ZAPATA County

District 6 · East Texas · Permits since 1977-06-06 · Data through 2025-09-17

Zapata County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued 2025-09-17. EAGLE 5 ENERGY SERVICES LLC leads with 10 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. One operator filed a first Zapata County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 300 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

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8,085

Depth Range: 0 - 25,000 ft
SWD wells in ZAPATA County → 22 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (30d)

No permits issued in this window — data through 2025-09-17. Widen the time window above to see historical mix.

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
1019
22027
10

Recent Permits

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PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
BUSTAMANTE GAS UNIT 1RECOMP2025-09-17
HAYNESRECOMP2025-09-12
RISE SINGERDRILL2025-08-26
STX-CSDRILL2025-08-13
STX-CSDRILL2025-08-13
STX-CSDRILL2025-08-13
STX-CSDRILL2025-08-13
STX-CSDRILL2025-08-13
STX-CSDRILL2025-08-04
STX-CSDRILL2025-08-04

New to ZAPATA County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
2025-08-261first TX permits

Formations Beneath ZAPATA County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Wilcox2,1176,750
Queen City1,2892,840
Wills Point87610,572
Carrizo1874,872
Reklaw1314,380
Yegua1271,742
Cook Mountain752,900
Midway6710,224