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COUNTIES · TEXAS GULF COAST · DISTRICT 03 · CODE 481

Wharton County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Wharton County at 553,428 bbl of oil and 4,303,426 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; gas is down 8% on the twelve months before.

260 leases under 43 operators had production in those months.

2 drilling permits were issued in Wharton County in the past 90 days, 2 in the 90 days before.

Paloma Operating, LLC leads with 3 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 7,300 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 102 active disposal and injection permits of 470 on file, with 26.2M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

6,026 drilling permits have been issued in Wharton County since 1977.

6,026 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 6, 2026

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465
active wells · 6,608 on file
43
producing operators, 12 months
260
producing leases, 12 months
553,428
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −13%
4.3M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −8%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 95 IN OIL AND NO. 104 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Wharton 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. Leases are still filing for Aug 2026, so that month and the twelve-month totals will rise.

12 months through Aug 2026 4,303,426 · prior 12 4,686,523(-8%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 2026still arriving39,280 bbl282,905 Mcf
Jul 202646,650 bbl345,140 Mcf
Jun 202646,874 bbl395,001 Mcf
May 202647,890 bbl395,944 Mcf
Apr 202648,248 bbl379,750 Mcf
Mar 202648,448 bbl357,444 Mcf
Feb 202643,626 bbl351,650 Mcf
Jan 202642,621 bbl388,472 Mcf
Dec 202548,713 bbl392,255 Mcf
Nov 202547,636 bbl335,420 Mcf
Oct 202547,278 bbl326,245 Mcf
Sep 202546,164 bbl353,200 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Remora Management, LLC27 leases

    216K bbl · 164K Mcf

  2. Faulconer Energy, LLC34 leases

    4.21K bbl · 1.03M Mcf

  3. Hilcorp Energy Company38 leases

    16.6K bbl · 903K Mcf

  4. Ricochet Energy, Inc.4 leases

    12K bbl · 622K Mcf

  5. Orx Resources, L.L.C.5 leases

    99.7K bbl · 7.59K Mcf

  6. Paloma Operating, LLC8 leases

    37.4K bbl · 352K Mcf

  7. Mountain V Texas, LLC27 leases

    3.19K bbl · 385K Mcf

  8. MB Energy, LLC8 leases

    19.2K bbl · 256K Mcf

43 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 Wharton County →

Largest leases

260 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Northington-ShwabGas 298428Ricochet Energy, Inc.Egypt (Cook MTN)6,614 bbl472,296 Mcf
Cockburn, H. C.Oil 2899Orx Resources, L.L.C.Magnet Withers80,928 bbl5,734 Mcf
Pierce EstatesOil 6715Remora Management, LLCMagnet Withers53,665 bbl26,884 Mcf
Broussard, J. E. NCT-1Oil 2909Remora Management, LLCMagnet Withers30,596 bbl15,639 Mcf
LilieGas 300750Paloma Operating, LLCDaboval (7130)6,414 bbl147,413 Mcf
EdnamayeGas 302147Ricochet Energy, Inc.Spanish Camp (Yegua 7700)5,300 bbl149,661 Mcf
Forgason Deep G.U.Gas 191841Hilcorp Energy CompanyDynamic (Wilcox 15,150)1,405 bbl152,452 Mcf
Dorothy Hite Gas UnitGas 259255Hilcorp Energy CompanyWharton, West (Wilcox)0 bbl147,585 Mcf
LilieOil 28225Paloma Operating, LLCDaboval (Cole)11,497 bbl56,413 Mcf
LilieGas 299341Paloma Operating, LLCDaboval853 bbl113,808 Mcf
Broussard, J. E. NCT-1Oil 25797Remora Management, LLCMagnet Withers (Frio Cons.)16,883 bbl8,239 Mcf
Pierce Estates COil 24959Remora Management, LLCMagnet Withers (F-19)15,627 bbl6,278 Mcf
Weems, M. L.Oil 5279Huntington Energy, L.L.C.Boling, South16,574 bbl0 Mcf
Pierce EstatesOil 6720Remora Management, LLCWithers, North (-C- Sand)14,666 bbl7,146 Mcf
Peach Creek Gas UnitGas 209214Hilcorp Energy CompanyDynamic (Wilcox 15,150)126 bbl94,380 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

