued in Nueces County in the last 12 months?

4 permits were issued in Nueces County in the last 12 months, down 43% from 7 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 5, 2026. 5,951 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Nueces County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Paloma Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Nueces County, with 3 of 4, followed by Enterprise Products Operatingllc (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Nueces County?

6,682 wells are on file in Nueces County, including 562 active, 3,719 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 11 are horizontal. The active wells are under 54 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Nueces County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 258,349 barrels of oil and 4.4 million Mcf of gas in Nueces County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 484 leases under 43 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Nueces County →

Who are the largest producers in Nueces County?

By oil and gas produced in Nueces County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC, with 12,252 barrels of oil and 3.1 million Mcf of gas from 313 leases, followed by Suemaur Operating LLC and Orx Resources, L.L.C.. 43 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Nueces County?

2.5 million barrels of water were injected in Nueces County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 36 of the county's 358 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Nueces County?

Completion filings for wells in Nueces County report tops for 10 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (501 wells, median top 5,300 ft), the Catahoula (236 wells, median top 3,965 ft), and the Miocene (undifferentiated) (165 wells, median top 2,450 ft).

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What basin is Nueces County in?

Petrora lists Nueces County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 04.

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Have there been earthquakes in Nueces County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Nueces County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

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About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. 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/nueces?days=90, documented in the API reference.