COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 04 · CODE 479
Webb County, Texas
Webb County permitting is running 23 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (69 total, down 18% 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
Email me new permitsAlso: every Webb County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 6,886
- active wells · 16,049 on file
- 75
- operators of the active wells
- 5,632
- plugged wells
Wells by status
16,049 WELLBORES ON FILE
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
Drilling permits
- 69
- permits issued, 90d
- -18%
- vs prior 90d (84)
- 10
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 10,936
- avg permitted depth, ft
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 11, 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%)
Operators by permits, 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. | 51 | 391 |
| Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | 41 | 2,196 |
| Caturus Energy, LLC | 38 | 641 |
| SM Energy Company | 36 | 785 |
| Silverbow Resources Oper, LLC | 21 | 0 |
| Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 14 | 448 |
| Killam Oil Co., Ltd. | 12 | 554 |
| Rosetta Resources Operating LP | 8 | 565 |
| Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. | 8 | 91 |
| Javelin Energy Partners Mgmt LLC | 6 | 176 |
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.
- 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 Queen City is reported in 2,194 wells, median top 2,204 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 5,455 | 328 | 4,280 | 1,800–8,695 |
| Olmos | 4,090 | 397 | 5,750 | 3,903–7,604 |
| Escondido | 4,006 | 398 | 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 | 939 | 110 | 7,435 | 6,173–8,506 |
| San Miguel | 847 | 116 | 6,433 | 4,833–7,677 |
| Midway | 692 | 86 | 3,802 | 2,057–9,082 |
| 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
- 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
| 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?
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.
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 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 117 permitted and not yet drilled. 4,395 are horizontal. The active wells are under 75 operators.
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?
7.4 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.
The Texas Gulf Coast →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
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.