COUNTIES · EAGLE FORD SHALE · DISTRICT 01 · CODE 493
Wilson County, Texas
Wilson County permitting is running 3.0 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (9 total, versus 6 in the prior quarter).
Warwick-Artemis, LLC leads with 15 permits in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Wilson County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,750 ft (prior year: 8,900 ft); 86% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 50 active disposal and injection permits, with 15.5M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
139 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M4.6.
3,089 drilling permits have been issued in Wilson County since 1977.
3,089 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Sep 25, 2026
Watch Wilson CountyAlso: every Wilson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 9
- permits issued, 90d
- +50%
- vs prior 90d (6)
- 3
- operators filing
- 67%
- horizontal
- 5,678
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 535
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 20 · prior 12 16(+25%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Warwick-Artemis, LLC | 15 | 162 |
| Titan Opco, LLC | 3 | 0 |
| Hominy Consulting, LLC | 2 | 5 |
| Paloma Operating, LLC | 2 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Wilson County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Titan Opco, LLC3 permitsSep 18, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Paloma Operating, LLC2 permitsJul 2, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Wilson County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Wilson County the Buda is reported in 258 wells, median top 6,536 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 672 | 44 | 7,011 | 4,795–8,503 |
| Eagle Ford | 467 | 42 | 7,741 | 5,983–8,908 |
| Anacacho | 458 | 41 | 7,289 | 4,529–8,459 |
| Navarro | 416 | 33 | 4,826 | 1,426–6,750 |
| Wilcox | 337 | 32 | 1,974 | 536–3,986 |
| Buda | 258 | 3 | 6,536 | 5,034–7,749 |
| Olmos | 256 | 45 | 6,670 | 5,970–7,482 |
| Carrizo | 174 | 8 | 724 | 300–2,102 |
| Midway | 150 | 2 | 2,750 | 1,962–4,810 |
| Taylor | 62 | 2 | 4,198 | 2,587–6,178 |
| Escondido | 48 | 10 | 5,553 | 2,781–5,748 |
| Del Rio | 47 | 1 | 6,522 | 5,130–8,051 |
| Georgetown | 42 | 1 | 5,356 | 4,392–7,648 |
| Reklaw | 42 | 0 | 857 | 396–2,304 |
| Bartosh | 41 | 0 | 1,595 | 1,090–1,700 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 50
- active UIC permits of 239
- 94.8K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 15.5M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Wilson County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 139
- M2+ events in the area
- M4.6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918763 | Sep 27, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | Warwick-Artemis, LLC | IM Staying #4HH | 8,750 | 49333047 |
| 918762 | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Warwick-Artemis, LLC | There Are Rules #3HH | 8,750 | 49333046 |
| 918574 | Sep 20, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | Titan Opco, LLC | Johns, Otto #19 | 1,500 | 49333045 |
| 918573 | Sep 20, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | Titan Opco, LLC | Johns, Otto #18 | 1,500 | 49333044 |
| 918571 | Sep 20, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | Titan Opco, LLC | Johns, Otto #17 | 1,500 | 49333043 |
| 918101 | Aug 30, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | Warwick-Artemis, LLC | H. Moczygemba A #6HH | 8,900 | 49333042 |
| 918100 | Aug 30, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | Warwick-Artemis, LLC | H. Moczygemba A #5HH | 8,900 | 49333041 |
| 917942 | Aug 22, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | Warwick-Artemis, LLC | Kolenda B #2HH | 8,500 | 49333040 |
| 917835 | Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | Paloma Operating, LLC | Wiseman #1HH | 2,800 | 49333039 |
| 916689 | Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | Paloma Operating, LLC | McBee-Mattke Unit #1HH | 4,148 | 49333037 |
Questions about Wilson County
How many drilling permits were issued in Wilson County in the last 12 months?
22 permits were issued in Wilson County in the last 12 months, up 57% from 14 in the 12 months before. 86% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Sep 25, 2026. 3,089 are on file since 1977.
Every Wilson County permit →Who is the most active operator in Wilson County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Warwick-Artemis, LLC is the most active operator in Wilson County, with 15 of 22, followed by Titan Opco, LLC (3) and Hominy Consulting, LLC (2). 3 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Wilson County →How many oil and gas wells are in Wilson County?
3,383 wells are on file in Wilson County, including 632 active, 1,854 plugged, and 10 permitted and not yet drilled. 478 are horizontal. The active wells are under 50 operators.
Every well in Wilson County →How much oil and gas does Wilson County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Wilson County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Wilson County →How much water is injected in Wilson County?
15.5 million barrels of water were injected in Wilson County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 50 of the county's 239 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Wilson County →What formations are drilled in Wilson County?
Completion filings for wells in Wilson County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Austin Chalk (672 wells, median top 7,011 ft), the Eagle Ford (467 wells, median top 7,741 ft), and the Anacacho (458 wells, median top 7,289 ft).
Formations in Wilson County →What basin is Wilson County in?
Petrora lists Wilson County in the Eagle Ford Shale. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 01.
The Eagle Ford Shale →Have there been earthquakes in Wilson County?
139 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Wilson County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M4.6.
Earthquakes in Wilson 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/wilson?days=90, documented in the API reference.