6,608 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Plugged

    4,249

  2. Not on schedule

    1,435

  3. Producing

    387

  4. Shut In

    218

  5. Temp Abandoned

    179

  6. Injection

    63

  7. No Production

    29

  8. Spudded

    28

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

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
2
permits issued, 90d
+0%
vs prior 90d (2)
2
operators filing
0%
horizontal
6,750
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 10 · prior 12 9(+11%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

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

OperatorPermitsWells
Paloma Operating, LLC315
Remora Management, LLC2340
Ricochet Energy, Inc.228
MB Energy, LLC214
Amexco, LLC116

Full operator directory: 858 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Wharton County came in the last year. None.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill224,062

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

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

In Wharton County the Miocene (undifferentiated) is reported in 621 wells, median top 2,610 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
Frio1,306224,3143,100–5,628
Yegua64056,8466,255–8,765
Miocene (undifferentiated)621202,610950–5,000
Catahoula400203,2662,879–4,430
Vicksburg26435,5004,909–6,440
Wilcox182011,0509,780–12,990
Jackson15815,8085,159–6,990
Anahuac155124,8483,620–5,004
Cook Mountain9407,9847,452–9,579
Greta8714,2503,738–5,208
Queen City5309,7899,274–10,363
Oakville330300280–3,400
Weches1508,6858,685–9,400
Caprock1001,588653–2,808

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

102
active UIC permits of 470
825K
permitted bbl/day, active
26.2M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

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

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

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

0
M2+ events in the area
—
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
919980Nov 9, 2026Nov 6, 2026MB Energy, LLCCarolyn Lange #46,20048135526
918104Aug 28, 2026Aug 26, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCAppling #17,30048135525
915598May 28, 2026May 28, 2026Remora Management, LLCPierce Estates #C2697,15048135523
915684May 20, 2026May 20, 2026Remora Management, LLCBroussard, J. E. NCT-1 #646,30048135524
915244Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026MB Energy, LLCKainer Heirs Unit #25,40048135522
914427Mar 31, 2026Mar 31, 2026Ricochet Energy, Inc.Naiser-Stovall Gas Unit #28,00048135521
914240Mar 20, 2026Mar 20, 2026Amexco, LLCKubela #311,00048135329
913443Feb 20, 2026Feb 20, 2026Paloma Operating, LLCReck-Kelly #17,30048135520
912266Dec 19, 2025Dec 19, 2025Ricochet Energy, Inc.Ednamaye #29,00048135519
912073Dec 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025Paloma Operating, LLCDaboval, C.J. #A 117,40048135518

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Questions about Wharton County

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

10 permits were issued in Wharton County in the last 12 months, down 23% from 13 in the 12 months before. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 6, 2026. 6,026 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Wharton County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Paloma Operating, LLC is the most active operator in Wharton County, with 3 of 10, followed by Remora Management, LLC (2) and Ricochet Energy, Inc. (2). 2 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Wharton County?

6,608 wells are on file in Wharton County, including 465 active, 4,249 plugged, and 2 permitted and not yet drilled. 4 are horizontal. The active wells are under 59 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Wharton County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 553,428 barrels of oil and 4.3 million Mcf of gas in Wharton County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 260 leases under 43 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 Wharton County →

Who are the largest producers in Wharton County?

By oil and gas produced in Wharton County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Remora Management, LLC, with 216,432 barrels of oil and 163,533 Mcf of gas from 27 leases, followed by Faulconer Energy, LLC and Hilcorp Energy Company. 43 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Wharton County?

26.2 million barrels of water were injected in Wharton County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 102 of the county's 470 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Wharton County →

What formations are drilled in Wharton County?

Completion filings for wells in Wharton County report tops for 14 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Frio (1,306 wells, median top 4,314 ft), the Yegua (640 wells, median top 6,846 ft), and the Miocene (undifferentiated) (621 wells, median top 2,610 ft).

Formations in Wharton County →

What basin is Wharton County in?

Petrora lists Wharton County in the Texas Gulf Coast. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 03.

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Have there been earthquakes in Wharton County?

No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Wharton County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.

Earthquakes in Wharton 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/wharton?days=90, documented in the API reference.