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 Eagle Ford Shale Top Operators
(Undrilled-Permits)
Company    Last 12 Months
ConocoPhillips    163
EOG Resources, Inc.    160
BP Plc    80
   75
   65
   50
   47
   45

   Drilling Permits Trends ( Last 24 Months)


Eagle Ford Shale - Drilling Permits ( October 29, 2025 - November 28, 2025)
Date Approved county Well Name Well type Well Bore Type Field/Zone Well Status
Comstock Resources Inc.
11-21-2025 Leon Seaberg Es 1h Gas Horizontal Bald Prairie (cv Consolidated) Undrilled
11-21-2025 Leon Seaberg Ota 1h Gas Horizontal Bald Prairie (cv Consolidated) Undrilled
10-31-2025 Leon Holt Mhp 1h Gas Horizontal Bald Prairie (cv Consolidated) Undrilled
Magnolia Oil & Gas
11-20-2025 Washington Eagle Four H 04be Oil & Gas Horizontal Giddings (austin Chalk-3) Undrilled
11-20-2025 Washington Eagle Six H 06be Oil & Gas Horizontal Giddings (austin Chalk-3) Undrilled
11-20-2025 Washington Eagle Two H 02be Oil & Gas Horizontal Giddings (austin Chalk-3) Undrilled
ConocoPhillips
11-20-2025 Karnes Bargmann Quad Usw B 1 Oil & Gas Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-2) Undrilled
11-20-2025 Karnes Bargmann-blair Usw A 1 Oil & Gas Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-2) Undrilled
11-20-2025 Karnes Bargmann-lazy Q Usw A 1 Oil & Gas Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-2) Undrilled
11-20-2025 Live Oak Mccoy B-swize B Usw C 1 Oil & Gas Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-2) Undrilled

 Eagle Ford Shale - Well Completion Trend

Completions By
Company
2025(YTD)
Count
Marathon Oil Corp 48
EOG Resources, Inc. 43
ConocoPhillips 37
27
26
Completions By
County
2025(YTD)
Count
Karnes 89
Webb 67
Dimmit 40
32
28

 Eagle Ford Shale Map

 Eagle Ford Shale Rig Data : November 28, 2025


Drilling Trends from May 4, 2011 - November 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)