COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 471
Walker County, Texas
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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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
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- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 1(+0%)
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 | 21 |
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 →
In Walker County the Georgetown is reported in 15 wells, median top 11,245 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Questions about Walker County
How many drilling permits were issued in Walker County in the last 12 months?
1 permit was issued in Walker County in the last 12 months, level with 1 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Dec 4, 2025. 344 are on file since 1977.
Every Walker County permit →Who is the most active operator in Walker County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, EOG Resources, Inc. is the most active operator in Walker County, with 1 of 1. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Walker County →How many oil and gas wells are in Walker County?
267 wells are on file in Walker County: 37 active and 151 plugged. 36 are horizontal, and 9 operators hold them.
Every well in Walker County →How much oil and gas does Walker County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Walker County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Walker County →How much water is injected in Walker County?
580,659 barrels of water were injected in Walker County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 8 of the county's 15 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Walker County →What formations are drilled in Walker County?
Completion filings for wells in Walker County report tops for 11 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Wilcox (42 wells, median top 3,445 ft), the Austin Chalk (34 wells, median top 10,802 ft), and the Yegua (30 wells, median top 3,270 ft).
Formations in Walker County →What basin is Walker County in?
Petrora lists Walker County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Walker County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Walker County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Walker County →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.