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 Eagle Ford Shale Top Operators
(Undrilled-Permits)
Company    Last 12 Months
ConocoPhillips    201
EOG Resources, Inc.    148
BP Plc    74
   67
   64
   58
   54
   52

   Drilling Permits Trends ( Last 24 Months)


Eagle Ford Shale - Drilling Permits ( July 29, 2025 - August 28, 2025)
Date Approved county Well Name Well type Well Bore Type Field/Zone Well Status
Magnolia Oil & Gas
08-22-2025 Zavala Ferguson-mcknight H 05ax Oil & Gas Horizontal Briscoe Ranch (eagleford) Undrilled
Warwick Energy Group
08-22-2025 Wilson Not A Golfer 3h Oil Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-1) Undrilled
08-12-2025 Wilson Smokey My Friend 1h Oil & Gas Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-1) Undrilled
08-12-2025 Wilson World Of Pain 4h Oil & Gas Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-1) Undrilled
Silver Hill Energy Partners LLC
08-22-2025 Live Oak Usa Lark 2dh Oil & Gas Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-2) Undrilled
08-20-2025 Webb Atlantic Inland Group-huisache G 407h Gas Horizontal Hawkville (austin Chalk) Undrilled
08-19-2025 Webb Atlantic Inland Group-huisache F 307h Gas Horizontal Hawkville (austin Chalk) Undrilled
08-18-2025 Mc Mullen Huff A 106h Gas Horizontal Hawkville (eagleford Shale) Undrilled
08-18-2025 Mc Mullen Huff B 107h Gas Horizontal Hawkville (eagleford Shale) Undrilled
08-19-2025 Webb J.i. Gonzalez 1003h Gas Horizontal Hawkville (austin Chalk) Undrilled

 Eagle Ford Shale - Well Completion Trend

Completions By
Company
2025(YTD)
Count
Marathon Oil Corp 48
EOG Resources, Inc. 43
ConocoPhillips 37
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26
Completions By
County
2025(YTD)
Count
Karnes 89
Webb 67
Dimmit 40
32
28

 Eagle Ford Shale Map

 Eagle Ford Shale Rig Data : August 28, 2025


Drilling Trends from May 4, 2011 - August 28, 2025

 Eagle Ford Shale Overview



What is the Eagle Ford Shale?

The Eagle Ford Shale is a hydrocarbon producing formation of significant importance. It is capeabe of producing both gas and more oil than other traditional shale plays.  It contains a much higher carbonate shale percentage: upwards of 70% in south Texas. It becomes shallower and the shale content increases as it moves to the northwest.

The high percentage of carbonate makes it more brittle and “fracable”.  The Eagle Ford Shale play trends across Texas from the…

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  Eagle Ford Shale - Mergers & Acquisition

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05/29/2024 ConocoPhillips Marathon Oil Corp ConocoPhillips to Acquire Marathon In a Deal Worth $22 Billion $22,000
05/16/2024 Crescent Energy Company Silverbow Resources Crescent Energy Acquires Natural Gas Player, Silverbow $2,100
08/14/2023 Silverbow Resources Chesapeake Energy Corp Silverbow Increase Eagleford Footprint , Chesapeake Exits $700
05/03/2023 Crescent Energy Company Mesquite Energy Inc. Crescent Energy Acquires Eagle ford Assets For $600 Million $600
02/28/2023 Baytex Energy Corp. Ranger Oil Corp. Baytex Acquires Pure Play Eagle Ford Operaor Ranger Oil $2,500
02/21/2023 Ineos Group Chesapeake Energy Corp International Company Enters Eagle Ford; Acquires 170k Acres For $1.5 Billion $1,400
01/18/2023 WildFire Energy Chesapeake Energy Corp Wildfire Acquired More Eagle Ford Assets For $1.42 Billion From Chesapeake $1,425
11/03/2022 Marathon Oil Corp Ensign Natural Resources LLC Marathon Acquires Eagle Ford Asset From Ensign For $3 Billion $3,000
 

  Eagle Ford Shale Transactions By Quarter ($MM)