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 (90d)

2

vs Prior

NEW

Operators (90d)

2

Avg Depth (90d)

7,150

Hz % (90d)

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 (90d)

RECOMP

1

NEW vs prior

DRILL

1

NEW 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