WHARTON County

District 9 · Eagle Ford / Maverick · Permits since 1977-06-08 · Data through 2026-08-26

Wharton County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 5 in the prior quarter). 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 (prior year: 7,142 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (90d)

1

vs Prior

-80%

Operators (90d)

1

Avg Depth (90d)

7,300

Hz % (90d)

0%

All Time

6,721

Depth Range: 0 - 67,000 ft
SWD wells in WHARTON County → 112 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (90d)

DRILL

1

-3 vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
37
2259
224
113
110

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
APPLINGDRILL2026-08-26
PIERCE ESTATESDRILL2026-05-28
BROUSSARD, J. E. NCT-1DRILL2026-05-20
KAINER HEIRS UNITDRILL2026-04-30
NAISER-STOVALL GAS UNITDRILL2026-03-31
KUBELARECOMP2026-03-20
RECK-KELLYDRILL2026-02-20
EDNAMAYEDRILL2025-12-19
DABOVAL, C.J.DRILL2025-12-11
STOVALL-LANCASTERDRILL2025-08-15

Formations Beneath WHARTON County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Frio1,3024,600
Yegua6376,896
Miocene (undifferentiated)6172,682
Catahoula3983,270
Vicksburg2615,500
Wilcox18211,150
Jackson1575,790
Anahuac1544,874