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COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 04 · CODE 479

Webb County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Webb County at 21,554,251 bbl of oil and 1,298,517,369 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is up 17% on the twelve months before.

6,725 leases under 63 operators had production in those months.

Webb County permitting is running 21 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (62 total, down 29% on the prior quarter).

EOG Resources, Inc. leads with 51 permits in the past 12 months, one of 21 operators active in the county.

3 operators filed a first Webb County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 12,000 ft (prior year: 11,000 ft); 99% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 65 active disposal and injection permits of 501 on file, with 7.38M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

3 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.3.

15,430 drilling permits have been issued in Webb County since 1977.

15,430 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 30, 2026

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6,886
active wells · 16,049 on file
63
producing operators, 12 months
6,725
producing leases, 12 months
21.6M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · +6%
1.30B
Mcf gas, same 12 months · +17%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 24 IN OIL AND NO. 1 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Webb 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.

12 months through Aug 2026 1,298,517,369 · prior 12 1,113,438,046(+17%)

050M100M150M2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 20261,630,939 bbl100,927,721 Mcf
Jul 20261,752,835 bbl105,379,143 Mcf
Jun 20261,642,687 bbl105,588,453 Mcf
May 20261,714,952 bbl109,984,233 Mcf
Apr 20261,728,092 bbl106,239,948 Mcf
Mar 20261,839,304 bbl107,812,231 Mcf
Feb 20261,539,207 bbl97,629,061 Mcf
Jan 20261,840,424 bbl113,869,702 Mcf
Dec 20251,986,470 bbl118,462,397 Mcf
Nov 20252,001,168 bbl113,530,733 Mcf
Oct 20251,956,644 bbl111,897,143 Mcf
Sep 20251,921,529 bbl107,196,604 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. EOG Resources, Inc.237 leases

    1.61M bbl · 285M Mcf

  2. Caturus Energy, LLC550 leases

    202K bbl · 237M Mcf

  3. Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.1,693 leases

    1.25M bbl · 211M Mcf

  4. SM Energy Company635 leases

    8.23M bbl · 113M Mcf

  5. Silverbow Resources Oper, LLC389 leases

    3.7M bbl · 105M Mcf

  6. Crescent Energy Operating, LLC391 leases

    1.29M bbl · 42M Mcf

  7. Rosetta Resources Operating LP290 leases

    1.51M bbl · 29.9M Mcf

  8. Killam Oil Co., Ltd.149 leases

    22.5K bbl · 38.4M Mcf

63 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.

Every operator in Webb County →

Largest leases

6,725 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
TRP BGas 298215EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl6,342,993 Mcf
Bfmt EastGas 300832EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl6,235,304 Mcf
Bfmt WestGas 297964EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl6,060,273 Mcf
Bfmt EastGas 300834EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl5,548,656 Mcf
Benavides Family Minerals GGas 300704Caturus Energy, LLCHawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl5,196,586 Mcf
Reuthinger FGas 300758Caturus Energy, LLCHawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl5,051,188 Mcf
Las Islitas CGas 300119Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.Hawkville (Eagleford Shale)0 bbl5,005,807 Mcf
G-B Ami - G-B Minerals KGas 301024EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl4,958,386 Mcf
Botanza St AGas 299184EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl4,927,723 Mcf
Botanza St CGas 299147EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl4,915,721 Mcf
TRP AGas 298082EOG Resources, Inc.Hawkville (Eagleford Shale)0 bbl4,858,925 Mcf
Huisache EGas 300589Caturus Energy, LLCHawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl4,749,196 Mcf
Pge BrowneOil 19101Crescent Energy Operating, LLCLorenzo (Austin Chalk)503,670 bbl1,724,065 Mcf
Ellen C.Gas 300554Caturus Energy, LLCHawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl4,730,701 Mcf
Atlantic Inland Group-Huisache FGas 301266Caturus Energy, LLCHawkville (Austin Chalk)0 bbl4,711,280 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

