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COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 467

Van Zandt County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Van Zandt County at 556,360 bbl of oil and 256,539 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is up 7% on the twelve months before.

144 leases under 19 operators had production in those months.

Van Zandt County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued August 11, 2026.

Basa Resources, Inc. leads with 9 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.

One operator filed a first Van Zandt County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 3,000 ft (prior year: 3,123 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 36 active disposal and injection permits of 203 on file, with 26.3M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

1,210 drilling permits have been issued in Van Zandt County since 1977.

1,210 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 11, 2026

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411
active wells · 1,622 on file
19
producing operators, 12 months
144
producing leases, 12 months
556,360
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +7%
256,539
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +9%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 93 IN OIL AND NO. 170 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Van Zandt 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 556,360 · prior 12 520,753(+7%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving47,555 bbl24,990 Mcf
Jul 202648,291 bbl18,856 Mcf
Jun 202646,025 bbl19,933 Mcf
May 202646,541 bbl24,047 Mcf
Apr 202645,564 bbl22,537 Mcf
Mar 202648,209 bbl22,349 Mcf
Feb 202642,176 bbl17,312 Mcf
Jan 202645,841 bbl20,290 Mcf
Dec 202547,726 bbl24,260 Mcf
Nov 202546,878 bbl22,238 Mcf
Oct 202547,119 bbl19,660 Mcf
Sep 202544,435 bbl20,067 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Basa Resources, Inc.96 leases

    492K bbl · 238K Mcf

  2. Jamex, Inc.6 leases

    25.9K bbl · 1.09K Mcf

  3. Chanze Oil Co., Inc.16 leases

    13.3K bbl · 0 Mcf

  4. S N D Energy Company, Inc.10 leases

    5.85K bbl · 0 Mcf

  5. Etoco, L.P.1 lease

    4.18K bbl · 0 Mcf

  6. Dixieland Energy LLC2 leases

    15 bbl · 15.9K Mcf

  7. Southwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler3 leases

    2.59K bbl · 0 Mcf

  8. Weathers Exploration, Inc.1 lease

    2.38K bbl · 0 Mcf

19 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

144 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Central Van Woodbine UnitOil 2453Basa Resources, Inc.Van (Central-Woodbine)145,632 bbl62,657 Mcf
Blake, R. S.Oil 1111Basa Resources, Inc.Van53,537 bbl18,256 Mcf
Swain, O. L. 11Oil 2088Basa Resources, Inc.Van21,089 bbl5,636 Mcf
Bracken, J. A. 503Oil 1140Basa Resources, Inc.Van20,721 bbl7,268 Mcf
Fruitvale Waterflood UnitOil 4291Jamex, Inc.Fruitvale21,653 bbl0 Mcf
Bracken, J. A. 35Oil 1139Basa Resources, Inc.Van17,817 bbl1,423 Mcf
Swain, D. L. 11 -AC-Oil 2087Basa Resources, Inc.Van16,518 bbl5,863 Mcf
Van,sw Lewisville UnitOil 1943Basa Resources, Inc.Van,s.w. (Lewisville)14,747 bbl1,483 Mcf
Fowler, A. J.Oil 1113Basa Resources, Inc.Van12,299 bbl4,338 Mcf
White, W. H. 504Oil 3205Basa Resources, Inc.Van (Austin Chalk)11,563 bbl4,896 Mcf
Thompson, I. W. 401Oil 1197Basa Resources, Inc.Van11,817 bbl2,595 Mcf
Shivers, J. R. 12Oil 1188Basa Resources, Inc.Van10,357 bbl4,036 Mcf
York, W. A. 13Oil 1214Basa Resources, Inc.Van9,698 bbl1,699 Mcf
Brawner, L. M. 10Oil 1141Basa Resources, Inc.Van8,252 bbl7,071 Mcf
Swain, W. F. 36Oil 3168Basa Resources, Inc.Van (Austin Chalk)6,234 bbl16,549 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

1,622 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    1,002

  2. Producing

    374

  3. Not on schedule

    130

  4. Shut In

    48

  5. Injection

    32

  6. Temp Abandoned

    21

  7. Spudded

    4

  8. Permitted

    3

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

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
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permits issued, 30d
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vs prior 30d (0)
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operators filing
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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 10 · prior 12 15(-33%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

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

OperatorPermitsWells
Basa Resources, Inc.9627
Black Gold Industries Oprtng LLC10

Full operator directory: 196 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Van Zandt County came in the last year. 1 in total.

Permit types, 30d

TypeWindowPriorAll time

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Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Austin Chalk387182,2322,092–2,702
Pecan Gap342181,6701,420–1,869
Woodbine262132,6022,376–3,950
Nacatoch12871,184976–1,370
Rodessa8836,2354,720–8,208
Wilcox7153001–400
James Lime6705,2745,017–8,501
Navarro6211,140910–1,219
Paluxy5036,2064,680–6,646
Travis Peak3908,5366,404–8,824
Buda3704,0753,287–5,405
Pettit3707,4005,268–8,736
Glen Rose3316,6074,826–7,224
Midway300385309–842
Sub-Clarksville2032,7762,642–3,898

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

36
active UIC permits of 203
341K
permitted bbl/day, active
26.3M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Van Zandt County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
917376Aug 13, 2026Aug 11, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Central Van Woodbine Unit #4372,99446700979
916482Jun 19, 2026Jun 19, 2026Black Gold Industries Oprtng LLCRobinson #18,90046731190
913960Apr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Blake, R. S. #303,00046730664
914126Apr 13, 2026Apr 13, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Blake, R. S. #353,00046730744
914131Apr 13, 2026Apr 13, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Blake, R. S. #333,00046730722
914224Mar 20, 2026Mar 20, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Tunnell, I. P. 300 #181,60046730902
913828Mar 4, 2026Mar 4, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Blake, R. S. #363,00046730745
913691Feb 27, 2026Feb 27, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.York, W. A. 13 #203,05046730968
913503Feb 19, 2026Feb 19, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Blake, R. S. #112,93046700454
911962Dec 2, 2025Dec 2, 2025Basa Resources, Inc.Maxfield, A. G. 38 #33,00046700213

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Questions about Van Zandt County

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

11 permits were issued in Van Zandt County in the last 12 months, down 21% from 14 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 11, 2026. 1,210 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Van Zandt County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Basa Resources, Inc. is the most active operator in Van Zandt County, with 9 of 11, followed by Black Gold Industries Oprtng LLC (1). 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Van Zandt County?

1,622 wells are on file in Van Zandt County, including 411 active, 1,002 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 10 are horizontal. The active wells are under 23 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Van Zandt County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 556,360 barrels of oil and 256,539 Mcf of gas in Van Zandt County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 144 leases under 19 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

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Who are the largest producers in Van Zandt County?

By oil and gas produced in Van Zandt County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Basa Resources, Inc., with 492,179 barrels of oil and 237,798 Mcf of gas from 96 leases, followed by Jamex, Inc. and Chanze Oil Co., Inc.. 19 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Van Zandt County?

26.3 million barrels of water were injected in Van Zandt County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 36 of the county's 203 disposal and injection permits are active.

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What formations are drilled in Van Zandt County?

Completion filings for wells in Van Zandt County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Austin Chalk (387 wells, median top 2,232 ft), the Pecan Gap (342 wells, median top 1,670 ft), and the Woodbine (262 wells, median top 2,602 ft).

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What basin is Van Zandt County in?

Petrora lists Van Zandt County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.

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Have there been earthquakes in Van Zandt County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Van Zandt 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.

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