COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 471
Walker County
Walker County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued December 4, 2025.
EOG Resources, Inc. leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 10,500 ft (prior year: 3,700 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 8 active disposal and injection permits, with 581K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
344 drilling permits have been issued in Walker County since 1977.
344 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Dec 4, 2025
Watch Walker CountyAlso: every Walker 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
- 91
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 21 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 12
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| EOG Resources, Inc. | 1 | 17 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Walker County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Walker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 42 | 1 | 3,445 | 2,326–5,908 |
| Austin Chalk | 34 | 1 | 10,802 | 9,433–13,235 |
| Yegua | 30 | 1 | 3,270 | 2,584–3,558 |
| Buda | 29 | 0 | 10,968 | 10,590–12,268 |
| Woodbine | 25 | 1 | 10,375 | 9,673–13,322 |
| Jackson | 22 | 1 | 2,755 | 1,573–2,819 |
| Glen Rose | 16 | 0 | 11,958 | 11,596–13,041 |
| Georgetown | 15 | 0 | 11,245 | 10,599–12,304 |
| Pecan Gap | 15 | 0 | 9,970 | 8,928–12,845 |
| Eagle Ford | 13 | 0 | 10,582 | 10,296–12,992 |
| Edwards | 13 | 0 | 11,870 | 11,053–15,012 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 8
- active UIC permits of 15
- 52.5K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 581K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Walker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 911971 | Dec 4, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | EOG Resources, Inc. | Miss Kati Unit #1 | 10,500 | 47130356 |
| 908469 | Jul 7, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Mongoose #2 | 3,700 | 47130411 |
| 899154 | Apr 25, 2024 | Apr 25, 2024 | T-C Oil Company, LLC | Tres Brujitas Unit #1 | 3,498 | 47130397 |
| 887801 | Feb 22, 2023 | Feb 22, 2023 | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Mongoose #1 | 4,000 | 47130410 |
| 879792 | May 6, 2022 | May 6, 2022 | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Lion #2 | 3,950 | 47130409 |
| 878485 | Mar 30, 2022 | Mar 30, 2022 | Lavaca Canyon Petroleum LLC | Selassie #2 | 2,600 | 47130408 |
| 876838 | Feb 8, 2022 | Feb 8, 2022 | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Little Exuma #2 | 4,500 | 47130407 |
| 876044 | Jan 24, 2022 | Jan 24, 2022 | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Barbados #2 | 4,500 | 47130406 |
| 873311 | Oct 6, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | Lavaca Canyon Petroleum LLC | Selassie #1 | 2,600 | 47130405 |
| 868995 | Apr 12, 2021 | Apr 12, 2021 | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Sawbuck #1 | 4,000 | 47130404 |
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/walker?days=90, documented in the API reference.