16,049 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Producing

    6,773

  2. Plugged

    5,632

  3. Not on schedule

    1,636

  4. Temp Abandoned

    1,392

  5. Spudded

    201

  6. Shut In

    165

  7. Permitted

    93

  8. Swr-10-Well

    49

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

02004006002002200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026

Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
62
permits issued, 90d
-29%
vs prior 90d (87)
10
operators filing
100%
horizontal
10,968
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 267 · prior 12 255(+5%)

02040602017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Operators by permits, last 12 months

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

OperatorPermitsWells
EOG Resources, Inc.51391
Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.412,196
Caturus Energy, LLC38641
SM Energy Company36785
Silverbow Resources Oper, LLC210
Crescent Energy Operating, LLC14448
Killam Oil Co., Ltd.12554
Rosetta Resources Operating LP8565
Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.891
Javelin Energy Partners Mgmt LLC6176

Full operator directory: 693 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Webb County came in the last year. 3 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill628713,836

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Webb County the Catahoula is reported in 226 wells, median top 1,500 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Wilcox5,4553284,2801,800–8,695
Olmos4,0903975,7503,903–7,604
Escondido4,0063984,3502,556–6,270
Eagle Ford2,618978,6547,319–10,810
Queen City2,1941292,204900–4,485
Austin Chalk1,8732558,1746,756–11,454
Wills Point1,32909,7008,452–11,712
Anacacho9391107,4356,173–8,506
San Miguel8471166,4334,833–7,677
Midway692863,8022,057–9,082
Yegua50651,3001,098–2,738
Carrizo375183,3601,598–6,273
Cook Mountain283123,970547–3,970
Jackson2604690690–1,210
Catahoula22661,500950–1,500

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

65
active UIC permits of 501
296K
permitted bbl/day, active
7.38M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Webb County →

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

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

3
M2+ events in the area
M2.3
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
919494Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Troubadour Operating, LLCCactus Jack #211HH9,50047945772
919492Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Troubadour Operating, LLCCactus Jack #210HH9,50047945771
919490Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Troubadour Operating, LLCCactus Jack #209HH9,50047945770
919489Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Troubadour Operating, LLCCactus Jack #208HH9,50047945769
919178Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.Apache Ranch #2HH9,00047945764
919634Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyBriscoe R (SA48) #0221HH6,90047945779
919633Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyBriscoe R (SA47) #0211HH6,90047945778
919632Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyBriscoe R (SA46) #0201HH6,90047945777
919631Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyBriscoe R (SA45) #0199HH6,90047945776
919180Oct 28, 2026Oct 26, 2026Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.Apache Ranch #1001HH9,00047945773

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Questions about Webb County

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

273 permits were issued in Webb County in the last 12 months, up 4% from 262 in the 12 months before. 99% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 30, 2026. 15,430 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Webb County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, EOG Resources, Inc. is the most active operator in Webb County, with 51 of 273, followed by Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. (41) and Caturus Energy, LLC (38). 10 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

Operators in Webb County →

How many oil and gas wells are in Webb County?

16,049 wells are on file in Webb County, including 6,886 active, 5,632 plugged, and 93 permitted and not yet drilled. 4,395 are horizontal. The active wells are under 75 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Webb County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 21.6 million barrels of oil and 1.30 billion Mcf of gas in Webb County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 6,725 leases under 63 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 Webb County →

Who are the largest producers in Webb County?

By oil and gas produced in Webb County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is EOG Resources, Inc., with 1.6 million barrels of oil and 285 million Mcf of gas from 237 leases, followed by Caturus Energy, LLC and Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.. 63 operators had production here in those months.

Operators in Webb County →

How much water is injected in Webb County?

7.4 million barrels of water were injected in Webb County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 65 of the county's 501 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Webb County →

What formations are drilled in Webb County?

Completion filings for wells in Webb County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Wilcox (5,455 wells, median top 4,280 ft), the Olmos (4,090 wells, median top 5,750 ft), and the Escondido (4,006 wells, median top 4,350 ft).

Formations in Webb County →

What basin is Webb County in?

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

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Have there been earthquakes in Webb County?

3 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Webb County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M2.3.

Earthquakes in Webb County →

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/webb?days=90, documented in the API reference.