COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 04 · CODE 479
Webb County, Texas
Webb County permitting is running 24 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (71 total, down 21% on the prior quarter). 5 were issued in the past week.
EOG Resources, Inc. leads with 72 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: 11,250 ft); 99% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 66 active disposal and injection permits, with 7.57M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
TexNet located 3 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M2.3.
17,845 drilling permits have been issued in Webb County since 1977.
17,845 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 30, 2026
Watch Webb CountyAlso: every Webb County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 71
- permits issued, 90d
- -21%
- vs prior 90d (90)
- 10
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 10,910
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 701
- 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 285 · prior 12 306(-7%)
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. | 72 | 391 |
| Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | 46 | 2,196 |
| Caturus Energy, LLC | 41 | 641 |
| SM Energy Company | 36 | 785 |
| Silverbow Resources Oper, LLC | 21 | 0 |
| Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 14 | 448 |
| Killam Oil Co., Ltd. | 13 | 554 |
| Rosetta Resources Operating LP | 8 | 565 |
| Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. | 8 | 91 |
| Javelin Energy Partners Mgmt LLC | 6 | 176 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Webb County came in the last year. 3 in total.
- Crescent Energy Operating, LLC14 permitsMay 26, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Warwick Poseidon, GP5 permitsJul 13, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Strike Operating Company LLC1 permitDec 29, 2025 · active elsewhere first
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 Midway is reported in 690 wells, median top 3,810 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 5,455 | 331 | 4,280 | 1,800–8,695 |
| Olmos | 4,088 | 395 | 5,750 | 3,903–7,606 |
| Escondido | 4,004 | 399 | 4,350 | 2,556–6,270 |
| Eagle Ford | 2,618 | 97 | 8,654 | 7,319–10,810 |
| Queen City | 2,194 | 129 | 2,204 | 900–4,485 |
| Austin Chalk | 1,873 | 255 | 8,174 | 6,756–11,454 |
| Wills Point | 1,329 | 0 | 9,700 | 8,452–11,712 |
| Anacacho | 938 | 109 | 7,434 | 6,173–8,506 |
| San Miguel | 846 | 115 | 6,434 | 4,832–7,677 |
| Midway | 690 | 85 | 3,810 | 2,057–9,086 |
| Yegua | 506 | 5 | 1,300 | 1,098–2,738 |
| Carrizo | 375 | 18 | 3,360 | 1,598–6,273 |
| Cook Mountain | 283 | 12 | 3,970 | 547–3,970 |
| Jackson | 260 | 4 | 690 | 690–1,210 |
| Catahoula | 226 | 6 | 1,500 | 950–1,500 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 66
- active UIC permits of 501
- 301K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 7.57M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Webb County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
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
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919494 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Troubadour Operating, LLC | Cactus Jack #211HH | 9,500 | 47945772 |
| 919492 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Troubadour Operating, LLC | Cactus Jack #210HH | 9,500 | 47945771 |
| 919490 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Troubadour Operating, LLC | Cactus Jack #209HH | 9,500 | 47945770 |
| 919489 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Troubadour Operating, LLC | Cactus Jack #208HH | 9,500 | 47945769 |
| 919178 | Nov 1, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | Apache Ranch #2HH | 9,000 | 47945764 |
| 919634 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | SM Energy Company | Briscoe R (SA48) #0221HH | 6,900 | 47945779 |
| 919633 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | SM Energy Company | Briscoe R (SA47) #0211HH | 6,900 | 47945778 |
| 919632 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | SM Energy Company | Briscoe R (SA46) #0201HH | 6,900 | 47945777 |
| 919631 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | SM Energy Company | Briscoe R (SA45) #0199HH | 6,900 | 47945776 |
| 919180 | Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | Apache Ranch #1001HH | 9,000 | 47945773 |
Questions about Webb County
How many drilling permits were issued in Webb County in the last 12 months?
310 permits were issued in Webb County in the last 12 months, up 2% from 304 in the 12 months before. 99% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Oct 30, 2026. 17,845 are on file since 1977.
Every Webb County permit →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 72 of 310, followed by Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. (46) and Caturus Energy, LLC (41). 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: 6,886 active, 5,632 plugged, and 120 permitted and not yet drilled. 4,398 are horizontal, and 75 operators hold them.
Every well in Webb County →How much oil and gas does Webb County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Webb County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Webb County →How much water is injected in Webb County?
7.6 million barrels of water were injected in Webb County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 66 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 (4,088 wells, median top 5,750 ft), and the Escondido (4,004 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.
The Texas Gulf Coast →Have there been earthquakes in Webb County?
TexNet located 3 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more 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
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.