WILSON County

District 3 · Gulf Coast (Southeast) · Permits since 1977-06-07 · Data through 2026-07-02

Wilson County permitting is running 3.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (10 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter). WARWICK-ARTEMIS, LLC leads with 23 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Wilson County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,900 ft (prior year: 10,000 ft); 100% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
Custom to

Permits (6mo)

13

vs Prior

-7%

Operators (6mo)

2

Avg Depth (6mo)

8,734

Hz % (6mo)

100%

All Time

3,409

Depth Range: 190 - 18,000 ft
SWD wells in WILSON County → 50 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory
Earthquakes in WILSON County → 75 M2+ events in 24mo · TexNet

Permit Activity

Permit Types (6mo)

DRILL

13

= vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
23160
30
10

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
MCBEE-MATTKE UNITDRILL2026-07-02
DIETER CDRILL2026-06-26
COFFEE CANDRILL2026-06-26
DIETER CDRILL2026-06-26
DONNYDRILL2026-06-26
ADRIAN POLLOKDRILL2026-06-19
RCT BDRILL2026-06-19
SEKULA ADRILL2026-06-19
ADRIAN POLLOKDRILL2026-06-19
FRANZ CDRILL2026-06-19

New to WILSON County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
2026-07-021active elsewhere in TX

Formations Beneath WILSON County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Austin Chalk6697,010
Eagle Ford4667,738
Anacacho4557,303
Navarro4144,826
Wilcox3371,964
Buda2586,559
Olmos2546,671
Carrizo1741,030