VICTORIA County

District 3 · Gulf Coast (Southeast) · Permits since 1977-06-06 · Data through 2026-08-12

Victoria County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, after a quiet prior quarter). BIG LAKE CORPORATION leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 4 operators active in the county. Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,092 ft (prior year: 5,800 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

4

vs Prior

-60%

Operators (1yr)

4

Avg Depth (1yr)

6,621

Hz % (1yr)

0%

All Time

6,304

Depth Range: 0 - 19,500 ft
SWD wells in VICTORIA County → 94 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

RECOMP

3

= vs prior

DRILL

1

-5 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
119
117
17
14

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
PATAGONIADRILL2026-08-12
SALINAS, J.RECOMP2026-07-27
ZORILLA-MALONERECOMP2026-03-11
PEREZRECOMP2026-01-13
STEVENSDRILL2025-05-05
STEVENSDRILL2025-05-05
WILLEMINDRILL2025-05-01
ZORILLA-MALONERENTR2025-04-23
ZORILLA-MALONERECOMP2025-03-18
VANDENBERGE & HILLRECOMP2024-11-21

Formations Beneath VICTORIA County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Frio9353,956
Catahoula8563,300
Greta4114,700
Miocene (undifferentiated)4041,510
Vicksburg2154,827
Yegua1625,392
Wilcox1048,547
Oakville812,388